Workstation branding on login screen (GDM)

[Matthew Miller]

On Fri, Oct 03, 2014 at 12:15:26PM -0400, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> - Prevent me from a 'pants down' moment by not showing my regular
> desktop contents on the big screen

I'm thinking more about meetups and live demos given during more technical
presentations, where the regular desktop (although perhaps not your regular
personal account, or perhaps that account in a presentation mode) is
actually shown on purpose. I've gone to quite a few talks where this is the
case.

I also like Josh's idea of something that gives some subtle brand identity
even in the slideshow-only situation. 

> The best possible advertisement for the tool (ie the OS) in this
> scenario is to get a question in the QA like "This was really smooth,
> what OS are you using on your laptop ?".

I agree that this is nice, but because we aren't the dominant desktop
(yet?), people's basic assumption when they see nothing special will be that
it's just one of the dominant desktop choices — because all of them _can_ do
all of the things you described. That's a missed opportunity. Unless we
plant people in the audience, it's unlikely anyone will think to ask.

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Matthew Miller
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Fedora Project Leader