Alpha Criterion Discussion: Desktop Backgrounds

[Stephen Gallagher]

On Fri, 2015-08-07 at 13:42 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 10:22:56AM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
> > What I *can't* find is any reference for the justification usually
> > cited for the criterion. Several times we mention that there was an
> > actual case where people downloaded an Alpha or Beta then got 
> > confused
> > because the background was the same as the previous stable release, 
> > but
> > I've been searching for 15 mins and can't find it. This is probably
> > just because it's a difficult thing to search for, though.
> > 
> > It's worth noting that we used to use considerably more 'striking'
> > desktop backgrounds than we currently do; the last few releases 
> > have
> > all been fairly subtle variations on the theme of 'abstract shapes 
> > in
> > Fedora blue', really.
> 
> Here's a thought: maybe the Fedora background logo GNOME Shell plugin
> could detect if running on an Alpha/Beta release (or on Rawhide) and
> change appropriately?

Which is fine and dandy on a GNOME/Workstation system, but doesn't help
KDE at all.
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