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Description:	Gnome-look is for Gnome. Many distros use Gnome as their default desktop environment, and others have Gnome as an alternative. Gnome is generic, distro badges are not. Gnome-look.org is generic, Ubuntu-art.org is not. Keep people's choices open - don't use a distro brand as the focus of your artwork. If you do release a distro-specific version, consider an unbranded version for those who like the general look but don't use the same distro as you. The Unbranded Gnome group - supporting Gnome extras without the distro branding since 2008!
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Comments:	59

Created:	May 10 2008
Changed:	Aug 9 2010
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Unbranded Gnome

by IBBoard on: May 11 2008

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I'll start this off with a modified version of my first post in a related group:

I decided I should start this group, since there are too many *buntu and other distro desktops/GDMs/splash logos around.

If you don't run a certain distro you can find a great looking thumbnail, then find it is ruined by a distro's logo. There are some various distros that do it, but Ubuntu fans are the worst culprits. I gave up with my GDM and just de-branded it.

This is GNOME-look, not [insert distro[-look. I'd quite happily support a ban on distro-themed items, or a constraint that everyone should do an unbranded/Gnome foot version of their distro-specific releases.

Thank God!!!!

by greyhat on: May 12 2008

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greyhat

this is what we all need, gnome-look without brading!

by the way, i need help finishing a GDM theme but i dont have enough time to finish it, if someone care to finish it ill be glag to give the work iv done, all design is done, now is just needed to take care of the rest. you can take all the credits.

if you are interested pm me please.

"vi /var/log/wtf/what_tha_frack_happened_here"
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Re: Thank God!!!!

by Fri13 on: May 29 2008

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"you can take all the credits."

Why someone would like to leave original author without credit? Even that he nicely gives permission to that, it is good manners if person who finalize the work, add's own credit under the first one.

Open Source is about giving gredits to them for who it belongs ;-)

KDE is made for users by users....
What can you give back to others?
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Yeah!

by TheRob on: May 13 2008

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All this distro based crap makes me mad!

Makes me wanna leave gnome-look and take
my stuff with me!

I usually don't complain but damn... this
is starting to be too much!

and somebody please tell me what the f**k
is gnewsence?!?!?!?!!?!?!

ffs, I woke up this morning, I was in a good
mood and I thought, yeah! let's see what
gnome-look has to offer today....

Is there like another gnome-site that
actually has artwork for gnome?

If so, please re-direct me to that :)

no harm ment, I'm just pissed off , that's
all

//Robert

PS. I'm running ubuntu but I do not need
a wallpaper that says ubuntu so I be completely
sure that yes, I'm still running ubuntu :)

\\\\\\\"life sucks, get a f***ing helmet alright!\\\\\\\" -Denis Leary
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Re: Yeah!

by greyhat on: May 13 2008

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greyhat

i know exactly what you mean Rob! It is a complete madness!

we can only do one thing, and that is to make good looking stuff!

ps: are you interested in finishing up my GMD sketch?

Re: Re: Yeah!

by TheRob on: May 13 2008

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yeah, actually I'm trying really hard as
it is to make goodlooking stuff... just that
with my skills (close to nothing) it is
really hard :)

I would finish up the dgm screen for you
but unfortunately I have never worked on
one so I really wouldn't have any clue on
how to do it :(

sorry!

I'm really mad about what is going on here
at gnome-look atm, really, and what is all
this nonsence flaming against everybody
all of the sudden? I don't get it, aren't
we like supposed to be working together?
not against one another?

whatever....

Sorry I can't do the screen!

//Robert

\\\\\\\"life sucks, get a f***ing helmet alright!\\\\\\\" -Denis Leary
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Re: Re: Re: Yeah!

by IBBoard on: May 13 2008

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The flaming is part of the reason for this group. I won't go in to details, but while I approved of the idea behind the other group, a few days after joining I decided another more generic and constructive group might be a good idea.

What would be useful for the group would be if we could 'adopt' files. Just some way to have a list of "files this group approves of" so that we could get a "Gnome but not branded and not too generic" file list that people could use to easily avoid all of the branded/generic stuff. Unfortunately I think groups were just set up for discussion, and posting links would be all disjoint and difficult to browse.

Re: Re: Re: Yeah!

by greyhat on: May 14 2008

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greyhat

violence generates violence, just forget about it!

lets just all generate po«sitive vibes and thoughts and this will soon desapear, youll see!!!

ps: i think the GDM is very simple to do, it was intend to be my first release, but i have many things (work) to do now, i guess ill try to finish it, thx anyway.

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. "
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Re: Re: Re: Yeah!

by Fri13 on: May 29 2008

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"I'm really mad about what is going on here
at gnome-look atm, really, and what is all
this nonsence flaming against everybody
all of the sudden? I don't get it, aren't
we like supposed to be working together?
not against one another?"

(might go little offtopic)
We should work together. But then it's needed to have iron hard will and pure spirit to work together. Most users cant work together, fault is not them but whole world, where there is always coming somekind competition crap from TV etc.

Terrorism and all other s*it is corrupting our childs and our own minds. I dont talk about the "terrorism" what you hear from official channels, but the real terrorism, goverments using fear as reason to control world.
Big corporatiosn fighting against others by meaning that "other corporation tryed to steal from US!".

I'm very tired for these capitalism what brakes humanity down. Same thing is happening on GNU/Linux when users starts blindly use and promote distribution what they use. They dont understand that all distribution are on same boat. I shouldn't say this, but I say it anyway, Ubuntu users are one big problem on our Open (Free) Source (Software) nest. They attack against community, without noticing it, when they post so much stuff about ubuntu.

gnome-look.org was once a time a place where GNOME user could get GNOME stuff. kde-look.org was samekind. And kde-apps.org was for KDE applications. Now it has happend, what always happend if you give too much freedom, it changes to anarchy, where no one cares about those.

It's nice when Ubuntu (put any other distro here!) users does those, but it should be placed somewhere else.

Actually that's why I hope that these -look/apps.org sites gets tags so we can get tagged those distro works and hided for those who dont like them. Those who likes, them, can still see them.

Sorry, but I just dont like what Ubuntu is doing the whole community. IT should be returned to line so Ubuntu users knows that they dont have any "special OS" what they always promote. They have exactly same OS and same package than all other distribution users, they just have own brand there.

Now it's going more and more like Ubuntu vs Linux, like Ubuntu isn't that "crappy" Linux, but special kind.

It's good that there are Ubuntu users who knows stuff, but they just dont explain it to Windows > Ubuntu users!

KDE is made for users by users....
What can you give back to others?
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Yeah!

by TheRob on: May 29 2008

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Exactly.

\\\\\\\"life sucks, get a f***ing helmet alright!\\\\\\\" -Denis Leary
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Yeah!

by code933k on: May 29 2008

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I understand you. But wait a minute. It is just a couple of silly boys which doesn't know anything about logics.

Just ignore them. If they continue diesturbing people for what they stupidly consider fun, they'll be severaly punished.

On Ubuntu, well, that is a very crappy product but -perhaps- a little better than Windows. People maturate and then jump on another distros...

There are arguments out there that it's better to have a single standard desktop environment, so that our mothers can find their way around [...] --pekwm doc
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Yeah!

by twrock on: May 29 2008

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twrock

So are we going to go to Ubuntu bashing now? I thought this group was about "Unbranded GNOME" on GNOME-Look.org. What does the "goodness" or "crappiness" of any particular distro have to do with that?

For the record, I have used a few different distros over the years, and I have returned to Ubuntu for now. When you find a distro that works with your hardware without too much tweaking necessary, why switch? Just because someone else finds a different distro that works more to their own liking doesn't mean that theirs is better or worse than the one you use. Be happy with what works for you.

But I had really hoped we could keep to the topic at hand in this group (Unbranded GNOME). I hoped we could leave the bashing of people and "products" out of it. If not, then I think this isn't a place for me either.

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by code933k on: May 29 2008

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Man, it is not "bashing", make up your mind. I am writing about technical data not about personal impressions. If you want to discus at that level I'll be glad to share experiences with you. It is not meant for offending anybody.

"the easy install argument" is the worse you can try to defend Ubuntu. Try to put experimental/advanced software within a normal install, try to customize your system and you'll immediately know what I am talking about. The Linux experience is measured in a day to day basis. The "easy fresh install" basis is Windows propaganda. Please beware that argument.

In the days to come I will try to satisfy your expectation by not talking about this around here anymore. Take care man.

PS:/ I don't bash Ununtu, I bash Gentoo everyday. Though, the other day I was using ZSH ;)

There are arguments out there that it's better to have a single standard desktop environment, so that our mothers can find their way around [...] --pekwm doc

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Yeah!

by twrock on: May 30 2008

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twrock

>>""the easy install argument" is the worse you can try to defend Ubuntu. Try to put experimental/advanced software within a normal install, try to customize your system and you'll immediately know what I am talking about."

Whether or not a distro installs well on a particular hardware system is clearly of significant importance to many poeple. But we could spend a lot of time discussing those kinds of questions/opinions/technical merits of one distro over another. I don't see that as the goal of what we are doing here.

I'm just trying to say, if a particular distro is working well for someone, if meeting their needs, if they are happy with it, what does it matter? And particularly, what does that matter in a group where the topic is "Unbranded GNOME?" Not everyone has the same personal or technical requirements for the system they use. That's ok.

BTW, did you happen to see my note to you below? Do you have any inside information you can share with us based on your role as one of the site editors?

Thanks.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Yeah!

by IBBoard on: May 30 2008

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As twrock said, can we keep distro issues and discussion (critical or otherwise) out of this group (other than "they're branding it")? The main reason the group was set up is because other alternatives were too aggressive/intolerant/trolling.

Thanks.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Yeah!

by TheRob on: May 30 2008

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