Re: [ART] Background image for GRUB

["Felipe López" <felipe.lopez@openmailbox.org>]

On 05/11/14 16:39, Andreas Enge wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 04:28:25PM -0500, Felipe López wrote:
>> Since I completely agree with Bruno, here is the GRUB image proposal
>> using the GNU logo:
>> http://sirgazil.bitbucket.org/static/temp/img/gnu/2014-11-05-grub-dark.png
> 
> The GNU is nice. How about having a gnu without the text and then
> the Guix logo?

That image is for the GNU system. If we can call the system GNU, there
would be no need to add the Guix logo.

>> One of the comments was that the red color could be distracting, so here
>> are versions with gray, green and blue instead. I also made the text a
>> bit lighter to increase contrast.
> 
> All are fine with me, maybe the red is a bit too distracting.

Yes, I agree.

>> I also tried to add the GNU logo somewhere, as Ludovic suggested. It was
>> difficult, so I made this version with the GNU head on the background.
>>
>> http://sirgazil.bitbucket.org/static/temp/img/guix/2014-11-05-grub-dark-gnu-blue.png
> 
> This is not bad at all! The gnu like a watermark is very elegant, I think.
> But the Guix logo and the gnu head are stomping on each other's feet.

Yes I think so too. Although I tried to make the GNU very subtle.

> How
> about putting the Guix logo in the lower right corner of the frame with the
> boot options? Is it possible to drop this frame? I suppose not, but it would
> again be more elegant with respect to the gnu watermark.

I can try moving Guix logo.

As for the frame, GRUB 2 is supposed to be more flexible about the
appearance of the elements in the screen. The frame can be removed and
the boot options can be graphically enhanced. However, I'm using GRUB
legacy appearance because, as far as I know, the theming features of
GRUB 2 are still in development and may not be stable. I've seen that
other distros use the GRUB 2 default appearance, which is the same as
GRUB legacy.

>> Finally, I made a dark text on light background version, as Andreas
>> suggested. Personally, I'd go with the dark one.
>>
>> http://sirgazil.bitbucket.org/static/temp/img/guix/2014-11-05-grub-light-blue.png
> 
> I agree that in the light version, the background image is more difficult
> to spot. If you go for the dark version, how about choosing just white
> instead of light grey text color?

Is the current gray difficult to read? If not, I'd prefer to leave it
that way.

> Andreas
> 

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Luis Felipe López Acevedo
http://sirgazil.bitbucket.org/