desktop March 2004

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Is SELinux for curmudgeonly codgers?
by Beartooth 01 Apr '04

01 Apr '04

I picked up an info tidbit lately (one one of these lists, I think), to the effect that the next Fedora release will have SELinux; so, being as I am paranoid on principle in my electronic ignorance, I'm trying to read more than I can follow at http://www.nsa.gov/selinux -- especially since I liked what I saw of Fedora, and would probably still be using it if it had had a line in the GUI display config for my new flat panel monitor (as, I hope & trust, it's apt to ere long). Given that I live behind a hardware router as well as RedHat's medium level of security -- and normally turn the cable modem off at night, as well as shutting everything down when out of town, and updating every few days when in town, or at once on receipt of any security notice from RedHat -- does SELinux look like being more of a boon or a hassle? If not, I should be looking at caosity and mandrake, to have an alternative when I cease to be safe (or able at all!) to run RH9 ... -- Beartooth Autodidact <id est karhunhammas (at) lserv dot com> antiquated sclerotic sub-technoid, trying to learn linux Keep in mind that I know little of what I'm talking about.

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Start contributing
by Pelle Beckman 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

Hi all, I've been following the Fedora Project for some months now and feel I could contribute with some help in graphics design/illustration/etc. Where do I start? I've made some changes to the startup-screen ("rhgb" - right?)that I would like to see - should I post them somewhere to get opinions? And more importantly, what needs to be done? regards, Pelle B. hejpelle(a)telia.com

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beginnings of a Firefox theme
by Garrett LeSage 25 Mar '04

25 Mar '04

Hi all, I've sync'd my Fedora artwork to the usual place on people.redhat.com, and I have included the large and small templates for the firebird toolbar icon sheets. They're located (along with the new OOo icons, fwiw) at: http://people.redhat.com/glesage/artwork/Fedora/fedoracore2/icons/ I began to make a Firefox theme based off of these sheets; you can see PNG versions here: http://people.redhat.com/glesage/artwork/firefox/ There's more that needs to be done, but it's a start. Let me know if any of you are interested in helping make a complete, official Firefox Bluecurve theme. Garrett

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OOo icon update
by Garrett LeSage 25 Mar '04

25 Mar '04

I've updated the OOo icons work-in-progress. You can see what's currently done (minus the set I'm working on at the moment) at: http://people.redhat.com/glesage/ooo_icons/ Garrett

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Re: Paring Down the Screensavers - RFC
by Rick Ace 17 Mar '04

17 Mar '04

> Next, the "Kill" list - these ones seemed unprofessional or just plain > wacky enough to drop alltogether: > > bsod > braid > pedal > bouncingcow Hi all and thanks to Red Hat for keeping the dialogue open with its customers. I am a happy customer of Enterprise WS. If I may argue for keeping 'bouncingcow': I am a 49-year-old guy who has made a career in software engineering. I've worked for some big names (Pixar and DEC to name two), and feel confident that I am qualified to offer an expert opinion on what is professional in our industry. With due respect to Steven Garrity, and without claiming that my opinion carries anymore weight than his or that of any other expert, I judge the bouncing cow to be professional. Now regarding 'wacky': I share the characterization that the bouncing cow is wacky. However, I don't agree that said characterization is per se grounds for dropping a screensaver. Without opening a debate on 'good wacky' versus 'bad wacky', I will say only that when others have walked by my computer and took note of the cow bouncing away on the monitor, they have without exception shown appreciation for it. My simple point here is that the cow is well liked out here in this corner of customerland :-) And for the final prong of my argument, I offer a resounding "me too!" in response to Ethan Zimmerman's posting: Nooo! Don't take away my bouncing cow! Thank you, and moooo Rick Ace

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PyGtk2 Usage
by Sigmascape1＠cs.com 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

Hi, Over time will PyGtk2 to develop the user interface or will some other tool(s) be used? Some of the Fedora artwork I have seen has been pretty cool. Thanks!!! Mitch Featherston

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Re: Paring Down the Screensavers - RFC
by Thomas DuVally 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

Why get rid of any? Please forgive me if this has been mentioned before, but I don't think it has. If the issue is clutter and too many choices, then KDE seemed to come up with a solution: categories. If you haven't seem it, they are organized like folders that drop open the list of savers. Categories are named things like "Fractals", "OpenGL Screen Savers" and "Flying Things". I agree there are a lot, but I can't say I wouldn't miss a single one. -- TJ DuVally GPG fingerprint = FB59 8265 0865 0CB8 94B5 FC26 F573 F09C 15F2 33F6 http://www.gnupg.org - 'Cause e-mail has no envelope.

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Bluecurve icons for OpenOffice.org
by Garrett LeSage 13 Mar '04

13 Mar '04

You can view a basic set of icons for OOo Writer at: http://people.redhat.com/~glesage/ooo_icons/ There are many icons for OpenOffice.org (understatement of the year), so this is just a start. We're planning on hitting the most visible ones first and then will work our way through the others. Garrett LeSage Art Director, Red Hat

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Re: Fedora-desktop-list -- confirmation of subscription -- request 155037
by Väike-Matu 12 Mar '04

12 Mar '04

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Alpha Transparencies
by Mark Limburg 12 Mar '04

12 Mar '04

Quick question, Before I delve into design, is it possible to use alpha transparencies within PNG files within themes? TIA .mwl

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