Beryllium Theming

hhh · 2022-01-03 08:55:46

So I've proposed some themes that are similar to our previous themes. @johnraff has expressed some displeasure with this, and I agree. Too cold, too clinical and too similar to what we've released before. I've proposed something more organic, but what we need is user input, at the risk of it becoming a bike-shed issue.

Thoughts? (Ignore the conky and jgmenu tweaks on my system, these will most likely be left as they were.)

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unklar · 2022-01-03 11:10:42

^^This looks like S11's preferred color to me:
DCDCDC / 220 220 220 = Gainsboro

However, I don't think the wall should be a picture. It should be a uniform color like all BL's are.

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manyroads · 2022-01-03 14:10:49

Looks very much like MX Linux21

hhh · 2022-01-04 06:32:55

Waa. Derivative. But no pictures? Not even a minimal one like @sleekmason's?

hhh · 2022-01-04 07:00:43

So, traditional?

johnraff · 2022-01-04 08:00:20

Having been invoked in the first post, I had something written around mid-day, but now it's gone. 8.(
Maybe I hit "Preview" then closed the window without submitting?? That happens sometimes.

Anyway, I'm not sure but maybe the comment @hhh referred to was when I was a bit underenthusiastic about the purple in a proposed GTK theme.

As for the cold clinical bit that was @hhh's take, but now I think about it it could be true. We've been focussing on the Debian Bullseye default wallpaper as a base for our colour palette, but yes you could say the dark blue + teal is a bit cold.

Disclaimer: I took the sunrise photo and I think it's beautiful. I'd happily use it as a wallpaper for my own desktop - in fact I switch randomly every couple of days between a collection of colourful photos for my wallpaper.

But the ideal default background for BL - maybe something simpler, less distracting? Simple and Elegant has always been the #! and BL way. Too much purple and orange and we'll start looking like Ubuntu.

hhh wrote:

So, traditional?
https://imgur.com/pAUkCkDt.png

Hmm... what does that remind me of? Some OS of 20 years ago? Yes traditional. Nice yes.

I was quite fond of the "velvet noise" #! wallpaper though it was chubby in filesize.

Lithium is beautiful, we should be able to find a way forward.

hhh · 2022-01-10 04:06:25

I'm just going to theme the Parirus-colors icons until something hits or someone posts an undeniable wallpaper. I prefer to theme from a wall. Indigo...

Also, agreed about Ubuntu purple and orange, I definitely noticed it and I think I mentioned it somewhere.

hhh · 2022-01-10 04:33:06

Green...

Put a tiny BL flame logo in the eyeball and ship it, except that snakes freak people out. Very pretty though, isn't it?

johnraff · 2022-01-10 05:16:23

hhh wrote:

I prefer to theme from a wall

How might a plain black (or dark grey) background work? With some restrained soft colours in the windows...

hhh · 2022-01-10 06:02:14

Instructions unclear. Made in ten minutes? Something like this...

johnraff · 2022-01-10 08:22:26

How about a dark version?

But wrt the background - just simplicity. Plain colours load fast too, though these days that's not important.
There was some problem with gradients I recall? Banding - or is that only with jpgs? Otherwise, I wonder how a simple slightly-lighter-at-bottom gradient would look?

Maybe unpopular suggestion: Lithium is beautiful - tweak the colours close to the Bullseye pallette and use that? Not exciting, a bit cold...

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deleted0 · 2022-01-10 13:52:22

No one is going to run BL because of it's wallpaper. Little black dress, string of pearls and out the door.
(classic and simple)

8bit

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deleted0 · 2022-01-10 13:54:44

Hi!

8bit

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johnraff · 2022-01-11 02:36:38

eight.bit.al wrote:

No one is going to run BL because of it's wallpaper. Little black dress, string of pearls and out the door.

Actually, I was just wondering black.
Plain black background, sleek black theme like a small precision-made camera...

Could also make a seamless boot from grub to login, all with black background.

classic and simple

Yes!

or1o9 · 2022-01-11 05:01:34

johnraff wrote:

Actually, I was just wondering black.
Plain black background, sleek black theme like a small precision-made camera...
Could also make a seamless boot from grub to login, all with black background.
classic and simple
Yes!

Yes!

Naik · 2022-01-11 08:44:47

Yes!

Bearded_Blunder · 2022-01-11 10:05:54

Much as I enjoy working at a TTY, I prefer my desktop not to look like one, at least, not unless it looks *exactly* like one.

One lonely downvote for plain black here.

sleekmason · 2022-01-11 19:47:25

For myself, the wallpaper never matters in the end, but having a nice beginning doesn't hurt.

Do you have you main theme yet? Matching the GTK theme would be the ticket. Either directly or with a slight clash that doesn't hurt the eyes.

You could run something like this (below) through the gimp (or make new), messing with hue, saturation, contrast, etc until you at least get the right base color you want. After that, the logo bit will be easier to do what you might want.

Gradients are great for secondary wallpapers, but not for the main. Yeah, banding. inevitable complaints? maybe.

Personally I prefer solid black backgrounds as well, but probably not for the main. Seems to bug a lot of people. Also, my brand spanking new dell shows bleed at the base in two spots on the solid black. That won't do to see on a regular basis. I'm guessing most of them do.

Anyway, pulling it away from solid black even a bit pretty much makes it gone!

deleted0 · 2022-01-11 20:38:00

^ Yeah. That's very nice.

8bit

edit: the logo could be moved off center to balance a possible conky.

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hhh · 2022-01-13 00:11:17

Still tweaking (selected background needs to be darker, for one thing) and some of my prefs are evident, but... BL-Moonrise

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