Comments on: Mint 8 – Artwork

By: Homer

Homer — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:22:21 +0000

No problem with the wallpapers, anyone can change those in the preference options. But the login splash screen has to go. Anything but Fresh! My 2 cents.

By: Omar

Omar — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:52:28 +0000

i think there should be mint themed artwork, i.e. involving mint, like a very pompous looking tux drinking mint tea, or a closeup of a mint patch, etc… just a thought

By: Hernan

Hernan — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:02:14 +0000

I’m late, but I love the changed, simplified, updated Logo: http://linuxmint-art.org/content/show.php/mint+logo+concept+revised?content=115682
Specially for the Mint Menu… it’s kind of minimalistic, more “Fresh”, less overcharged and modern.

By: David REVOY

David REVOY — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:32:24 +0000

I spent time at gnome-look.org, and I really like this kind of style (congratz to the author), for the bright desktop lovers :
http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/User333%27s+abstract+leaves?content=115442

By: Josh J

Josh J — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:45:29 +0000

When I installed Linux Mint 7, I thought it was gorgeous. Especially in comparison with the previous releases (of which I’ve never seen before), I still preferred Mint 7. I would say go for Dew and Shiki as the default theme for Mint 8, but a new release needs new artwork. I don’t think Fresh is as nice as Dew, but it still beats Johonunu’s wallpaper in this context (sorry! :P). Regardless of what you chose, I’m sticking with Mint and my own themes for a while. 🙂

I mainly use Linux Mint because of the ease of getting media codecs compared to EVERY OTHER distro.

Thanks guys! Keep up the great work!

By: ezsurfer

ezsurfer — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:05:37 +0000

I know you need one more opinion like you need a hole in the head, BUT, the highest rated MINT wallpaper from the artwork pages is simple, elegant, and truly screams excellence…

http://www.linuxmint-art.org/content/preview.php?preview=1&id=86375&file1=86375-1.png&file2=&file3=&name=AgustMintCasperWide+%281280×800%29

using it as the default of the release would sort of point to users choice as the guiding light of the distro…

ezsurfer

By: awesomedeluxe

awesomedeluxe — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:35:07 +0000

I like fresh. I have some problems with it, though. The contrast with the icons isn’t very good, and maybe it’s a little too over the top.

I looked through the comments here and the one on the other page. I really think Beyecixramd’s green wallpaper (the second in the links he posted) really stands out for this. It needs some tweaking–the image on the inside is a little too large and the black border is not large enough (at least the first column of icons should not overlap with the image). The resolution of the sample is also a little low for my liking. But if he did some work on it I would say it’s a much better candidate than those other three, since it has a simple “shine” and the icons on it are distinct and easy to see.

By: ebaut

ebaut — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:33:15 +0000

Fresh? damn 😀
Clem, have you seen openSUSE 11.2? it looks like mint more than I supposed it to be 😀

By: Johan

Johan — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:10:26 +0000

This is open source after all
you can change wallpaper and logo
on your own

I’m just curious with the system
and what is LinuxMint capable of

Okay brothers …. n_n

but, love at the first sight ….

By: Gerry

Gerry — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:32:12 +0000

What about watery? http://marco.boneff.ch/downloads/watery.jpg http://marco.boneff.ch/downloads/watery1680x1050.jpg ?