Re: When "GNOME" doesn't really mean GNOME

[Larry Cafiero <larry cafiero gmail com>]

Doesn't resemble GNOME anymore? Are you serious? I think it looks a
lot like GNOME, as opposed to any other desktop.




On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 8:08 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna <sri ramkrishna me> wrote:
> Hi Bastien,
>
> Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
>
> On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 8:21 AM, Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net> wrote:
> > Hey,
> >
> > The Korora Project, a distribution based on Fedora, offers a GNOME
> > variant for download:
> > https://kororaproject.org/discover/gnome
>
> I would say they should change the writing to "based on the GNOME
> platform" or something to that effect.  But I agree, we have a visual
> identity.  They are welcome to modify it but they should not call it
> GNOME.  GNOME-compatible, 'based on the GNOME Platform', are good
> choices I think.
>
> sri
>
> > But the GNOME there doesn't look anything like GNOME:
> > - always visible dock
> > - different shell theme
> > - different icon theme
> > - additional Places menu
> >
> > I can understand customisation, but this doesn't really resemble GNOME
> > at all anymore. Do we have a way to discourage this portrayal of
> > GNOME?
> >
> > Understand that I'm not talking about a user saying "this is a
> > screenshot of GNOME" and not mentioning that it's heavily modified.
> >
> > Cheers
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