Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:04:40 +0100 From: Daniel Seuffert <DS@praxisvermittlung24.de> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Add a Splash Screen Section to the Handbook? Message-ID: <4925B4C8.8080306@praxisvermittlung24.de> In-Reply-To: <200811201515.31281.gnemmi@gmail.com> References: <NBECLJEKGLBKHHFFANMBKELDCMAA.joeb@a1poweruser.com> <492544FC.9090504@FreeBSD.org> <49256AE4.3030604@praxisvermittlung24.de> <200811201515.31281.gnemmi@gmail.com>
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Gonzalo Nemmi wrote: >> Wouldn't it be nice to have some FreeBSD specific splash >> screens in the artwork section or elsewhere and you mention >> it in your section? Maybe it would be good idea to ask >> on advocacy for proposals? > > Indeed .. I've been thinking about this for a long time ... there's a severe > lack of FreeBSD related artwork .. so much so that I was thinking on paying > some artists I know to come up with a series of FreeBSD > boot/splash/backgrounds/sleeves and CD-DVD cover images ... > > Peer Schaefer's work (CD-ROM labels, sleeves and cases for FreeBSD) is > impecable, but he seems to be the only one working on FreeBSD art: > > http://www.wolldingwacht.de/foss/freebsd/cdrom-artwork/ > > I translated the text on his CD-ROM labels, sleeves and cases for FreeBSD into > spanish in order to get some "globalized" advocacy: > > http://www.wolldingwacht.de/foss/freebsd/cdrom-artwork-es/ I suggest you have a look at: http://misc.allbsd.de/CD-Stuff/ You can find any CD-/DVD-label I have ever produced for an event and afaik there's every BSD you might need (if I have forgotten something please let me know). > On august this year, Daniel Seuffert was asking for posters to use at events: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-advocacy/2008-August/003701.html Yes, that was me. We have 2 posters available now: http://misc.allbsd.de/Poster/FreeBSD-Blue-PosterA2.tif (designed by Aron Schlesinger) http://misc.allbsd.de/Poster/beastie_end.pdf (designed by Lars Engels aka lme@FreeBSD.org) I want to have more posters (5 or more) if possible > I believe OpenBSD sets the standar on this one .. with new OpenBSD related art > on every release, posters, t-shirts, lots of stickers and so on ... no doubt > I've been hesitant on wether or not to bring this issue up on freebsd-advocacy > but if I'm not alone on this one, I'm willing to do so. we should pick up the idea from Manolis with the new forum imho as well as advocacy > I thought that Anton Gural's work would have put an end to this ... but it did > not :( artwork is a never ending story, you cannot have to much of it... On a side note: Just in case you haven't seen it yet: We have a lot of flyers available in English, French, German http://misc.allbsd.de/Flyer/FreeBSD/ Maybe somebody is willing to translate to Spanish? ;-) - Daniel
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