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2.21 The <tt>`trunk/Identity/Themes/Models/Default/Distro'</tt> Directory

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2.21.1 Goals

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    2.21.2 Description

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    It applies to all major releases of CentOS distribution.

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    2.21.2.1 One theme for all major releases

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    Sometimes, specific visual manifestations are formed by common

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    components which have internal differences. That is the case of CentOS
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    distribution visual manifestation.  
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    Since a visual style point of view, the CentOS distributions share

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    common artwork components like Anaconda --to cover the CentOS
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    distribution installation--, BootUp --to cover the CentOS
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    distribution start up--, and Backgrounds --to cover the CentOS
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    distribution desktop--.  Now, since a technical point of view, those
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    common artwork components are made of software improved constantly.
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    So, we need to find a way to keep one unique name and one unique
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    visual style in artwork components that have internal difference and
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    also remark internal difference as well.
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    Important

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    Remarking the CentOS release schema inside each

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    major release of CentOS distribution --or similar visual
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    manifestation-- takes high attention inside The CentOS Project
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    corporate visual identity. It should be very clear for people which
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    major release of CentOS distribution they are using.
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    In order to remark the CentOS release schema, the CentOS Artwork SIG

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    uses a release-specific brand design named "The CentOS Release
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    Brand". The CentOS release brand is compossed by the CentOS logotype
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    and the CentOS major release number (as specified in CentOS
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    release schema definition). In this solution, the CentOS release brand
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    is set inside all release-specific artworks (e.g., distribution,
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    installation media, etc.) in remarkable way.   The CentOS release
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    brand is the design component that lets us remark the CentOS release
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    schema inside the monolithic corporate visual identity structure we
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    propose to use.
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    2.21.2.2 One theme for each major release

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    Other way we've been using to remark CentOS release schema is

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    applying one unique theme for each major release of CentOS
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    distribution.  That is, if we have 4 major releases of CentOS
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    distribution, we need to provide 4 different themes to cover each
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    CentOS distribution available.
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    Inside CentOS Artwork Repository, you can create many themes and that

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    is very convenient. But using one unique theme for each major
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    release of CentOS distribution would bring visual isolation among
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    distributions, websites and promotion visual manifestations. If the
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    CentOS project would maintain just one CentOS distribution (and many
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    experienced graphic designers ready to create beautiful artworks) this
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    model would be nice. Indeed, this model looks quite similar to that
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    one used by Fedora project, doesn't it. But no, the CentOS project
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    maintains near to 4 major releases of CentOS distribution in parallel,
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    and that fact makes a huge difference since the corporate visual
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    identity point of view.
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    If we use one unique theme for each major release of CentOS

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    distribution, which one of those themes, does we use to cover other
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    CentOS visual manifestations, like websites and promotion stuff? 
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    In whatever case you choose some release-specific distribution user

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    will be visually isolated from other CentOS visual manifestations like
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    websites and promotion stuff, even if the CentOS brand is present in
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    all visual manifestations. In such a case, probably, users will end up
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    asking themselves, why my CentOS distribution has this design and the
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    CentOS website another one? Isn't them on the same project? With luck
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    the CentOS brand will exonerate user form visual isolation.
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    2.21.3 Usage

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    2.21.4 See also

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