This directory organizes CentOS Distribution default design models in
the following categories:
@table @strong
@item Syslinux
Contains design models for syslinux, the program used to boot the
CentOS Distribution installation media. @xref{Filesystem trunk
Identity Themes Models Default Distro Syslinux}, for more information.
@item Anaconda
Contains design models for Anaconda, the program used to install
CentOS Distribution. @xref{Filesystem trunk Identity Themes Models
Default Distro Anaconda}, for more information.
@item Firstboot
Contains design models for the first boot program used to configure
the maching onece installed. @xref{Filesystem trunk Identity Themes
Models Default Distro Firstboot}, for more information.
@item Rhgb
Contains design models for CentOS Graphical Boot, the program used to
show the boot process from Grub to Display Manager. @xref{Filesystem
trunk Identity Themes Models Default Distro Rhgb}, for more
information.
@item Gdm
Contains design models for GNOME Display Manager, the program used to
log into the manchine once installed and configured. @xref{Filesystem
trunk Identity Themes Models Default Distro Gdm}, for more
information.
@item Kdm
Contains design models for KDE Display Manager, the program used to
log into the manchine once installed and configured. @xref{Filesystem
trunk Identity Themes Models Default Distro Kdm}, for more
information.
@item Grub
Contains design models for GRUB (Grand Unified Boot Loader), the
program used to boot the machine into an operating system.
@xref{Filesystem trunk Identity Themes Models Default Distro Kdm}, for
more information.
@item Gsplash
Contains design models for GNOME splash, the program used to show the
progress information while user's graphical session is loading.
@xref{Filesystem trunk Identity Themes Models Default Distro Gsplash},
for more information.
@item Ksplash
Contains design models for KDE splash, the program used to show the
progress information while user's graphical session is loading.
@xref{Filesystem trunk Identity Themes Models Default Distro Ksplash},
for more information.
@end table
The CentOS Project maintains near to four different major releases of
CentOS Distribution. Each major release of CentOS Distribution has
internal differences that make them unique and, at the same time, each
CentOS Distribution individually is tagged into the one unique visual
manifestation (i.e., a CentOS Distribution). So, how could we
implement the monolithic visual structure in one visual manifestation
that has internal difference?
To answer this question we broke the question in two parts and later
combined the resultant answers to build a possible solution.
@table @strong
@item How to visually remark the internal differences?
Merge both The CentOS Project Release Schema into The CentOS Project
Trademark to build The CentOS Project Release Trademark. The CentOS
Project Release Trademark remarks two things: first, the image is from
The CentOS Project and second, the major release of CentOS
Distribution the image belongs to.
@xref{Filesystem trunk Identity Models Tpl Brands}, for more
information on how to develop and improve The CentOS Project Brand.
@item How to remark the visual resemblance?
Use a common artistic motif as background for all CentOS Distribution
images.
@xref{Filesystem trunk Identity Themes Motifs}, for more information.
@item So, combining answers above, we could conclude that:
In order to implement the CentOS Monolithic Visual Structure
(@pxref{Filesystem trunk Identity}) on CentOS Distribution visual
manifestations, a CentOS Release Trademark and a common background
(based on one unique artistic motif) should be used.
@end table
@quotation
@strong{Important} Remarking the CentOS release schema inside each
major release of CentOS Distribution ---or similar visual
manifestation--- takes @emph{high attention} inside The CentOS Project
corporate visual identity. It should be very clear for everyone which
major release of CentOS Distribution they are using.
@end quotation
Other recommendation that have being discussed is that of producing
one unique visual style for @emph{each} major release of CentOS
Distribution. That is, if we have 4 different major releases of
CentOS Distribution, we need to provide 4 different visual styles to
cover each CentOS Distribution art work needs. Even such schema could
be produced inside CentOS Artwork Repository, using one unique theme
for @emph{each} major release of CentOS Distribution would introduce
visual isolation to CentOS Distribution, as visual manifestation of
The CentOS Project.
As previously said, The CentOS Project maintains near to 4 different
major releases of CentOS Distribution in parallel, and that fact
creates a complete different perspective since the structural point of
view. Consider the following: If we use one unique visual style for
@emph{each} major release of CentOS Distribution, which one of those
visual styles does we use to cover other CentOS visual manifestations,
like web sites and promotion stuff?
Some persons may end up asking themselves, why the CentOS Distribution
I am using has this visual style tnd he CentOS web sites a different
one? Isn't them all part of the same project? Furtunely, the
presence of the CentOS Brand could exonerate those persons form
complete visual isolation.