http://www.cimitan.com/blog Italians do it Better... Wed, 14 May 2008 15:45:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've added, as you can see in the homepage of the GNOME 2.24 Wallpaper Contest, a countdown which specify the last day you can submit your wallpapers :) (it will end the 23 of May) We got a bunch of good nature pictures (though only a few can be accepted because ... http://www.cimitan.com/blog/2008/04/27/ending-date-for-the-wallpaper-contest/ Yeah we got some good abstract wallpapers, but sadly we can't say the same for the nature ones (except for one or two...) :( Not because the pictures were not good, but because a nice photo is generally not suitable as a wallpaper! As said: please follow the quality guidelines. Expecially "Soft ... http://www.cimitan.com/blog/2008/04/19/some-suggestions-for-the-wallpaper-contest/ Hi Artists/Designers!!! Today starts the Wallpaper Contest for GNOME 2.24, which should give a fresh breath of new wallpapers. Our idea is to find out good wallpapers to match current GNOME style (Clearlooks and Tangoish style), and with them find out talented artists that may join (if they likes) our artwork team. There's ... http://www.cimitan.com/blog/2008/04/02/gnome-224-wallpaper-contest/ I've just released the 2.22.0 version. From the NEWS file: 2.22.0 Welcome 2.22.0 release! New themes since 2.20: * Unity Gtk Theme * Unity Metacity Theme * GNOME-Alternative Icon Theme Themes updated since 2.20: * Foxtrot Icon Theme So Unity and GNOME-Alternative are in! http://www.cimitan.com/blog/2008/04/02/gnome-themes-extras-2220-released/ I've added an ugly hack :D to support GtkMenubar's shadow-none also for menubar in RGBA mode The ugly code is in the gedit window... yeah you might want to kill me! :D Commit will follow soon. Cheers. http://www.cimitan.com/blog/2008/04/01/flat-menubars-and-toolbars-for-murrine-rgba-ugly-hack-d/ Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me! ...Happy Birthday Cimi... Happy Birthday to me!!! http://www.cimitan.com/blog/2008/03/26/cimi-turns-22/ Unity and GNOME-Alternative hits GNOME's trunk (gnome-themes-extras). I will do the 2.22.0 release when andreasn will answer me if he needs some more days to complete Foxtrot Icon Theme :) Anyway I will wait since Unity is in testing, so I can do some fixes if someone notices some bugs. P.S.: We chose ... http://www.cimitan.com/blog/2008/03/18/welcome-unity-new-gnome-theme/ Hi guys, I need a name for a new Gtk Theme + Metacity that I made one month ago and I'd like to publish asap in Gnome Themes Extras (I'm also the Maintainer of this module). Please, if you have an Idea, add a comment here. Description Basically it is composed of a ... http://www.cimitan.com/blog/2008/03/06/i-need-a-name-for-a-new-gnome-theme/ I must take a break in the next month, I coded too much since December and now it's time for a breath ;) This doesn't mean I will be offline, but don't expect commits for Clearlooks or Murrine :) Anyway, if you've some questions about Murrine or you just want to take ... http://www.cimitan.com/blog/2008/02/26/marchs-break/ Hi Gtk+ hackers ;) I'm writing this post to see if someone is interested in writing a small patch to make all apps use the RGBA colormap, when available. The Approach I've discussed few days about *which could be the saner approach* in IRC with thos, ebassi, benzea etc etc. Of course, same discussion ... http://www.cimitan.com/blog/2008/02/17/rgba-colormap-by-default-in-gtk-call-for-a-coder/