Is there any reason why it should?

I know it’s a never ending discussion, should Linux imitate Windows to give beginners an usual feeling? I don’t think it should.

]]> http://blogs.gnome.org/thos/2007/01/18/interesting-addition-to-system-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Benoît DEJEAN Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/thos/2007/01/18/interesting-addition-to-system-monitor/#comment-281 Hi,<p/>about the branding : the feature comes from OpenSuse which uses a Novell Logo. There's a bugzilla entry about it : <a href="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=377144">http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=377144</a><p/>about the distro info : you need the LSB tool lsb_release. I'm going to add this 'dependency' in the ReadMe.<p/>about the hostname : i'm going to dig about it. code is :<br/>if (gethostname(buf, sizeof buf) == 0)<br/> if (struct hostent *h = gethostbyname(buf))<br/> this->hostname = h->h_name;<br/>What does 'uname -n' looks like on your box ?<p/>Thanks. Hi,

about the branding : the feature comes from OpenSuse which uses a Novell Logo. There’s a bugzilla entry about it : http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=377144

about the distro info : you need the LSB tool lsb_release. I’m going to add this ‘dependency’ in the ReadMe.

about the hostname : i’m going to dig about it. code is :
if (gethostname(buf, sizeof buf) == 0)
if (struct hostent *h = gethostbyname(buf))
this->hostname = h->h_name;
What does ‘uname -n’ looks like on your box ?

Thanks.

> Although, I suspect most distributions will just replace this graphic anyway?

Please dont put it in at all, the last thing we need is even more inconsistency. Gnome has always been good about keeping the branding subtle and tasteful despite the efforts of distributions to uglify things. Even worse this kind of branding is a pain in the arse to make accessible since it doesn’t change with the theme, and that alone should be reason enough to junk it.

]]> http://blogs.gnome.org/thos/2007/01/18/interesting-addition-to-system-monitor/comment-page-1/#comment-285 Benoît DEJEAN Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/thos/2007/01/18/interesting-addition-to-system-monitor/#comment-285 Gnomer : /etc/lsb-release is not standard AFAIK. lsb_release is just fine and is meant for that. This is just an optional dependency. I'm not going to waste time writing custom code for every linux distro. lsb_release is a nice solution, but you have to get it.<p/>Alan : <a href="http://www.bipm.org">http://www.bipm.org</a><br/>i've just killed the logo because of angry people. Now the system looks empty. Gnomer : /etc/lsb-release is not standard AFAIK. lsb_release is just fine and is meant for that. This is just an optional dependency. I’m not going to waste time writing custom code for every linux distro. lsb_release is a nice solution, but you have to get it.

Alan : http://www.bipm.org
i’ve just killed the logo because of angry people. Now the system looks empty.