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Rocky Logos Package Guidelines

This page goes over the basic guidelines for the rocky-logos package, which produces assets for anaconda, wallpapers, and other assets for the distribution.

Release Engineering has the final "go/no-go" decision on submissios/assets/images in the package.

Rocky Logo Assets

In various parts of the package, the Rocky logo will need to exist in multiple forms:

  • Green variant
  • White variant

This can be in the form of PNG, JPG, or SVG files.

anaconda

All anaconda image assets will be in PNG form. Backgrounds should be transparent with the exception of rnotes if applicable.

Backgrounds

See Backgrounds Section

fedora

SVG format of logo assets as fedora_logo (color) and fedora_logo_darkbackground (white), and a default as fedora_logo.

firstboot

First boot assets. This is generally the sidebar (like the anaconda installer) and a workstation icon. PNG format.

icons/hicolor

Rocky icons will appear here in different resolutions and must be in PNG or SVG format:

  • 16x16/apps: PNG, system-logo-icon, fedora-logo-icon
  • 22x22/apps: PNG, system-logo-icon, fedora-logo-icon
  • 24x24/apps: PNG, system-logo-icon, fedora-logo-icon
  • 32x32/apps: PNG, system-logo-icon, fedora-logo-icon
  • 36x36/apps: PNG, system-logo-icon, fedora-logo-icon
  • 48x48/apps: PNG, system-logo-icon, fedora-logo-icon
  • 96x96/apps: PNG, system-logo-icon, fedora-logo-icon
  • 256x256/apps: PNG, system-logo-icon, fedora-logo-icon
  • scalable/apps: SVG, fedora-logo-icon, org.fedoraproject.AnacondaInstaller.svg, start-here.svg, xfce4_xicon1.svg
  • symbolic/apps: SVG, org.fedoraproject.AnacondaInstaller-symbolic

ipa

IPA specific assets, usually text. They are generally PNG or JPG:

  • header-logo.png - Text
  • login-screen-background.jpg - No text
  • login-screen-logo.png - Logo + Text
  • product-name.png - Text

pixmaps

PNG format, these are usually assets used within GNOME, GDM, and other desktop environments.

plymouth/charge

Typically unchanged and is for the plymouth loading screen

svg

SVG format of logo assets as fedora_logo (color) and fedora_logo_darkbackground (white)

color file dictates background color if applicable

testpage

index.html for httpd/nginx/etc

Backgrounds/Wallpapers

Structure

Wallpapers appear in PNG format with a backing XML file to list out all available resolutions if applicable, as well as defaults.

A defaults file looks at every other XML that is a default background provided by the backgrounds package and default options if applicable.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE wallpapers SYSTEM "gnome-wp-list.dtd">
<wallpapers>
    <wallpaper deleted="false">
        <name>Rocky Linux 9 Default Background - Placeholder Mesh</name>
        <filename>/usr/share/backgrounds/rocky-default-1-mesh.xml</filename>
        <options>zoom</options>
        <author>Louis Abel</author>
        <email>label@rockylinux.org</email>
        <license>CC-BY-SA 4.0</license>
    </wallpaper>
    <wallpaper deleted="false">
        <name>Rocky Linux 9 Default Background - Placeholder Target</name>
        <filename>/usr/share/backgrounds/rocky-default-1-target.xml</filename>
        <options>zoom</options>
        <author>Louis Abel</author>
        <email>label@rockylinux.org</email>
        <license>CC-BY-SA 4.0</license>
    </wallpaper>
</wallpapers>

The wallpaper itself will list every applicable variant of that background if applicable.

<background>
  <starttime>
    <year>2021</year>
    <month>10</month>
    <day>29</day>
    <hour>19</hour>
    <minute>21</minute>
    <second>19</second>
  </starttime>

<static>
<duration>10000000000.0</duration>
<file>
  <!-- Wide 16:9 -->
  <size width="1920" height="1080">/usr/share/backgrounds/rocky-default-1-mesh-16-9.png</size>
  <!-- Wide 16:10 -->
  <size width="1920" height="1200">/usr/share/backgrounds/rocky-default-1-mesh-16-10.png</size>
  <!-- Standard 4:3 -->
  <size width="2048" height="1536">/usr/share/backgrounds/rocky-default-1-mesh-4-3.png</size>
  <!-- Normalish 5:4 -->
  <size width="1280" height="1024">/usr/share/backgrounds/rocky-default-1-mesh-5-4.png</size>
</file>
</static>
</background>

Day/Night Wallpapers have a similar configuration.

<background>
  <starttime>
    <year>2022</year>
    <month>01</month>
    <day>01</day>
    <hour>8</hour>
    <minute>00</minute>
    <second>00</second>
  </starttime>
<!-- This animation will start at 8 AM. -->

<!-- We start with day at 8 AM. It will remain up for 10 hours. -->
<static>
<duration>36000.0</duration>
<file>/usr/share/backgrounds/rocky-default-1-mesh-day.png</file>
</static>

<!-- Day ended and starts to transition to night at 6 PM. The transition lasts for 2 hours, ending at 8 PM. -->
<transition type="overlay">
<duration>7200.0</duration>
<from>/usr/share/backgrounds/rocky-default-1-mesh-day.png</from>
<to>/usr/share/backgrounds/rocky-default-1-mesh-night.png</to>
</transition>

<!-- It's 8 PM, we're showing the night till 6 AM. -->
<static>
<duration>36000.0</duration>
<file>/usr/share/backgrounds/rocky-default-1-mesh-night.png</file>
</static>

<!-- It's 6 AM, and we're starting to transition to day. Transition completes at 8 AM. -->
<transition type="overlay">
<duration>7200.0</duration>
<from>/usr/share/backgrounds/rocky-default-1-mesh-night.png</from>
<to>/usr/share/backgrounds/rocky-default-1-mesh-day.png</to>
</transition>

</background>

Guidelines

This section goes over the general guidelines for the main backgrounds included in the distribution.

Note: It is highly recommended and encouraged that a submission should be the highest resolution as noted below. See the note on minimum resolutions.

  • General Theme: Each Rocky release has a codename, and thus is the general theme. Examples.
    • Rocky 8: Green Obsidian - Submissions only to extras
    • Rocky 9: Blue Onyx - This should be generally a blue theme/color scheme. Submissions only to extras.
    • Rocky 10: Red Quartz - This should be generally a red-like theme/color scheme

  • Required Resolution(s) for Normal Submissions:

    • Resolution must not fall below: 3072x3072
    • Example resolutions: 4800x3600, 4096x3072, 3440x3440

  • Allowed:

    • Anything related to nature, mountains, rocks, and the like (generally fitting into the "rocky" idea)
    • Anything related to the release codename (eg. Blue Onyx)
    • Anything minimalist/abstract is allowed
    • References to the release number (like 9, and so on) are allowed
    • Complementary colors should be allowed in the image within reason
    • Contrasting colors should be allowed in the image within reason
    • Photography + Manipulation should be allowed within reason - Random photos from image searches will not be accepted
    • Highly Encouraged: Day and Night versions of wallpapers

  • Discouraged:

    • Avoid using the Rocky logo, unless it fits with an abstract/minimalist idea for the background
      • Plain backdrops with the rocky logo are not permitted

  • Prohibited:

    • Any AI generated artwork

Minimum Resolutions

For general submissions, we request a high resolution to make things simpler, that way the user should be able to use a wallpaper without having to choose "the right one" for their monitor size. This requirement is more relaxed for the extra backgrounds package. If a submitter wishes not to use the highest resolution but opts to make multiple resolutions instead, they should use the below list as a general guideline:

  • Minimum Required Resolutions:
    • 16:9 (1920x1080)
    • 16:10 (1920x1200)
    • 5:4 (2048x1536)
    • 4:3 (1280x1024)
  • Additional (encouraged) allowed resolutions:
    • 3440x1440
    • 2560x1600
    • 2560x1440
    • 2560x1080
    • 1800x1440
    • Portrait mode versions of the above are optional

The placeholders in this commit shows an example of using the minimum resolutions.

Extras Package

If a wallpaper does not make it to the main package (whether it doesn't meet guidelines or is simply just Rocky inspired), they should be able to be submitted for addition into the rocky-backgrounds-extras package.