Linux distro: Kubuntu 17.04 SDDM's default Breeze theme uses a plain blue background. I have heard that this was a deliberate choice by the VDG, and I would like to make the case that substituting the excellent Next wallpaper would be superior for the following reasons: 1. The screen locker matches the desktop by using use the Next wallpaper at /usr/share/wallpapers/Next by default, and they both look great. But SDDM doesn't, providing two needlessly different visual experiences when users need to type their password at the lock and login screens. Most users will not (and should not need to) understand the difference between the login screen and the lock screen, so the fact that one shows a picture and the other shows a plain blue background seems weird and inconsistent. 2. This is a missed opportunity to reinforce the Breeze visual brand via the Next wallpaper, which is really excellent. 2. Entirely apart from consistency and branding, a picture is more attractive than a plain blue background. It's not even a soft blue; the color is very bright and hard. It's rather jarring. Next is much prettier--calming, and comforting, even. Therefore, I propose that the Breeze SDDM theme use the Next wallpaper instead of just the plain blue background.
By chance, I happened to stumble on a similar comment made by a KDE-using Redditor today (not me): https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/6i4uf0/has_anyone_tried_kde_on_new_debian_9/dj40lw3/ "Edit: Also, the default SDDM theme is VERY ugly. Change it the first chance you get. Not bashing it, because overall, [Debian is] one of the best KDE experiences for me."
>I have heard that this was a deliberate choice by the VDG, Yes. > so the fact that one shows a picture and the other shows a plain blue background seems weird and inconsistent. It doesn't. They both default to blue.
Ah, you;re right. I still think it's weird to have just an ugly plain blue background for both, but I guess my lone opinion doesn't carry much weight, and it *is* customizable.
We actually managed to get some VDG consensus on this recently: https://phabricator.kde.org/T7914 I sent an email th plasma-devel about it, but we could open a new Bugzilla ticket if necessary.
The default blue is ugly, however, the Breeze Dark window background color, $31363b, looks quite nice for both SDDM theme and lock screen. I prefer a solid color over a potentially noisy wallpaper--the right color just needs to be chosen.
Git commit 6e5e6adad19143c29212e89afb486530c473081c by Nathaniel Graham. Committed on 22/04/2018 at 14:28. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. Use the default Plasma wallpaper on the lock screen Summary: As discussed and agreed to by VDG (T7914), change the lock screen background from the blue color to the current Plasma wallpaper. Closes T7914 Test Plan: - `rm ~/.config/kscreenlockerrc` - Build and install kscreenlocker with this patch - Lock the screen {F5753279} Reviewers: #plasma, #vdg, graesslin, abetts, davidedmundson, mart Reviewed By: #plasma, #vdg, abetts, davidedmundson, mart Subscribers: fvogt, Fuchs, broulik, davidedmundson, zzag, Pitel, progwolff, abetts, hein, mart, graesslin, plasma-devel Tags: #plasma Maniphest Tasks: T7914 Differential Revision: https://phabricator.kde.org/D11308 M +1 -1 kcfg/kscreenlockersettings.kcfg M +1 -1 kcm/kcm.cpp https://commits.kde.org/kscreenlocker/6e5e6adad19143c29212e89afb486530c473081c
Git commit 05b096135ca99673e39145830b7c55a671a761d5 by David Edmundson. Committed on 22/04/2018 at 14:45. Pushed by davidedmundson into branch 'master'. Use the default Plasma wallpaper on the login screen Summary: As discussed and agreed to by VDG (T7914), change the SDDM theme background from the blue color to the current Plasma wallpaper. FIXED-IN: 5.13.0 Test Plan: - Build and deploy plasma-workspace with this patch - Log out {F5753281} Reviewers: #plasma, #vdg, broulik, abetts, ngraham, mart Reviewed By: #plasma, #vdg, abetts, ngraham, mart Subscribers: mart, davidedmundson, broulik, plasma-devel Tags: #plasma Differential Revision: https://phabricator.kde.org/D11309 M +6 -1 CMakeLists.txt D +0 -4 sddm-theme/theme.conf A +4 -0 sddm-theme/theme.conf.cmake https://commits.kde.org/plasma-workspace/05b096135ca99673e39145830b7c55a671a761d5