openSUSE 11.2 is scheduled to be officially released in about a week (give or take a few hours…) and, as usual, we’re gearing up to press a bunch of media for shows and the ambassadors.
Typically Novell has created the artwork for the openSUSE DVDs, but this time around we had some really interesting and creative input from openSUSE contributors.
Here are the choices — vote in the poll box below or to the right!
#1: DVD Cover 1
#2: DVD Cover 2
#3: DVD Cover 3
So, which one would you choose? Yes, I have a favorite. No, I’m not telling. Yes, there’s a ringer in the house…
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Other details on the openSUSE DVDs:
- You asked for 64-bit, you’ve got it! We’re creating dual-sided media for openSUSE so that we have 32-bit media on one side, 64-bit on the other. This will be especially handy for folks (like me) who have a smattering of 32-bit only hardware still laying around.
- Live CDs: In the past, we’ve not created live CD media, but we wanted to provide some swag for GNOME and KDE specific events — so, we’re going to be creating a limited amount of live CDs that we will provide at events.
After the 11.2 release we’ll provide details on how to get media for events and so on. Sorry, we’re unable to handle individual orders for openSUSE DVDs. If you don’t want to mess with downloading openSUSE for your personal use and don’t need a full retail kit, I’d recommend checking out On-Disk.com or CheapBytes. Information on retail boxes will be forthcoming soon.
Update: Thanks for all the comments! Polling and comments are now closed. Winner will be announced shortly.
number 3 would be my preference
#2
I like the little icons on #3, but it’s over all a bit bland.
Sorry for double-posting, but seriously, how exciting is a picture of a blank CD on the cover of a CD?
Cover number 3
i would rather choose the first one
DVD Cover 3 is the best!!!!!!
#1
# 3.
Its the only one that doesn’t look like a train wreck on the back cover. (Sorry, thats a bit harsh, but the backs of choices 1 and 2 have too much competing information)
I do like the logo/badges on 1 and 2 better than the blank disk of # 3
but I quess we are not doing a mix and match at this point. and nothing about #3 hurts my brain
#3
cover No1 is more apprehensible and gives the meaning right in frond of your eyes of what you re going to expect…all three are perfect work or art…congrats to the artists
Cover number 3
The beauty of choice.. makes you confused which one to choose..
All 3 are great.! Keep up the good work.!
Cover 3.
#3 for sure, maybe do something to reduce the impact of the CD like Garrett said.
number 2, of cause
1 is the best
#3. I think it has the cleanest look, and the description on the back + screenshot is just the right balance.
#3! The other two are hideously bloated with nonsense slogans and useless distraction that only confuses people who don’t know what it is.
All of them are nice, but my favorite is #2.
I noticed that in cover #1, where it says about processors, it says “…Opteron od newer”. Is that a typo?
My vote goes for #2 (love the colors!), but I would propose to use #1 information instead
#3
#1#
Overall 3 is most professional and seems to fit with new splash screens and theming in 11.2 (whilst #2 looks like theme in 11.1). However, looking at #3 at a size on screen almost equivalent to a real disc case, some of the smallest text looks very difficult to read. #1 and #2 fail for me on the phrase “What’s openSUSE?” which is too colloquial for my liking, but I also don’t like #3′s statement of “make your desktop…. up and running”. ‘Get’ would make more sense instead of ‘Make’. I assume F-Spot wouldn’t be the featured screenshot on the KDE Live CD versions?
I’d like to vote, too, but every time I try to send a vote, it tells me to use a valid vote? WTF?
I’m using Opensuse 11.0 KDE3, and have tried with Konqueror and Firefox
I prefer, BTW, no 2
I simply love #3.
Simple and professional.
Where can i get that in a higher resolution ?
#3. Simply because it’s simple.
Hiya Zonker,
definitely Cover #3 from my perspective!
Just an aside, has anyone ever done an image of a chameleon with the Microsoft butterfly in its sights?
#1 is a good mix of darker shades and content layout. That’s my choice!
2 just because it should STAND OUT, marketing is all…
3 is great but it wont turn heads
why? 2 is moderner than 3 . 3 is very simple
1&2 the wallpaper is good but a lot of written work is there that make no3 beautiful because it is simple.
All covert art are nice, but my favorite is #3.
3
Voto por la portada 3 es limpia y atractiva aunque también esta muy bien la 1 pero me gusto mas que mostrara una imagen del escritorio en la parte trasera
soy usuario de opensuse de poco tiempo….. y me alegra tener la oportunidad de votor por el cover xD
#3
best fit this release, but nicer is #2 (openSUSE 11.1 like)
#2 is my choice. I dislike dark themes.
I have voted for #3, but it’s hard to choose.
#2 – remind me about the old SuSE distributions
#1 – the front size is nice, but the back one is , how to say, artificial or plastic (not natural) (no je prostÄ› dÄ›snÄ› vyumÄ›lkovaný)
#3 – it’s clear and nice, but the color is too dark.
The best combination is the design of the third one and the color palette of the first one.
Cover 1 for me
Cover No. 3 is the most readable. I choose number 3;)
Cover #1 is nice
but
Cover #3 is solid
I prefer Cover #3
Don’t we use features.opensuse.org for mob rule these days?
3! So elegant!
Cover 1 has more life in it and looks a bit more creative than the others to me. I hope that it will win.
Cover 3 is not bad but the colour is a bit too dull.
#3
it has opensuse 11.2 design style
#2
is good but it is little bit many objects… (but it really good as far as #3 )
the problem with #2 background is great, i like this colours that cooperats each other unlike backround on back side of screenshot…and it definitly not from 11.2 style. (maby BG and colour combination that will be great for whole 11.3 system)
also the main rectangle(on the face side, where is opensuse logo) is a little irrational. it starts and ends with no sence at all. and a face side is complitly bad as for my point of view…
#1 is completely bad from mainly 2 points.
first – there is combination of 2 styles. SLED 11(flying stripes) + opensuse 11.1(upper bar)
second – there is very hard contrast author is concentrate at fields where system requirements.
and this fields is very bad looking because of this… then take all attention at them and completely cover main reason about what dvd is.
please do not take a vote seriously… make professionally look at them an you’ll see that I am right..
and you has no another choice then #3
I voted for the third one, because it’s simply and clear.
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The third by far the most professional, the others are just too geeky and don’t look serious enough IMO
I think # 3 is better cover for OpenSuSe 11.2