Dear Debianites
This is the official call for artwork proposals for the forky cycle. For the most up to date details, please refer to the wiki^1. At the same time, we would like to thank Elise Couper for creating the Ceratopsian theme for trixie^2.
So, if you would like (or know someone who would like) to create a desktop look and feel that will be seen by trillions of people, be sure to send in your artwork ASAP!
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Deadline for submissions: 2026-09-12
The artwork is usually picked based on which theme looks the most:
- "Debian"
(Admittedly not the most defined concept, since everyone has their own take on what Debian means to them.)
- plausible to integrate without patching core software
(As much as we love some of the insanely good looking themes, some would require heavy GTK+ theming and patching GDM/GNOME.)
- clean / well designed
(without becoming something that gets annoying to look at a year down the road. Examples of good themes include Emerald, Homeworld, Joy, Lines, softWaves and futurePrototype)
For more information / details, please post to the Debian Desktop^3 list, to which the reply-to for this mail has been set.
-Jonathan, on behalf of the Debian Desktop team
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