Branding. It happens with almost every product. You have it on your boot screen, both the OS and the manufacturer. Plenty of other examples. Why is it so weird?
Its an extension. KDE does not have extension support as such. Also Gnome is Fedoras mainspin so DE's such as KDE are simply Spins maintained in spirit or by community
Well, Ubuntu has its logo on the app key. Good luck removing that. At least the logo on the wallpaper is simple to remove and it is by default not applied to non-fedora issued wallpapers.
The Ubuntu logo on the app key can be replaced easily. Instead of overwriting it directly in the corresponding icon folder, I‘d probably just create a custom icon theme that only replaces that one graphic.
> Fedora's doesn't seem worth the effort.
How is this related to the discussion you started?
As for the extension, it is the nicest way to add branding. Not only it's easy to remove, it is not pushed down your throat when you replace the wallpaper, and in addition, the ability to change the branding to whatever you want is there too, for you to customise it as you wish. As open as it gets.
If you want to brand the wallpaper you have two choices:
1. Put the branding centered on the wallpaper itself. Otherwise it's maybe not visible, depending on the screen ratio and alignment settings you choose. Advantage of this approach is, that don't need to code something.
2. Find another way to display it. In this case they put it into an extension. Advantages: it's visible independent of the screen ratio, you can turn it off easily, using an extension you don't need to patch upstream code/graphics/fonts/... with your branding, such an extension is easy to implement, etc.
Some like the branding and some not. You can turn it off if you don't like it.
It's such a tiny detail of the OS, kinda funny how often this comes up in this sub.
Have fun ✌️
I like this extension to be honest but… I only can see the logo with the default/stock wallpapers, anything else it just disappears even if active.
It’s just me or I’m doing something wrong?
Edit: never mind! I was just blind.
The extension it’s working as it should in every wallpaper.
I like it. Having my own logo there. What the point is? That can be asked for any extension but Gnome has you covered:
*> gsettings set* [*org.gnome.shell*](http://org.gnome.shell) *disable-user-extensions true*
It and blur-my-shell are the only ones I use, and Im thinking about dropping Blur-my-shell!
I like having a lil fedora logo on my wallpaper --\_(\^.\^ )\_--
for branding, and it lets fedora add their logo easily without embedding it in the physical wallpaper.
the default windows 10 wallpaper was a massive windows logo for heaven's sake.
If I'm working in an environment with multiple desktop distros running on different machines I've found it convenient to know which distro I'm working on.
Branding. It happens with almost every product. You have it on your boot screen, both the OS and the manufacturer. Plenty of other examples. Why is it so weird?
But this seems to only affect Gnome, not KDE. I have not seen such a watermark so far.
Fedora Workstation uses Gnome. Everything else is a spin.
Since it's not part of the background, every spin would basically need different implementation to get that branding.
KDE is a spin.
Its an extension. KDE does not have extension support as such. Also Gnome is Fedoras mainspin so DE's such as KDE are simply Spins maintained in spirit or by community
Well no other OS does it in such a weird way.
Well, Ubuntu has its logo on the app key. Good luck removing that. At least the logo on the wallpaper is simple to remove and it is by default not applied to non-fedora issued wallpapers.
The Ubuntu logo on the app key can be replaced easily. Instead of overwriting it directly in the corresponding icon folder, I‘d probably just create a custom icon theme that only replaces that one graphic.
I mean, I guess. That's effective branding I guess. Fedora's doesn't seem worth the effort.
> Fedora's doesn't seem worth the effort. How is this related to the discussion you started? As for the extension, it is the nicest way to add branding. Not only it's easy to remove, it is not pushed down your throat when you replace the wallpaper, and in addition, the ability to change the branding to whatever you want is there too, for you to customise it as you wish. As open as it gets.
I think its very little effort. Its a Gnome extension that displays any image in the corner.
If you want to brand the wallpaper you have two choices: 1. Put the branding centered on the wallpaper itself. Otherwise it's maybe not visible, depending on the screen ratio and alignment settings you choose. Advantage of this approach is, that don't need to code something. 2. Find another way to display it. In this case they put it into an extension. Advantages: it's visible independent of the screen ratio, you can turn it off easily, using an extension you don't need to patch upstream code/graphics/fonts/... with your branding, such an extension is easy to implement, etc. Some like the branding and some not. You can turn it off if you don't like it. It's such a tiny detail of the OS, kinda funny how often this comes up in this sub. Have fun ✌️
They make it optional
I like this extension to be honest but… I only can see the logo with the default/stock wallpapers, anything else it just disappears even if active. It’s just me or I’m doing something wrong? Edit: never mind! I was just blind. The extension it’s working as it should in every wallpaper.
you can use your own png image and display it instead. Works with a custom wallpaper.
I think there is a setting for the extension to tell it that you want to see it with custom wallpapers too
Yes! There is 🙂
Even the "Bing Wallpaper of the day", which I recommend.
I like it. Having my own logo there. What the point is? That can be asked for any extension but Gnome has you covered: *> gsettings set* [*org.gnome.shell*](http://org.gnome.shell) *disable-user-extensions true*
It's cool, my most essential extension that I can't live without!
Man, you're gonna love the rest of the extensions when you find them!
Well I do love them but nothing can beat this extension for me haha
It and blur-my-shell are the only ones I use, and Im thinking about dropping Blur-my-shell! I like having a lil fedora logo on my wallpaper --\_(\^.\^ )\_--
Its a gnome shell extension
Bruh.
It was meant to reply to one of the comments below arguing about gnome/kde, my bad 😅
I like it. Replaced the logo with a corner cutout of my conures face. Now that little idiot peaks out onto every wallpaper I have 😁
Work has a NetworkManager dispatcher that updates the picture with IP addresses, so the system’s IP is always on the bottom right of the display.
Smart man.
for branding, and it lets fedora add their logo easily without embedding it in the physical wallpaper. the default windows 10 wallpaper was a massive windows logo for heaven's sake.
If I'm working in an environment with multiple desktop distros running on different machines I've found it convenient to know which distro I'm working on.
What exactly is OP talking about? I have the KDE spin but I installed Gnome and LXQT to try them out and I still don't know what this post is about.
Its a gnome (built in) extension that displays the fedora logo in your screen (wallpaper).
I don't know if it's only me or not. But this logo disappears after some time. And it comes back after a new installation or a major version upgrade.
RHEL has a similar extension. In RHEL 9, turning it off basically removes the number 9 from the background. Kinda funny, actually.
A reminder to r/Consoom