Written by Lex the 14 Apr 08 at 16:58.
Category: Look and Feel.
Related project:
Nothing/Others.
Status: New
Rationale
It would represent Ubuntu much better if there would be some "nicer" lock screen.
Maybe just add background picture similar to login screen.
UPDATE:
Let us say that "lock" screen is not matching with rest of the system. I am not saying that there must be background picture. I just don't like current gray box. At least “lock” screen should match theme colour and contains Ubuntu logo. It would be useful to get more ideas how to make it nicer.
edit: the URL of the tutorial shouldn't have any spaces in it. In particular, remove the space in the word "dialog" before trying to access the address.
It's awesome when you complain about something, just to find that you're not the only one and there's already been decent conversation regarding the topic.
I don't need anything fancy, I'd just like it to match the the system theme (Login screen and/or the system theme). The tutorial that John Karahalis points us toward is precisely what I am looking for.
Personally I don't like the human theme and changing it is the first thing I do when I install Ubuntu. But the human-theme-lock-screen tutorial is exactly the right idea.