Bug 2457639 - The background logo is too transparent and hard to see on F44
Summary: The background logo is too transparent and hard to see on F44
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Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gnome-shell-extension-background-logo
Version: 44
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Florian Müllner
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard: AcceptedFreezeException RejectedBlocker
Depends On:
Blocks: F44FinalFreezeException
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-04-12 10:54 UTC by Daniel Rusek
Modified: 2026-04-13 18:25 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

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Attachments (Terms of Use)
Fedora 44 desktop (799.40 KB, image/png)
2026-04-12 10:56 UTC, Daniel Rusek
no flags Details
Quick design I threw together with the white logo (8.77 MB, image/svg+xml)
2026-04-13 07:44 UTC, Nik Nikovsky
no flags Details

Description Daniel Rusek 2026-04-12 10:54:20 UTC
Fully updated Fedora 44 (installed in Boxes), gnome-shell-extension-background-logo-50~beta-2.fc44.noarch.

The Fedora background logo is too transparent and hard to see. See the attached screenshot.

There was no such issue on previous Fedora releases. Probably because of a different wallpaper?

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Fedora 44 Workstation from latest iso.
2. See how the background logo looks.
3. Fully update the system.
4. See how the background logo looks.

Comment 1 Daniel Rusek 2026-04-12 10:56:18 UTC
Created attachment 2136819 [details]
Fedora 44 desktop

Comment 2 Fedora Blocker Bugs Application 2026-04-12 10:58:06 UTC
Proposed as a Blocker and Freeze Exception for 44-final by Fedora user asciiwolf using the blocker tracking app because:

 The Fedora background logo (that is an important part of the Fedora branding) is too transparent and hard to see on Fedora 44 with the default wallpaper.

Comment 3 Nik Nikovsky 2026-04-13 07:34:11 UTC
My solution is to use the white version of the logo instead.

Comment 4 Nik Nikovsky 2026-04-13 07:44:24 UTC
Created attachment 2136922 [details]
Quick design I threw together with the white logo

Comment 5 Adam Williamson 2026-04-13 15:50:41 UTC
+7 FE in https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review/issue/2103 , marking accepted. Will leave blocker decision for the meeting.

Comment 6 Lukas Ruzicka 2026-04-13 18:25:51 UTC
AGREED RejectedFinalBlocker

Discussed at the 2026-04-13 (blocker / freeze exception) review meeting:

We agreed this isn't serious enough to constitute a violation of the artwork criteria. The watermark is present and visible, just a bit subtle; it's also not really an issue on the dark mode wallpaper.

https://meetbot-raw.fedoraproject.org//blocker-review_matrix_fedoraproject-org/2026-04-13/f44-blocker-review.2026-04-13-16.00.log.txt


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