I was listening to The Linux Action Show today, and they were talking about this new development work that’s being done on Ubuntu’s login screen.

I must admit, if the screenshot is a good example of the look they’re going for, then I really like it. I’m a sucker for eye candy, but also I had been thinking the other day about what would be involved in terms of my wife using Ubuntu. Currently she’s happy using my laptop, and one of the things is that she knows she just has to click on the picture of herself at the login screen to get into her desktop settings. Currently with the default Ubuntu login screen, she’d have to remember her login name, and her password.

Ok, so its a complete eye-candy thing, that a lot of Ubuntu users may not find useful, but its probably going to be another of those pieces of work that makes Ubuntu appealing to general desktop users.

I hope development goes well on it, and we see it as an option in an upcoming release soon.