Do you like Maverick default wallpaper ?

[alket]

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/340/ycn7c.th.jpg (http://img201.imageshack.us/i/ycn7c.jpg/)

[Paul820]

I wouldn't call that a wallpaper, it looks like someone has been testing the brushes out in Gimp.

[ctrlmd]

what ? :lolflag:Lucid Lynx wallpaper v2
and no i don't

[Spice Weasel]

Who puked on my screen? And why is it pink?

[JT9161]

Sure, but when the process of changing it takes 3 clicks, does it really matter

[Paul820]

Yes, but they are improving the interface (which looks very nice) and then they will go and spoil it by using that. At least use something half decent that will go with the new theme. New users booting into that are going to think there is something wrong with their graphics card....or eyes.

[ctrlmd]

Yes, but they are improving the interface (which looks very nice) and then they will go and spoil it by using that. At least use something half decent that will go with the new theme. New users booting into that are going to think there is something wrong with their graphics card....or eyes.
+1 i was going to say the samething

[PaulW2U]

Horrible. :shock:

I voted no, along with nearly everyone else so far.

An update has obviously put this on my PC. I just changed my desktop wallpaper to display the new version and liked it even less. I then changed it back again.

[alexfish]

Same as lucid , comment at the time "looks like a foggy night"

had hope the fog cleared , to see what was really there

any ideas

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid72518865001?bctid=49720689001

[T2manner]

I personally don't like it. The best wallpapers, I think, were the ones back when they had the brown theme, especially the wallpapers on 8.04 and 8.10.
I wish the art team would make cool backgrounds like the ones Fedora has.

[sxmaxchine]

i would like it a lot if the orange dots were not in it. I like orange but it doesn't look right in the picture.

[Little Bones]

Orange is way too powerful.

[Simian Man]

That has got to be a joke.

[alket]

Its one of ugliest I ever seen and it is too blur.

[The Real Dave]

Personally, I'm not liking the purple look in Lucid or Maverick. It's ok, but it doesn't hold a candle to the dark coffee 9.10 look :D

http://linuxexpresso.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/humanlogin_brown.png?w=200h=150 (http://linuxexpresso.wordpress.com/2010/06/08/humanlogin_brown/)

I have the above available as a theme pack (http://linuxexpresso.wordpress.com/2010/06/08/humanlogin_brown/) if anyone's interested btw. :D

[Frogs Hair]

I only have to look at it for as long as it takes to change it.

[Brent0]

It looks like someone fell asleep on their mouse while using the orange paint brush in Photoshop.

The orange splotch is ugly ugly ugly. Come on Ubuntu art team! It's not that hard to make a wallpaper! They should do a contest for the default wallpaper and have the community vote for it. ;)

I might make a mock-up in the next few weeks to prove a point. (I have NO experience with GIMP/Photoshop by the way!)

[NCLI]

It's absolutely horrible. It would be OK if they'd just get rid of the orange!!

[Paqman]

Sure, but when the process of changing it takes 3 clicks, does it really matter

Default settings matter. They're what any machine in a shop will show to a potential customer. If we want Linux to be available as a pre-installed option, we have to show the OEMs it can look nice.

[schreber]

Not a big fan of the orange splotches. It looks as if the designer/artist didn't give too much thought to improving an already acceptable default image and just said "the heck with it..."

[TriBlox6432]

It looks like the Lucide wallpaper, except they dotted it with pink . . . . Hell no.

[Cam!]

It looks a bit "off", but it looks more refined than the Lucid one. Hopefully it'll change.

[drawkcab]

Purple/Orange sucks

I liked the old Brown.

[Delvien]

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/340/ycn7c.th.jpg (http://img201.imageshack.us/i/ycn7c.jpg/)

Absolutely not, looks like a Mac wanna-be wallpaper.

[JT9161]

Default settings matter. They're what any machine in a shop will show to a potential customer. If we want Linux to be available as a pre-installed option, we have to show the OEMs it can look nice.

And every OEM has the same definition of 'nice' ?

[Yvan300]

Sucks bad :(

[cgroza]

That looks like lucid. I was expecting a new wallpaper not a lucid recycled one!
PUT SOMETHING WORTHY OF THE BIG 10. They said they want to make a perfect 10, is that part of their perfection?

[undecim]

That image just made me decide to use the CLI for everything.

Links is a descent browser, btw.

[cgroza]

Too bad. I usually use the default configuration for a while just to get an idea of the look and feel. I think ill change the wallpaper only.

[CJ Master]

I honestly thought the OP was making a joke by GIMPing the wallpaper to look even worse. I guess not.

[malspa]

Do I like it? No. Do I ever like a distro's default wallpaper? Rarely. Is a distro's default wallpaper important to me in any way? No.

[V for Vincent]

I strongly doubt whether this is going to be the default. Ibex also had a hideous wallpaper until the RC came along. Sure, not everyone liked the final ibex wall, either, but it was a lot better than this one.

[Bapun007]

Mint's default wallpaper is really good .

[Linye]

It looks like an insult.

[Madspyman]

So orange spots on the Lucid wallpaper. This has to be a joke. I really doubt this will be the final desktop.

[nonplus]

Why do they always (except for Hardy) pick the ugliest wallpapers?

[malspa]

Why do they always (except for Hardy) pick the ugliest wallpapers?

Maybe they're trying to keep from becoming TOO popular. ;-)

[nonplus]

Maybe they're trying to keep from becoming TOO popular. ;-)

An MS operative has infiltrated the art team?

[itbcn8]

I haven't read ANY positive comments about this wallpaper. It is truly the worst wallpaper I've seen!

IF, with SO much feedback saying that it sucks, it STILL makes it as the default.... THEN Canonical should be replaced. Seriously, this is a COMMUNITY OS, LISTEN TO US! ;)

[Denis Krajnc]

Personally I don't like it. But wallpaper is not really important thing in OS, but they really could and should make it better.
Personally I love the Cloud one from Cosmos.

[Legendary_Bibo]

Why do you guys struggle to make wallpapers? I made this one in five minutes. I'll play around with it some more. I mean come on that wallpaper is horrible.

I would also like to point out that I refuse to put the ubuntu logo on it, it's not against ubuntu, it's just that I detest logos on wallpapers.

[julio_cortez]

It looks bad to me, but it's not like there will be much effort in changing it just after 10.10 is installed.

It's a matter of taste after all..

[pt123]

Andrea Cimitan the developer of Murrine, who is working for Canonical as a contractor, doesn't seem to think it is the default wallpaper.
http://design.canonical.com/2010/08/second-update-to-the-ubuntu-light-themes/
in comments section

Who said this is the default wallpaper? Please stop discussing about the wallpaper, this blog post is about Ambiance and Radiance

[Spice Weasel]

The best Ubuntu wallpaper was "Dawn of Ubuntu". Google it. Was included in 6.06 but alongside the default.

It's beautiful.

There was a much better pure green version but I can't find it now.

E: Found.

[sikander3786]

Changing the wallpaper involves only 3 clicks and only a few seconds, agree! But "Out of the box" look should be something decent, afterall "first impression is the last impression".

[gemmakaru]

Yeah I't hideous, I'd change it in a heartbeat. I think Suse makes the best linux wallpapers.

[Paqman]

And every OEM has the same definition of 'nice' ?

Some looks are better than others, yes. You can't please all of the people all of the time, but aiming for pleasing most of the people most of the time is a pretty good plan.

[alket]

It seems that this won't be default wallpaper.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/08/on-that-wallpaper-you-know-which-one.html

Thread can be closed now.

[corrytonapple]

Can somebody get a screen shot of it?

[ProcuratorIncendia]

Purple looks bad on orange and the number of white dots is overkill...looks like lucid lynx got bad acne...
Looks as if the majority of people agree with me that it looks bad...I certainly hope it is changed in the RC or final version.
...I am disappointed the designer of the wallpaper simple decided to add more white dots and add 3 ugly orange dots rather than making something new or simple changing the purple to orange or something...Even leaving it alone would be better...

...We assume it will be default because it is the default on the beta and all the alphas...it's on the installer, the log in and the desktop.

[beew]

I am sure this is done to appeal to the crowd who like ugly desktop, you know, those austere people who say they use mostly the cli and that they wouldn't care for guis and hate anything remotely pleasing to the eyes because it is a "resource hog" and a distractions. It is a "resource hog" because they are still using machines with 256M of ram or less and are damn proud of it. :)

[Austin25]

I don't. It's just like the default lucid wallpaper, only with a clashing color of orange thrown in there for extra disgustingness. Here's my current wallpaper.

[kaldor]

I thought 10.04's was bad, but Lucid's is gorgeous compared to this rubbish.

- It makes my eyes feel like they aren't adjusting right due to the blurryness for one.

- Colours are horrible

- Doesn't look fluid

[cariboo]

I personally don't like it, but keep an eye on it, because if things work out over the next couple of releases it will become truly amazing.

[chriswyatt]

Not keen on the big orange blobs. Does come across as being a bit slap-dash, not very interesting.

It's OK though, still better than the solid purple.

[PC_load_letter]

I'm speechless! In a very bad way.
Good god, isn't there someone on the art team who can muster something more tolerable, let alone a work of art?

And if Canonical art team has no time or energy dedicated towards serious art design, why not adopt some of the community developed backgrounds and designs?

[YuiDaoren]

No. The wallpaper killed my brother. I shall forever hunt it, vowing vengeance!

[BrokenKingpin]

I really never understood the art direction of Ubuntu, but they seriously need to change it. That has to be the worst wallpaper out there. They finally make a half decent theme, and they ruin it with that wallpaper. I am actually quite angry that they think it is good.

[98cwitr]

Ubuntu's theme has gone a little "fruity" imho since 10.04

[Spice Weasel]

I am sure this is done to appeal to the crowd who like ugly desktop, you know, those austere people who say they use mostly the cli and that they wouldn't care for guis and hate anything remotely pleasing to the eyes because it is a "resource hog" and a distractions. It is a "resource hog" because they are still using machines with 256M of ram or less and are damn proud of it. :)

Nah, it's because we actually use our resources well and don't care for spinning cubes.

Don't like the wallpaper though, imo Ibex's was the best. Or maybe "Dawn of Ubuntu" in 6.06.

And what's wrong with the CLI? It's incredibly powerful in the right hands.

[quixote]

The orange splotches are just hideous. I kinda like the purple-and-white. It's way better than mud-brown. (Polished mahogany would have been okay, but that's not what it was.)

For those saying "Oh, three clicks to change it" -- NOT SO. I changed the wallpaper. I finally managed to get the bootsplash changed. (It didn't "take" on the first three tries for some reason.) But the goddamn login screen is still that nerve-jangling mess and I just can't find how you change it.

Anybody here know?

Sure, it's stupid to spend time on something that goes by in a few seconds. But if it annoys you enough to want to get rid of it, and you try to, and you can't . . . now that feels really stupid and annoying and un-ubuntu! :evil:

[foxxxy]

Ubuntu devs seriously need to put some more thought into their wallpapers...

[Ctrl-Alt-F1]

That is a huge stepdown from even the lucid wallpaper, which was one of the ugliest wallpapers I'd seen to that point.

[Phrea]

The orange splotches are just hideous.

I don't get those blobs either... They seem simplistic and out of their place.

[infestor]

well in my point of view, i spend a lot of time in front of the monitor and i really like black wallpapers. so *functionality* first :)

[cariboo]

I saw a rumor that the current wallpaper isn't final, we'll just have to wait for the final release to see if the rumor is true. :)

[Denis Krajnc]

Nobody likes default wallpapers so far.
People send your wallpapers to Ubuntu, maybe they will use something in coming distributions.

[norm7446]

The blank Purple is much better than this. First impressions for me still count, if this came up on a fresh install as the default background, it would make me think what else have they not taken the time or energy to think about.

I wonder how many WinXP user's have still got that green hill as their background.

[Phrea]

I saw a rumor that the current wallpaper isn't final, we'll just have to wait for the final release to see if the rumor is true. :)

Saucy !!
Is there more?

[cariboo]

How about this?

[simpleblue]

How about this?
I fired it up on the desktop and found the glare to be quite distracting. I think it's a nice wallpaper, but it just doesn't seem to 'fit.'

I think Ubuntu can do so much better.

[Simian Man]

I think Ubuntu can do so much better.

I think a trained ape could do so much better.

[Frogs Hair]

If I were seeing Ubuntu for the first time , I'd rather see the new one rather than the last attempt .

Revised 10.10 wallpaper : http://www.webupd8.org/2010/09/final-ubuntu-1010-default-wallpaper-is.html

[cprofitt]

Is it April 1st? Seriously the two spots of orange are just out of place and make it look ugly.

[simpleblue]

If I were seeing Ubuntu for the first time , I'd rather see the new one rather than the last attempt .

Revised 10.10 wallpaper : http://www.webupd8.org/2010/09/final-ubuntu-1010-default-wallpaper-is.html

I am going to ask kindly, because I care about how well this distro does:

Canonical, please do not use this image. These themes have made us the laughing stock of the community for the last 2 years. :(

[cariboo]

If you want your voice to be heard, become a member of the design team mailing list.

[jkxx]

I personally like it, it blends well with the Gnome themes in use since Lucid. In fact the GTK themes themselves are just as good and a major reason I like using Gnome in ubuntu.

As far as wallpapers go, the ubuntu default is an order of mangitude better than the KDE oxygen background, which I despise.

[Henry Flower]

Is it April 1st? Seriously the two spots of orange are just out of place and make it look ugly.

The final default has no orange spots.

[ctrlmd]

If I were seeing Ubuntu for the first time , I'd rather see the new one rather than the last attempt .

Revised 10.10 wallpaper : http://www.webupd8.org/2010/09/final-ubuntu-1010-default-wallpaper-is.html

Dislike #-o

[giddyup306]

It's better than the 4.10-9.10 papers, but still sucks. Fedora has the best default wallpapers!

[Khakilang]

Look within second your wall paper will be cover with all your application. You only look at it when power up or shutting your computer and changing it is a few mouse click away. So why bother but I like Deep Purple.

[m4tic]

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/340/ycn7c.th.jpg (http://img201.imageshack.us/i/ycn7c.jpg/)

Isn't it the same as 10.04?

[roddie]

No, there's extra orange.

[m4tic]

No, there's extra orange.

That all

[roddie]

Yup, seems they were including a game of "spot" the difference...

Anyway, I like the tree wallpaper that was in 10.04 (and maybe previous versions?).

[Johnsie]

This is a development wallpaper, they usually change it close to the final release date. Personally I like some of the old brown wallpapers.

Source: 5 yeas of Ubuntu experience ;-)

[roddie]

Apparently this is the new default wallpaper for 10.10

http://pics.livejournal.com/nhaines/pic/0016y0hx/s640x480

http://nhaines.livejournal.com/55723.html

[NCLI]

Making a new thread and poll for it now :)