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Time to try something new
Photo copyright Mandy Crandell I’ve not actually checked how many times I’ve helped organise the process of getting new wallpapers into Ubuntu but it’s about two a year since some time in 2009 I think, so that’s quite a lot I suppose. It’s been really fun but I’ve noticed in the last couple of cycles that […]
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Tags: 15.04, artwork, background, ubuntu, ubuntu artwork, wallpaper
Vivid is the word of the cycle!
Hello everyone! It’s that time of year. Spring is starting to spring out there and now’s the time to grab a camera, pick up a pencil or wet your brush and start working on wallpaper submissions for this release of Ubuntu. Every six months when a new version of everyone’s favourite free and open-source desktop […]
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Tags: 15.04, desktop, linux, phone, ubuntu, wallpaper
Day 4 – More doing!
Finally, I’ve managed to get the battery on this phone down to low! 🙂 I’ve taken 6 photos, made a bunch of phone calls, learned about Vivaldi on Radio 3, listened to podcasts and sent texts. I’ve done it all increasingly quickly as that old muscle memory wakes up and I really don’t feel I’ve […]
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Welcome to the world of tomorrow! 🙂 I’m very pleased to be kicking off the next wallpaper selection process for the 14.04 release of Ubuntu coming to us fresh in April. Each release we like to include photos and illustrations produced by Ubuntu enthusiasts who are keen to see the best free and open desktop […]
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It’s getting to that time again. The next release of the Ubuntu desktop is under development and I’d like to propose that we get cracking on finding some fantastic backdrops to go into the release. This time I thought it would be good to specify some theme or common thread to help this set of […]
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Tags: 1404, desktop, open, open source, source, ubuntu, wallpaper
13.04 wallpapers submitted
The community team for wallpaper selection got together last week #1304wallpaper on Freenode and between us we’ve determined that we’d like to submit the following images as our delightful wallpaper selection for 13.04. Many thanks to everyone who came to discuss options and help with the selection and in particular those who highlighted that […]
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Tags: 13.04, 1304, artwork, canonical, canonicaldesign, design, raring ringtail, ubuntu, wallpaper
13.04 Shortlist in progress
13.04 Shortlist in progress, a gallery on Flickr. A quick update, the previous contributors and I are putting together the finishing touches to what we hope will be a great selection. You can see our working over on a Google spreadsheet we’ve made. We’ll be packaging and downloading and shrinking and all sorts to get […]
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Tags: 13.04, canonicaldesign, open source, raring ringtail, ubuntu, wallpaper
Instant fun with filters
Anyone straying near my Flickr stream will know that I am enjoying instant photography at the moment. I have played with the Impossible film with my SX-70 and am in total love with my Instax mini camera. Yesterday I tried to take pictures in the winter wonderland near work. The snow is so bright it […]
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Tags: 7s, camera, film, instant, instax, mini, neutral density, photography, photos, polaroid, project, snow, winter
12.10 shortlist so far
12.10 shortlist, a gallery on Flickr. Today the group closed on submissions for the 12.10 wallpaper selection. The team of us involved are still working to add/ remove and refine this collection before the 30th. We’ve got a few more than our 10 target, we’ll review this number tomorrow based on quality and what we […]
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Tags: 12.10, canonicaldesign, design, open source, quantal, quetzal, ubuntu, wallpaper
Hung-Fu 