Ubuntu 11.10's Default Wallpaper

Today's updates for the upcoming Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system added a new default wallpaper to the existing ones.

With this morning's updates, the current development release of the upcoming Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system got a new default wallpaper.

This new default Ubuntu 11.10 wallpaper is very similar to the default background found in the GNOME 3 desktop environment and the Fedora 15 release.

The wallpaper is called "Stripes" and it is part of the default theme of the GNOME 3 desktop environment, Adwaita. Here's how it looks on Ubuntu 11.10...




This is exactly the same background image found on GNOME 3, and no modifications have been applied to it, like Fedora Project did for the default wallpaper of Fedora 15.

In the same news, Canonical updated the above background changer tool with a desktop theme selection entry, to easily change the theme. See below for details...


If you want to know more about the upcoming features of Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot), do not hesitate to take a look at our in-depth article with the top 10 features of the Oneiric release.

Among other features present in the Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system, we can mention Linux kernel 3.0, multi-arch support, GNOME 3.2 desktop environment (without the GNOME-Shell), Mozilla Firefox 7.0, Mozilla Thunderbird 7.0, Deja Dup backup client, revamped Ubuntu Software Center, GTK3, Python 3.2, and lots more.

Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) will be the 15th release of the Ubuntu operating system. Don't forget to visit our website on September 1st for an in-depth article about the Ubuntu 11.10 Beta release, where we will unveil more of Oneiric's features.

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