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Ubuntu 9.04 Has a Brand New Wallpaper

Beta version is expected in one week.

By Marius Nestor, Linux Editor

19th of March 2009, 09:14 GMT

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After the new login screen, new themes and the new boot splash theme introduced the other day, Canonical finally updated the old Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) wallpaper with a brand new one. As you can see in the image below, there's no more logo as everyone expected... instead, the wallpaper is slick, simple and stylish. Softpedia is once again the first website to offer you a preview of the new artwork, which will probably be present in the final release of Ubuntu 9.04.

And this will conclude the artwork for the upcoming Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) operating system. The Beta version is in freeze starting today March 19th, and is expected next Thursday, March 26th. Only beta-critical bug fixes will be allowed from now on!

Ubuntu 9.04 Daily Build 03192009 with the new wallpaper and the New Wave theme

But wait... surprise, surprise, there's another wallpaper! Well, I guess Canonical wanted to show that they can listen to their users and offer them freedom of choice. However, the first one above is set as default, for now.

Ubuntu 9.04 Daily Build 03192009 with the second wallpaper and the Human theme

Those of you who want a taste of the new Jaunty wallpapers on their current Ubuntu installation, can download them by clicking the images below!

Ubuntu 9.04 will be the tenth release of the Ubuntu operating system and it will be dubbed Jaunty Jackalope. Ubuntu 9.04's final release is scheduled for April 23rd.

Among other new features in Ubuntu 9.04 is the famous GNOME 2.26 desktop environment, which brings lots and lots of improvements in many areas, such as Evolution, GNOME Control Center, GNOME Media, GNOME Power Manager, etc. Ubuntu 9.04's kernel will be based on the latest version of Linux kernel 2.6.28, which will offer support for many new devices (wireless, webcams, etc). Moreover, applications such as OpenOffice.org 3.0.1, The GIMP 2.6.6, Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7, Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.21, Transmission 1.51 or Pidgin 2.5.5 will also be present in the final version of Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope), due for release on April 23rd.

Don't forget to visit our website next Friday for the Ubuntu 9.04 Beta Screenshot Tour, where we will unveil more of Jaunty's new features!

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Comment #1 by: arpit on 19 Mar 2009, 10:53 GMT	reply to this comment
i think the users expected a lot more,i am not satisfied either withe the wallpapers or the themes

Comment #2 by: the-ghost on 19 Mar 2009, 11:48 GMT	reply to this comment
the first one is very nice it looks that there will be a big difference between ubuntu 8.10 and 9.04

Comment #3 by: bubuzzz on 19 Mar 2009, 14:30 GMT	reply to this comment
not bad. Just a small step, but at least, everything is moving forward. Ubuntu rulez

Comment #4 by: zelrik on 19 Mar 2009, 19:25 GMT	reply to this comment
It seems like they cannot get away from the brown color. Meh it's not like I care but a lot of people have been complaining about the brown color.

Comment #5 by: Ken on 20 Mar 2009, 04:07 GMT	reply to this comment
Ha ha, the second, lighter brown, wallpaper is definitely a rip-off from KDE4's excellent Air wallpaper by pinheiro :-)

Comment #6 by: Mohan on 20 Mar 2009, 14:11 GMT	reply to this comment
I like th New Wave, it actually looks good. By far my second favorite right after Dawn of Ubuntu.

Comment #7 by: usuge on 21 Mar 2009, 18:33 GMT	reply to this comment
ugly wallpapers¡¡¡

Comment #8 by: sken on 23 Mar 2009, 08:53 GMT	reply to this comment
ugly, ugly ugly!

Comment #9 by: ruben on 24 Mar 2009, 15:45 GMT	reply to this comment
I'm actually quite satisfied with the new wave theme, because it's more light, and less depressing than Dust. I want my laptop to be stylish, light, clean. I don't bother the brown. What other neutral color would fit? I will change the icons though.

Comment #10 by: myname on 24 Mar 2009, 16:51 GMT	reply to this comment
it looks like ubuntu can't get rid of brown color. they must work more on Thames and bring out a very nice art work.

Comment #11 by: Luke on 25 Mar 2009, 16:18 GMT	reply to this comment
Canocal says they're going to move away from ugly brown in the 9.10 release. I'm looking forward to it!

Comment #12 by: Levi on 25 Mar 2009, 20:42 GMT	reply to this comment
I don't see what the big deal is. It's not like you're stuck with it. Customize the look however you want.

Comment #13 by: raf on 26 Mar 2009, 17:07 GMT	reply to this comment
Waiting considerably impatient today, with a fresh blank cd, hot couch, and properly formatted ext4 partition, for the young beta jackalope!

Comment #14 by: Reza on 10 Apr 2009, 14:55 GMT	reply to this comment
I like the new theme and wallpapers, I believe Ubuntu will rock on coming days ...

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