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September 24th, 2009, 12:16 GMT · By

Ubuntu 9.10's New Wallpapers and More

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In April this year, Canonical introduced two new wallpapers and three new themes, along with a revamped boot splash theme and a brand-new login screen, for their Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) release. On October 1st, they will unveil Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) Beta and I bet everybody is wondering if Canonical will actually change the user interface (read: skin it) with a breathtaking one. The truth is that we have no idea if they will come with that professional-looking theme everyone was expecting since Jaunty, or they will just offer enough possibilities for users to create their own personalized desktops.

What we know at this moment is that there is a very nice splash screen that greets users before the login screen and/or desktop appears, and, starting with today's daily build, Ubuntu 9.10 has 9 wallpapers with planets and stars. The wallpapers are combined into a single entry that will be automatically changed every 30 minutes. So, without any further ado, here are the wallpapers...


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Another interesting item that was added today is the new Usplash theme, with Mat Tomaszewski's new logos. I know that, when I presented the X-based splash screen, I said something like "there is no more boot splash," but the Usplash can be seen now when you restart/shutdown your computer and when the Live CD loads. Here is the new Usplash theme...

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The new Usplash theme fades out on restart or shutdown


That's not all... with the newly released GNOME 2.28.0 desktop environment, users now have access to a lot of themes, wallpapers and icons with a single mouse click...

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On October 29th, Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) will become the 11th release of the Ubuntu operating system.

Among some of the interesting features that will be present in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala), we can mention the lightweight and powerful GNOME 2.28.0 desktop environment, which brings lots and lots of improvements in many areas, such as Empathy, Evolution, GNOME Control Center, GNOME Media, GNOME Power Manager, and many more. Karmic's kernel packages will be based on the latest version of the newly released Linux kernel 2.6.31, which will offer an improved support for webcam or wireless devices, new filesystems, USB 3.0 support, etc. Moreover, applications such as OpenOffice.org 3.1.1, The GIMP 2.6, Mozilla Firefox 3.5, Mozilla Thunderbird 2, Transmission 1.7 or Pidgin 2.6 (not as default IM client) will also be present in the final version of Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala).

Don't forget to visit our website next Thursday (October 1st) for a detailed report on the Ubuntu 9.10 Beta release, where we will unveil more of Karmic's new features!


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Comment #1 by: BrianB on 24 Sep 2009, 16:06 UTC reply to this comment

I am using Dual boot right now with ubuntu and I just love it. If Adobe ever comes out with a linux version for dreamweaver I will shut windows down forever. I tried using wine with windows apps and I do not like it. Just stay with MS if that is the case. Putting windows apps on Linux is stupid. Keep up the great work. In ubuntu all the usual windows type problems are gone completely and my machine is over twice as fast.


Comment #2 by: deviant on 24 Sep 2009, 19:33 UTC reply to this comment

If you think Karmic is so good your going to flip when Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx comes out. :)


Comment #3 by: Way Land Wain Right on 24 Sep 2009, 21:11 UTC reply to this comment

Hurray for Hubble & NASA!


Comment #4 by: eco2geek on 24 Sep 2009, 21:34 UTC reply to this comment

Most of those space wallpapers are from the standard GNOME screensaver, Cosmos.


Comment #5 by: KenW on 24 Sep 2009, 22:56 UTC reply to this comment

This is a half baked theme. Those wallpapers are from the cosmos screensaver in gnome. If ubuntu had any style sense they wouldn't use wallpapers from a screensaver. New Look i don't think so.


Comment #6 by: ubu-fan on 25 Sep 2009, 17:02 UTC reply to this comment

Hey Marius Nestor thanks for the up to the minute info on the progress and development of Ubuntu 9.10, Your doing a great job for us "Linux Users" and we really Appreciate it .
Thanks Again

Comment #6.1 by: Marius Nestor on 02 Oct 2009, 15:01 GMT

You're welcome! :)


Comment #7 by: Innocent Bystander on 26 Sep 2009, 23:59 UTC reply to this comment

Brian,

You can use Virtualbox in Ubuntu and run install WinXP in the VM. Then install Dreamweaver in the VM. This way you have 100% compatibility. That is what I set up to use Office, WInXP in the VM is used only to run Office 2007, nothing else. It cannot even go to the Internet.


Comment #8 by: Jesus on 27 Sep 2009, 02:16 UTC reply to this comment

Give me a break with the wallpapers. Like I will change to ubuntu for that. Get real here.

As far as your comment goes BrianB, if ubuntu (linux) has a chance to take Windows, then run windows software natively on linux. That would hurt windows real good. This is the only thing that stop people from going to linux.


Comment #9 by: ubuntu4life on 01 Oct 2009, 13:28 UTC reply to this comment

Indeed,

Linux ownz windows with the basic things like surfing and managing files + programms.
BUT, the biggest thing why people dont go to linux is because;

1, the most people dont even know what Linux is.
2, Windows programms dont run well or not on Linux.

Ubuntu is doing good work for promoting Linux in a not-scary way.

Go Ubuntu !


Comment #10 by: Grey on 06 Nov 2009, 04:04 UTC reply to this comment

I've just moved to Koala and it would be an understatement to say I'm infuriated with it. I would roll back in a flash given half a chance. The supposedly 'new and improved login screen' is not actually improved... it's a major step backwards. Not only do they force you to display your Usernames they completely remove your ability to customize or modify the way the login works. And the reason they took this massive leap backward? To save a second or two on bootup so they can prove their e-peen is bigger then anyone elses because their l33t pc boots a millisecond faster! Good GOD they've lost their friggin minds! Way to go Ubuntu. If you're trying to be like M$ you're succeeding. I'll be looking for a new distro if this is the way you're going to treat your users.


Comment #11 by: Martin on 16 Nov 2009, 15:02 UTC reply to this comment

I wold like to know which is the name of that wallpaper pack, because I deleted it and now I wnat it back :(

Comment #11.1 by: Marius Nestor on 16 Nov 2009, 15:14 GMT

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