Ubuntu 16.10 Free Culture Showcase starts today

Aug 31, 2016 03:50 GMT  ·  By

Yes, it's that time of the year again, when your art skills are needed for a new collection of astonishing wallpapers that will be included by default in the upcoming Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) operating system.

Once again, Nathan Haines has the enormous pleasure of announcing that the Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase wallpaper gathering event for the next Ubuntu Linux release starts now, and the community is urged to contribute beautiful wallpapers that will enchant both newcomers and veterans of one of the most popular Linux kernel-based operating systems.

"The Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase is a way to celebrate the Free Culture movement, where talented artists across the globe create media and release it under licenses that encourage sharing and adaptation. We're looking for content which shows off the skill and talent of these amazing artists and will greet Ubuntu 16.10 users," says Nathan Haines.

Ubuntu 16.10 launches on October 13, 2016

Before attempting to contribute your amazing wallpapers to the Ubuntu 16.10 Free Culture Showcase movement, you need to examine carefully all the rules that have been laid down for your reading pleasure at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFreeCultureShowcase.

Also, please keep in mind that this is not a contest, and you won't win anything, just the admiration of millions of Ubuntu users. Flickr will be used for submission, which can be viewed in real time at https://www.flickr.com/groups/ubuntu-fcs-1610/. Chosen wallpapers will be included in the final Ubuntu 16.10 OS, due for release on October 13, 2016.

Until then, you can get an early taste of the Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) operating system by downloading the daily build Live ISO images or the first Beta pre-release version of some of its derivatives, including Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu GNOME, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Studio, and Ubuntu Kylin.