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Mad Penguin on Ubuntu 5.10 Preview
atrebuse wrote to mention a preview of the Ubuntu 5.10 Preview release, on Mad Penguin. From the article: " Every community has its heroes. From the beginning of time, we've all needed that special something to grasp onto and worship in one way or another. The Linux community is no different. Sure, there are a handful of people known as leaders or visionaries that people look up to, but what other altars do they worship at? The Altar of the Distro. That's the one I'm referring to. According to the DistroWatch page hit ranking sidebar, Ubuntu Linux has held the title of '"most worshiped distro' for quite some time now. So why is that? Is it because Ubuntu is just that good? Is it because the Ubuntu followers are just sitting there hitting their browsers refresh button on the DistroWatch Ubuntu page? What is it about Mary? "
My understanding is that the primary objection to the photo came from people who wanted to deploy Ubuntu in conservative Muslim countries. I've read of similar disputes on wikipedia, where some cultures would prefer to have non-illustrated articles about certain body parts, and some people say that wikipedia should try to be a useful tool to those cultures by meeting their standards of decency, even if those standards aren't the same as "ours".
I didn't see anything on the Ubuntu image that would be objectionable to a typical American ultraconservative. It's less skin than you'd see at the beach.