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What Really Happened To Ubuntu's Edgy Artwork?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-dapper-than-edgy dept.

angrykeyboarder writes, "Many Ubuntu users expressed surprise, dismay, and disappointment when Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl) nixed the popular community-developed artwork during the beta phase of Ubuntu 6.10 ('The Edgy Eft'). Some Ubuntu community members were downright shocked, and many were ultimately dissatisfied with the final product. What exactly happened? Short answer: the Art Team was less disturbed than some other community members were. Linux.com has the scoop." Slashdot and Linux.com are both part of OSTG.

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  1. What happened to... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny
    ...stories anyone cares about on slashdot?

    ...

  2. Re:Sex Bad Violence Good by kfg · · Score: 4, Funny

    . . .showing pictures of the human body is taboo.

    It wasn't even intended. It was just a GUI malfunction.

    KFG

  3. Re:Edgy is the name of the release! by digitalderbs · · Score: 4, Funny

    The next release will be the Fellatious Ferret.

  4. Re:Edgy is the name of the release! by realmolo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Grossly gargantuan. Hauntingly hilarious. Incredibly interesting. Jarringly jolly. Keenly killer. Ludicrously lovely. Mostly malarkey. Nearly necessary. Obviously odorous. Positively pitiful. Queerly quick. Ridiculously rotten. Stupidly sexy. Totally tacky. Unbelievably ugly. Viciously viscous. Weirdly wooley. Xenophobically xeroxed. Yearningly yellow. Zoologically zippy.

  5. Re:"Edgy Eft"? by cptgrudge · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nothing sounds better to me than -current and -stable.

    What about -useful? It boggles the mind that OpenBSD doesn't support IrDA or IPX!

    How can you live with an OS that lacks these fundamental and necessary technologies in today's world? I mean, what about reading IR codes from VCR remotes? What if you want to play StarCraft with a person that is at an early patch level? These are important questions that need to be addressed!

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  6. Re:Edgy is the name of the release! by modecx · · Score: 2, Funny

    Holy moly, I wish someone writing the article could have explained that.

    And here I was looking forward to seeing something that some overly-zealous conservative twit thought was immoral or something.

    Curse you, write-up writer, curse cauliflower, and curse the Olson twins.

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  7. Re:porn? by Ignis+Flatus · · Score: 4, Funny

    well, speaking as a guy that really appreciates his porn, i'm finding this a little hard to masturbate to. a little "edgier", please.

  8. who flippin' cares - just install vista! by uridotchi · · Score: 2, Funny

    who flippin cares??!!! just install vista! :P

  9. Re:Sex Bad Violence Good by LordLucless · · Score: 3, Funny

    Let me know next time your sandwich knocks you up.

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  10. Re:ok, I'm pissed by minus_273 · · Score: 2, Funny

    hmm if you look at the URL you can see that is for the Polish version of Ubuntu.

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  11. Re:ok, I'm pissed by minus_273 · · Score: 2, Funny

    i know, its a joke, laugh. They misspelled polish and wrote Polish.

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