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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. ok, I'm pissed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    this really pisses me off. Would it be so fucking hard to just fucking link to an example of "edgy art" Jesus. They have links that go to text, and links on the text pages go to more text. Hello? Don't waste my time with this. Just show me the art which is the subject of the article.

  2. I found some... by FooAtWFU · · Score: 5, Informative

    Found some... with some digging. Peace, Tropic and Blubuntu.

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  3. Re:Screenshots by kernelpanicked · · Score: 5, Informative

    Have any of you even seen Edgy installed? The artwork you keep linking to isn't what was turned down, it's the artwork for the damn release.

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  4. Edgy is the name of the release! by DragonHawk · · Score: 5, Informative

    "Edgy Eft" is the "nick-name" of the release of Ubuntu. Like "Woody" was a Debian release and "Zod" was a Fedora release.

    "Edgy art" does not refer to "provocative art", but "art for the 'Edge Eft' release".

    All Ubuntu releases are named with an adjective and an animal, and they have to alliterate. I have no idea why.

    Sheesh.

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  5. Re:What? I'm shocked too! by kfg · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Open Source implies that the source is open; it does not imply that nobody is in charge of a project.

    KFG