[ubuntu-art] Retreat from Ubuntu Artwork

[Smartboy]

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 4:14 AM, Thorsten Wilms <t_w_ at freenet.de> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> With the possible exception of some work for The Fridge, I will pull out
> of all ubuntu-related artwork!
>
> I'm worried about the move of dumping brown for Karmic and have been
> less and less satisfied with the distribution.
>
> I'm preparing to join the Fedora artwork community instead, now that it
> seems save to say they will not make another mistake like the artwork
> for 7, which was too imaginative and hence distracting from the cold,
> hard work we all should be doing.
>
> (see http://pthree.org/2009/02/05/ubuntu-vs-fedora-artwork/)
>
> Sadly they have an elitist approach and don't just let everyone in
> before submitting artwork meeting some "quality level", but I'm
> confident I can make it and look past this silly step.
>
> Too bad I didn't finish my wallpaper collection, but I think I can turn
> them all blue for Fedora!
>
> I will miss the short and to-the-point, heart-felt comments we sometimes
> got to enjoy here, but I have to move on.
>
>
> Farewell!
>
> --
> Thorsten Wilms
>
> thorwil's design for free software:
> http://thorwil.wordpress.com/
>
>
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Wait a minute, this couldn't be your APRIL FOOL, could it? :o