[ubuntu-art] extra wallpaper package for Karmic

[Dylan McCall]

> Other operating systems offer an extra selection of desktop
> backgrounds to their users. Often they are based on different "themes"
> typically applied to photography (nature, for instance).
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> For Karmic we would like to include a set of high quality desktop
> backgrounds which are organized according to a predefined set of
> adjectives which describe emotional atmospheres, slogans (so to speak)
> for the way an image makes you feel.
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> In order to accomplish this we call on anyone and everyone to submit
> images which are freely licensed and follow the guidelines for
> inclusion.
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> Let me know if you have any ideas for improving this idea, or if you'd
> like to help coordinate things, etc.
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> Thanks,
> Ken

Awesome! Pinch me if I don't submit photos :)
Nice timing, too; this is the release that has sunny weather in its
development cycle!

I think it would really be fitting for Ubuntu to have, as one of its
"themes," a geographically diverse collection of photos to showcase its
international, borderless aspect. That's probably fairly obvious, but I
think it's important to avoid the touristy kind of diverse, like
pictures of big landmarks that one may take on a vacation. It would be
better to have pictures taken from the perspectives of people who /live/
in different places. Hopefully I haven't spoken absolute nonsense, and
hopefully something kind of distinctive could emerge :)

For the time being, I suggest having size guidelines in place and highly
Visible so people don't take awesome pictures but scale them to 800x600
or anything. (/me glares at Mark's space pictures :P)

Oh, and good move to adopt photography for wallpapers. Having a good
photo, even one with a single colour (I love Mars pictures) really
breathes a lot of life into the visuals without the eye-straining horror
that stems from a busy GTK theme, for example.
Any hints if something like that will be in the default install, or is
it going to be strictly an optional package?

Bye,
Dylan McCall

PS: Also with the thought of having more downloadable visual fun stuff
in the repositories, it would be nice to see extra themes and wallpapers
get a home in gnome-app-install. ...Maybe with their own category?
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