Community response of new ubuntu artwork

[Daniel Stone]

On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 04:50:38PM -0700, Somnonaut wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 00:09:58 +0100, Mark Shuttleworth <mark at hbd.com> wrote:
> > I'm aware the images might be controversial. So is any work of art. 
> 
> That's a pretty specious claim, and the idea that Ubuntu might be a
> vehicle for social change is naive.
> 
> Your sig states "Building a Desktop OS for the 21st century." Whose
> 21st century? Those who simply want to use their PCs without relying
> on Microsoft technology, or those who want to be confronted (and as
> you imply, challenged) with questionable "art"?

As Mark stated, the default background is a rather uncontroversial
Ubuntu logo; the monthly calendar does not come as the default on new
installs, this is only a result of upgrading from a very specific set of
installs.

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Daniel Stone                                        <daniel.stone at canonical.com>
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