Community response of new ubuntu artwork

[Somnonaut]

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 19:22:52 -0700, Daniel Stone
<daniel.stone at canonical.com> wrote:
> 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.
> 
> --
> Daniel Stone                                        <daniel.stone at canonical.com>

I'm referring to the GDM logon and splash screens, which came up by
default on a fresh install of the recent RC.