Community response of new ubuntu artwork

[Robert Brimhall]

On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:37:05 -0400, Ben Novack <bennovack at gmail.com> wrote:
> "Human images" does not have to mean "young naked human images." I
> like the calendar idea; I like the art photography feel. I do not,
> however, think that the splash screen (or the login, for that matter)
> are especially artistic; they look like Abercrombie & Fitch ads more
> than anything else. Further, naked people in ANY context are
> unacceptable in a public school, corporate, etc environment. Again,
> this does not exclude the prospect of non-naked humans in any way.
> 

I agree. I decided I would ask my wife (who has used Ubuntu previously
on my laptop but could care less what distro is on there---she was
using Slackware for the past couple of months) to give me her reaction
after describing what ubuntu meant and explaining that a new theme had
been introduced that had the community "abuz." I didn't tell her what
I thought about the theme b/c I wanted to get her "true" reaction...
here are her reactions (note they are not necessarily mine):

To the GDM--- "It's ok but kind of cheesey. Looks like an
advertisement for something... wait a minute... how come they have no
shirts? What does that have to do with humanity to others?"
to the splash--- "that's just looks bad... why are they naked?"
to the monthly wallpaper--- "Laughs-- that's kind of suggestive--- are
they about to have a threesome or what?"

Anyways, like I said, these are not my responses but I wanted to share...