Will you look at that!
I like surprises. I’m not following the build-up to the release of Ubuntu 8.10 very closely (having far more pressing things like writing 3,000 words on books I’ve not yet read), so when some of those minor little changes occur they sometimes make me smile.
I found this after a few updates today:
New background for Intrepid (Ubuntu 8.10)
(The updated themes caused me a couple of issues to start with, but it all got ironed out. Seems Ubuntu forgot which theme it was meant to be using and switched to a horrible grey boxy thing. Ewww.)
There are quite a few photos I like to use as backgrounds, but this is the kind of look I will probably keep for a while.
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Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex | paulmellors.net | Paul Mellors
October 16, 2008 at 11:08 am
one man’s ceiling is another man’s floor…
looks like spatter from a crime scene to me.
thanks for the blog and for sharing your insides on ubuntu
paul
October 16, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Ha – my girlfriend said it looks like a coffee stain!
jerichokb
October 16, 2008 at 1:24 pm
It looks like when I had diarrhea in Tijuana!
Ibod Catooga
October 16, 2008 at 3:51 pm
it looks like an ibex to me
gord
October 16, 2008 at 4:06 pm
It looks like a fingerprinting using diarrhea
Qba
October 16, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Philistines, the lot of yer. It looks fine, as gord says!
jerichokb
October 16, 2008 at 6:07 pm
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October 17, 2008 at 1:34 am
Wow! That’s interesting!
Dave Barber,
http://finepoetry.wordpress.com
dbarber59
October 17, 2008 at 4:55 am
Nice review! I like the tone and style of your writing – only if I had such talent :)
Nice site by the way!
Helen Hunt
October 17, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Hm, psychological test, huh?
I see… an enraged mouflon!!!
Do I get candy? Or, at least, a Ubuntu DVD?
herrnanditovsk
October 17, 2008 at 10:02 pm
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October 22, 2008 at 1:00 am
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November 25, 2008 at 5:41 pm