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Ubuntu 23.10 Fixes Blindingly Bright Wallpaper Faux-Pas

Posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Aug 28, 2023,

updated Sep 07, 2023

That joke is now even flatter as, following respectable™ consternation (i.e. a bug report) about the suitability of the background, Ubuntu developers issued an update to the image. That update dials the brightness down a notch or two (and eyes everywhere rejoice).

Those booting up Ubuntu 23.10 daily builds during the coming weeks won’t feel compelled to dive for their brightness keys as they’ll be greeted by the following (non-retina damaging) image...

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Ubuntu 23.10 Mascot Art, Default Wallpaper Revealed

Most Ubuntu mascot artwork has, during the past 5 years or so, been fashioned from geometric shapes, simplistic lines, or concentric circles. But Mantic is a far more complex beast. The ‘bull’ head is present but it is not as linearly distinct as mascots past.

Instead, Ubuntu’s designers have chosen to encapsulate the mascot image within a maze1, rather than a labyrinth like the Minotaur of legend. It’s still a clever intertwining and creates a conceptually bold centerpiece for the wallpaper – ancient and classical yet modern and dynamic...