Ubuntu 15.04 Defaults To A Purple Wallpaper

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Ubuntu 15.04 Defaults To A Purple Wallpaper

The official wallpaper of the upcoming Ubuntu 15.04 release was announced this morning...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-15.04-Default-Wallpaper

[Thue]

I still fondly remember the Hardy Heron wallpaper

I still fondly remember the Hardy Heron wallpaper, which was amazing. Too bad they don't put in the same effort any more .

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs27/f/2008/116/5/d/Ubuntu_Hardy_Heron_Bird_by_em3rveillement.png

[Dukenukemx]

How exciting, wallpaper news!

[kaprikawn]

I'm having flashbacks to Jaunty, that featured a lot of purple too from what I remember. A significant upgrade from Hardy Heron's brown colour scheme.

That is from when I actually used Ubuntu. I now use a proper distribution

[DanL]

I liked the Hardy/8.04 theming and artwork. Old-school Ubuntu brown at its best.
Lucid's "Light" themes were pretty too.

[eydee]

Was there ever any ubuntu release without a purple default wallpaper?

[uid313]

The grayscale version can be used by artists and end-users to make their own version with their hue of choice.

You can make a green, blue, orange, yellow or pink version.

Just open it up in GIMP and change the tint, hue or color balance.

[Rakl?dder]

I love the simplicity of that theme!

[DanL]

Was there ever any ubuntu release without a purple default wallpaper?

Hardy/8.04
I think Ibex/8.10 still had brown too, but I'm pretty sure Jaunty/9.04 was the beginning of the purple fetish.

[uwgandalf]

9.04 was still brown.
I think 10.04 was the first purple one.