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Yet another reason for 32-bit color
This is old news, and somehow I know it's going to get a
good deal of unwanted attention on Google, but if you've
been reading lately, you know that I've become fascinated
with Ubuntu Linux.
Now it seems that there's a bit of controversy surrounding this otherwise fantastic distro.
Behind Ubuntu is a core idea of humanity, togetherness, consensus and concord. The word Ubuntu has been described as "too beautiful to translate" though Boston University has an article that summarizes the historical significance and importance of Ubuntu.
In order to properly convey this spirit of unity and humanity to others, the Ubuntu desktop included the option of some artwork embodying this concept. The problem, artistic photograpy symbolizing Ubuntu tends to be semi-nude.
I'm a pretty liberal guy, but I'd agree with the common consensus that this isn't a very safe corporate artwork scheme for desktops. I rather enjoy most of the work on my own desktop as I think it goes rather well with the "spirit of humanity" feeling behind all of Ubuntu.
But Ubuntu is all about avoiding divisiveness and staying off the toes of other cultures, so the appropriate action was taken by a consensus of the community (as always) and the artwork is still updated monthly, but kept strictly optional and in the "universe" repositories with other questionable software like libdvdcss.
For screenshots of the "offensive material" look here, here, or here.
Now it seems that there's a bit of controversy surrounding this otherwise fantastic distro.
Behind Ubuntu is a core idea of humanity, togetherness, consensus and concord. The word Ubuntu has been described as "too beautiful to translate" though Boston University has an article that summarizes the historical significance and importance of Ubuntu.
In order to properly convey this spirit of unity and humanity to others, the Ubuntu desktop included the option of some artwork embodying this concept. The problem, artistic photograpy symbolizing Ubuntu tends to be semi-nude.
I'm a pretty liberal guy, but I'd agree with the common consensus that this isn't a very safe corporate artwork scheme for desktops. I rather enjoy most of the work on my own desktop as I think it goes rather well with the "spirit of humanity" feeling behind all of Ubuntu.
But Ubuntu is all about avoiding divisiveness and staying off the toes of other cultures, so the appropriate action was taken by a consensus of the community (as always) and the artwork is still updated monthly, but kept strictly optional and in the "universe" repositories with other questionable software like libdvdcss.
For screenshots of the "offensive material" look here, here, or here.
