What Really Happened To Ubuntu's Edgy Artwork?

angrykeyboarder writes, "Many Ubuntu users expressed surprise, dismay, and disappointment when Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl) nixed the popular community-developed artwork during the beta phase of Ubuntu 6.10 ('The Edgy Eft'). Some Ubuntu community members were downright shocked, and many were ultimately dissatisfied with the final product. What exactly happened? Short answer: the Art Team was less disturbed than some other community members were. Linux.com has the scoop." Slashdot and Linux.com are both part of OSTG.

I found some...

[FooAtWFU]

Found some... with some digging. Peace [ubuntu.com], Tropic [ubuntu.com] and Blubuntu [ubuntu.com].

Screenshots

[adrenalinekick]

Here are some links to screenshots of the artwork in question:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/EdgyArtworkP lan/Polish/Incoming/ [ubuntu.com]
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/EdgyArtworkP lan/Polish/Directions/ [ubuntu.com]

Re:ok, I'm pissed

[MustardMan]

Digging around the wiki, this is what I could come up with...

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/EdgyArtworkP lan/Polish/Incoming [ubuntu.com]

Now, assuming this is the art in question, which I wouldn't know for sure, not only is this a completely shitty non-article, it's also a terrible headline. The whole 'edgy' pun attempts to make it sound like they had naked women or something, when in fact it's plain old boring splash screens with round letters and glossy effects. Snore. I guess they had to do SOMETHING to attempt to make this look like it might be newsworthy, so why not throw a potentially sensational headline out there.

Re:Screenshot?

[sirnuke]

I believe this [ubuntu.com] was the last Edgy artwork.

Re:porn?

[AltGrendel]

What on earth are you talking about?

Re:Screenshots

[kernelpanicked]

Have any of you even seen Edgy installed? The artwork you keep linking to isn't what was turned down, it's the artwork for the damn release.

Edgy is the name of the release!

[DragonHawk]

"Edgy Eft" is the "nick-name" of the release of Ubuntu. Like "Woody" was a Debian release and "Zod" was a Fedora release.

"Edgy art" does not refer to "provocative art", but "art for the 'Edge Eft' release".

All Ubuntu releases are named with an adjective and an animal, and they have to alliterate. I have no idea why.

Sheesh.

Re:My guess?

[HeroreV]

Wow, it's actually a real site.

Re:ok, I'm pissed

[Mike89]

Edgy is the name of the distribution's version. The headline is a play on words.

!!!!GOATSE ALERT!!! N/T

[Anonymous Coward]

N/T

Re:ok, I'm pissed

[Chris Pimlott]

Some other work-in-progress designs from an earlier stage:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/ Specs/ EdgyArtworkPlan/ Produce/ Incoming [ubuntu.com]

Re:I found some...

[FooAtWFU]

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/EdgyArtworkP lan/ThemeTeams [ubuntu.com] seems to imply this, yes.

Starting with the Edgy Eft release the artwork team introduced the concepts of Theme Teams. Theme Teams are small, independently operating groups of artists working on creating a desktop theme. These teams are coordinated by the Artists in Chief (AiCs) and receive support and feedback from the AiCs as well.

I could be misinterpreting things, though.

Re:ok, I'm pissed

[c_forq]

Mod parent down please. Link NSFW. Link also very disturbing.

Re:porn?

[enrevanche]

This is not porn. Every image of the nude human form is not porn.

Re:Screenshots

[Fnkmaster]

Furthermore, it looks extremely similar to the Dapper Drake artwork. I haven't seen Edgy Eft yet, but I immediately knew from looking at it that this must be the boring, incrementally modified theme since it looks incredibly similar to what was there before.

They are in the repositories!

[reidleake]

If you like the screenshots (links posted earlier) for Peace, Tropic, and Blubuntu, then install them through your favorite package manager - they are in the Ubuntu repos.