Ubuntu 12.04 to 13.04 Default Wallpaper Comparison

Posted on: December 18th, 2012 by 7 Comments

The Ubuntu team has slipped their default wallpaper to the public a little bit too early this time. The last several wallpapers appear extremely similar, so I wanted to put them both side by side so we can all see the differences.

Ubuntu 13.04 Default Wallpaper

Here is the shocking wallpaper that you all expected for Ubuntu 13.04.

Ubuntu 13.04 Unity Desktop Screenshot

Ubuntu 13.04 Wallpaper Thoughts

This wallpaper has been inverted from the previous version. The colors have also been updated as you can see. Colors are now slightly brighter, maybe too bright.

Note: Be warned, 13.04 is not yet released and this wallpaper may still change.

Ubuntu 12.10 Wallpaper

Next lets take a look at the Ubuntu 12.10 wallpaper which can be seen below.

Ubuntu 12.10 Unity Desktop Screenshot

About This Background

This background still uses the same colors from 12.04 and provides a stylish upside down crescent moon arch effect.

Ubuntu 12.04 Wallpaper

The 12.04 background uses a unique cross hatching pattern and lighting effect.

Ubuntu 12.04 Unity Desktop Screenshot

My Favorite Wallpaper

This is the one background in the list that I do like. In my opinion each new background appears worse than the previous one. The evolution of wallpapers seems to reflect the current state of Ubuntu's degradation. But I think you should share your opinions!

Download Ubuntu 12.10

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  • RicCrouch

    Does anyone actually keep the default wallpaper on ANY desktop environment?

  • CSNOW

    Default wallpapers are important in the sense that it gives you a feeling about the OS, if itś ugly you don´t keep the OS lol.

    I’ never keep them. cuz they are gray or ugly, most people want choices, so as part of the installation process give people the choice of the color of the OS and the choice of several wallpapers, make for boys and girls.

  • Jrodd

    Honestly the designers and canonical don’t seem to ever care they think it looks great. It’s kind of frustrating when everyone tells them it’s ugly and please do something pretty like mac osx or windows or ChromeOS and they refuse and continue to use these purple things. Honestly all they did with the wallpaper is flip it!
    I guess it’s not the main dudes job but look at the wallpaper in Mac OSX or Chrome OS it’s more realistic and colorful.

  • Eddie Wilson

    The wallpaper is a very very minor issue with any distro. Most people do change them so they really are irrelevant. I know this review is about 12.10 and it’s good but I’ve been trying the development version of 13.04. It’s much better and with the new Unity tweak tool it seems to be more configurable then KDE. I do run a KDE distro also so I can compare. Anyway thanks for the review.

    • http://linuxlibrary.org/ thinkinhurtz

      I am happy to hear that Unity is gaining even more options, that was I point I was frustrated with in the past. Unfortunately you must still turn to the Unity Tweak Tool, which I’m sure new users will likely not find. But I will check it out and post some notes about the new settings. Thanks for letting me know.

    • http://linuxlibrary.org/ thinkinhurtz

      I finally checked out the Unity Tweak Tool for 13.04… and you were right. There really is a vast quantity of options for the Untiy desktop. This tool has really improved. Thanks again for the advice, article coming soon.