solus wallpapers ?

bluvisnu

The wallpapers wouldn't have to have the logo on them, the contest winners would only get their wallpapers added to the distro as default wallpapers, i also am a Unsplash user, it is a good source of photos but i was thinking of something more like abstract digital designs that would be made specially for Solus.
And yes of course it is my point of view and it is totally subjective, i do a lot of distro hopping and i always come back to Solus because it is awesome but the default wallpapers always remind me of the part that could be improved, a thing that i never think of when i try other distros.

JoshStrobl

bluvisnu Meanwhile I'm the complete opposite, I don't necessarily desire a bunch of abstract, texture, or pattern wallpapers. Guess it's just a difference in taste 🙂

DataDrake

bluvisnu You're missing the point. We don't need contests because we add in wallpapers when people submit them to us and we add them to the artwork package. In fact, I can't remember turning down a user submission.

MintSpider

@DataDrake here's one for you! 😉

abdulocracy

MintSpider there's the Solus 4 default background right there.

bluvisnu

alright, i just shared my thoughts, great work.

MintSpider

abdulocracy Thanks! This was taken in Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland when my wife and I visited in October 2018.
This was part of my Solus pilgrimage, since this bridge was featured in the Solus ISO a couple of years ago.
We had the high privilege of meeting the photographer and his wife while we were there. Great people.

bluvisnu

So here i am submitting all my Unsplash photos.

Solarmass

So Unsplash is the place where you use any picture for free?

JoshStrobl

Solarmass Yea, I'd suggest reading the Unsplash license.

Solarmass

JoshStrobl I will check it out.
BTW My favorite wallpaper site is https://alpha.wallhaven.cc

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Solarmass I use wallhaven too, but I think the licensing would get too messy if you were to take a wallpaper for a distro. There's a lot of wallpapers there that have circulated on various dumps on imgur etc.

Solarmass

I like these two:
https://unsplash.com/photos/JgOeRuGD_Y4
https://unsplash.com/photos/zcvWUNrmPBQ

evert

Yes Solarmass. The first one is perfect.

Sarno

JoshStrobl Regardless, we have an artwork repository that people can submit artwork to.

Sorry for always nitpicking things, but...

Any chance some of those files could be renamed? AerialDesert.jpg is a great name. IMG_9710.png really is not.

Justin

Sarno The filenames are irrelevant as they're not displayed to user in the wallpaper selectors.

I think the current selection of wallpapers is more than enough. I would imagine 90-95% of users would change their wallpaper shortly after installing anyway. The selection that is provided is purely there to be the default/small selection.

My /usr/share/backgrounds folder is already nearly 100MB. It's already a bit big IMHO. I do think some of those may have come from Plasma though.

Staudey

The only time my wallpaper changes is with a new Solus version, when there is a new default one 🙂

zeljkozivkovic

Please check Variety if you want really cool wallpapers selection