Since 17.10 Ubuntu pairs animal codenames with matching default wallpapers. Wallpapers favor geometric, glowing, and semi-realistic styles; my favorites include Lobster, Minotaur, Groovy Gorilla.

In Windows it is pretty easy to do this. Find a photo or graphic that you like, right-click on it and select "Set as wallpaper". But how do you do this in Ubuntu? There are three ways. The first is to ...

Not quite ready to jump into the Ubuntu 9.10 beta? Want to see what its subtly revised icons, themes, and wallpapers look like? Being an open-source project, you can grab pretty much everything right ...

Ubuntu's got two all-new looks, dark and light, for its upcoming 10.04 release, and a whole new set of accompanying wallpapers. You don't need a Linux desktop to ...