Ubuntu 17.04 Wallpaper Contest Begins, Submit Your Astonishing Artwork Right Now

Jonathan MathewsPublic

Ubuntu member Nathan Haines is informing Softpedia about a new installation of the Free Culture Showcase movement, this time for the upcoming Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) operating system.

Yes, you’re reading it right, a new Ubuntu 17.04 wallpaper contest is upon us, and it’s time to go out and take the best photographs for inclusion in the next major release of one of the world’s most popular free operating systems, Ubuntu Linux.

Twice a year, Nathan Haines is organizing the Free Culture Showcase wallpaper contest, which usually takes place in a Flickr group that you’ll have to join, during which numerous artists submit their most beautiful and astonishing work.

However, this is not a true contest, because you won’t win a big prize, or any prize for that matter. But if your photo is among the finalists, it can be viewed and used by millions of Ubuntu users worldwide.

“Whether on the desktop, phone, or tablet, your photo or can be the first thing Ubuntu users see whenever they are greeted by the ubiquitous Ubuntu welcome screen or access their desktop,” said Nathan Haines in a recent blog post.

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