Ubuntu and default Gnome backgrounds

[Garry Burgess]

very nice.  I was wonderintg the same thing, and now I know how to get those
backgrounds.

Thanks.


On 11/7/08, Bo Grimes <boslists at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 11:52:50AM +0200, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> > Bo Grimes wrote:
> > > On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 04:08:39AM +0200, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> > >> Each release of GNOME comes with some default backgrounds. Why are
> they
> > >> not included in Ubuntu?
> > >>
> > >> Is there any easy way to get those backgrounds in Ubuntu 8.10?
> > >
> > > Not sure about 8.10, but it'll hardly hurt to try typing sudo apt-get
> > > install gnome-backgrounds and find out.
> >
> >
> > Yes, the package gnome-backgrounds is the answer. I wonder why it wasn't
> > made to be installed by default.
>
> Space maybe?  Many distros used to use the kitchen sink approach.  I
> remember an early SuSe I used (pre-DVD days) that came with 7 CDs.  I
> think,
> especially with live CDs and broadband, the approach is more minimal than
> it
> used to be.
>
> Anyway, glad you got them.  I was rushing out the door, and re-reading my
> reply it sounded a little curt.  I am still using 8.04 (with Linux Mint
> icing on top), so I didn't know if the backgrounds were in the 8.10 repos,
> but since it wasn't like alsa or somthing I didn't figured it'd hurt to
> try.
>
> I had recently gone searching for them myself.
>
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