Oxygen Wallpapers Contest: first winner
Mesdames and Messieurs, time has come to finally unveil the winners of the contest! This is one, the first unveiled, of the winning wallpapers! We reached a number of 15 total winners!
I’m announcing you the first wallpaper which is winning the contest. This is not the big winner, but still. This picture is nothing really new, as I already put it as default background in plasma (starting from beta 3), but no-one really knew it was a winner one. 
This is a thumbnail of the great picture, which has been taken from Kenneth Wimer!
Comment by Javier — November 16, 2007 @ 9:38 am
I like the picture, but it’s really not my style. I’m looking forward to seeing all the new ones!
Comment by GCN — November 16, 2007 @ 10:55 am
Just to correct your first words, in french it is: “Mesdames et Messieurs” :).
- Monsieur (singular)
- Messieurs (plural)
BTW, very nice 1st wallpaper, can’t wait to see the next one :).
Comment by Greg — November 16, 2007 @ 10:59 am
This background makes a good contrast with the (mostly) colorless oxygen theme.
Comment by Sokraates — November 16, 2007 @ 11:18 am
I like the wallpaper. I’ve been using it time and again since it was published as an alternative Kubuntu wallpaper sometime in 2006.
Comment by none — November 16, 2007 @ 11:23 am
very nice!
Comment by none — November 16, 2007 @ 11:57 am
Looks quite ugly to be honest. That’s my 2c.
Comment by Michael — November 16, 2007 @ 1:07 pm
Its a very nice photo but not really a good wallpaper in my opinion.
Comment by ruphy — November 16, 2007 @ 1:17 pm
@GCN:
thanks, corrected.
All of my french knowledge seems to have flied away.
@none:
degustibus non disputandum est.
@Michael:
have you actually tried it?
Comment by Flavio — November 16, 2007 @ 1:39 pm
I’m looking forward more abstract SVG wallpapers (without bubbles)…
Comment by FreeBSD; the unknown Giant — November 16, 2007 @ 2:51 pm
It’s a nice picture indeed - but just as a photograph, not as a default desktop background, IMO
Personally i’d prefer something more neutral, i.e. just colours. Something like the PC-BSD desktop.
Looking forward to see the other winners.
Comment by Thomas — November 16, 2007 @ 3:23 pm
The image in plasma is jagged and pretty low res. I hope the final one be of sufficient resolution that it doesn’t look so blocky on my 1600×1200 monitor…
Also, I fully agree with the other poster that this pic is too full of saturated colors. My desktop is not a painting, I get to look at the pic most of my day (at least partially) so I’d like something that is not so upsetting to my eyes
Indeed, looking forward to more!
Comment by ruphy — November 16, 2007 @ 3:48 pm
guys, you misunderstood… this is the first of the winners, but won’t be the default wallpaper. =)
And, trust me, it’s subtle enough to make any kind of work, and works prefectly as a wallpaper… you can try with plasma if you want.
Comment by Baumranger — November 16, 2007 @ 4:32 pm
ARRRG, for three day people saying “We releas the winners tomorrow.”
Pleas guys, I don’t want to be rude but pleas come to an end! We are all curious about that.
The picture that you posted today is certainly a nice picture but I think that it was a good decision that it didn’t make the first winner. It is too dark in the back to represent the Desktop. But even though thx to the artist to contribute with such a great picture.
Comment by kleverness — November 16, 2007 @ 4:45 pm
As more than one said, great picture but I really don’t like it as a wallpaper. I hope this will not be the default.
Thanks.
Comment by Jürgen Jydde — November 16, 2007 @ 5:00 pm
Yes nice picture, but where is the config file where you specify which wallpaper to use?
Comment by Stefan — November 17, 2007 @ 12:20 pm
I cannot find the wallpapers on the internet / kdelook.org
Link anyone?
Comment by ruphy — November 17, 2007 @ 2:42 pm
Please don’t.
As with icons, maybe even more, we would like to keep the wallpapers fresh for KDE 4.0. That’s also why I’ve only released a thumbnail. We just ask you to be patient for one month. =)
Comment by Jürgen Jydde — November 17, 2007 @ 3:01 pm
Uhm…does anyone know in what config file you change the wallpaper in KDE(4)?
There is a “Wallpaper=” somewhere but I can’t find the damn file anymore.
Jürgen
Comment by doppiaVu — November 17, 2007 @ 5:26 pm
very nice!
I’m impatient to see all the others!!!
a request/question: will all the wallpapers of the contest (not only the winners) be published somewhere?
Comment by ruphy — November 17, 2007 @ 6:05 pm
@Jürgen Jydde:
going by what I remember, I’m pretty sure it’s $KDEHOME/share/config/plasmarc
Comment by Paul Leopardi — November 19, 2007 @ 2:07 am
I submitted wallpapers to the contest. Does the fact that I haven’t been contacted mean that I am now free to release my wallpapers to (eg.) KDE-look? I am sick of waiting.
Comment by Bubbila — February 1, 2008 @ 2:33 pm
Nice clean and sharp image…
Comment by Micheal Mayni — May 20, 2008 @ 7:32 pm
very nice!
Comment by Photo Contests — May 24, 2008 @ 5:07 pm
Nice shot. We are starting a site to list down new contests we could enter. Need your opinion and feedback.
Visit http://www.contestcreative.com/news.php?cat.2
Thanks
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