The default wallpaper set to greet those who install Ubuntu 23.10 ‘Mantic Minotaur’ next month has been unveiled.
Ubuntu 23.10’s default wallpaper draws heavily on the motifs afforded by its mythological moniker, perhaps more so than many of us had expected.
The ‘mascot’ – typically fashioned from geometric shapes, simplistic lines, or concentric circles – isn’t linearly distinct in this release.
Instead, Ubuntu’s designers have encapsulated the mascot image within a maze, just like the Minotaur of legend. This clever intertwining creates a conceptually bold centerpiece for a wallpaper. It manages to look both classical and modern.
I feel like I say it every six months (but having checked I don’t) but the newest addition to the pantheon of Ubuntu’s default wallpapers does feel like the strongest entry for years.
Want to download it? You can – and you don’t have to wait for it to be packaged up and pushed out to daily builds of Ubuntu 23.10 either. You can download the Ubuntu 23.10 wallpaper in 4K resolution, in both ‘light’ (purple) and ‘dark’ (grey) editions from Google Drive.
