I recently created a simple, white Linux Outlaws wallpaper for my desktop because I wanted something LO-themed but more appropriate to the winter months. The design I came up with is nothing fancy but it ties nicely into the holiday mood, I think. It also goes well with any of those ultra clean & crisp glassy-looking themes that seem to be so popular right now. In fact, it is so simple, that it kinda fits any theme I could think of (it certainly goes well with the stock Ubuntu paintjob).

Since I have been enjoying this wallpaper so much the last couple of days, I have decided to release it to the public in the wallpaper section of the site for all of you to enjoy. Take it as a small Xmas present from your favourite Linux Podcast. Enjoy!

On a side note, Dan and I will record the last episode for this year tomorrow and release it on thursday night. We will then take a break over the holidays as I will absent myself to an isolated cottage on the windswept southern isles of the Netherlands that has no Internet connection whatsoever (I intend to bring loads of good, old-fashioned books). As I like to do from time to time, I am looking forward to spending a few days completely out of touch with the technology side of the world so that we can pick up the show fully refreshed in the first week of 2008. We will only miss one week, and I think that is legitimate over Xmas.

Unfortunately, there will be a slight delay in the release of this weeks show. Dan and I recorded it on wednesday, but I got hit with a pretty nasty cold soon after and stayed at home for the last couple of days to get over it. Since Dan has had a similar problem, neither of us was fit enough to edit the show on thursday or friday. Luckily, I feel much better today and I’m actually in the process of editing episode 12 right now — I will therefore release it ASAP. Just thought, I’d let you know…

On the upside, I managed to work on the designs for some Linux Outlaws t-shirts while I was recovering, so you can look forward to seeing those soon. As per popular demand, I am also looking into designing some coffee mugs to go with those. All of this will most likely be available through Cafépress soon. I’ll announce it here as soon as everything is finalised.

The other day, I suddenly felt like doing some design work and on a whim whipped up a wallpaper to promote the show. It's based on our beloved Outlaw Tux and the album art of the podcast. I basically took a photo from my trip around Australia earlier this year that has a nice outback feel to it, used my GIMP-fu to create some nice colour and lighting effects and then added Tux and the captions.

If you would like to show your allegiance to our podcast on your desktop, you can download the wallpaper (in several different resolutions from 800x600 up to 1920x1200) from our new wallpaper page. I would also be very happy if you'd take a picture of the wallpaper on your computer and send it to us, that way we could build up a listener gallery or something like that. I think that would be very cool! If you want to get in touch with me to do that, just use the Contact button at the top of the page and write me a short note; you could also use our regular feedback address that I mention every week on the show.

I hope you enjoy this little freebie and share it with your friends according to the corresponding license.