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The winner of our official wallpaper competition was something that instantly caught my eye, and I fell in love.
The winner is...
Great work by user Frank Drebin!
Grab the source file here.
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Many thanks to everyone who entered, it was a blast seeing all your creations.
For everyone else, feel free to list yours in the comments with the license and source file for others.
I hope to run some more competitions, what would you like to see next? Since the winner opted for games, our next competition will be for a donation to a FOSS project. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
The winner is...
Great work by user Frank Drebin!
Grab the source file here.
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Many thanks to everyone who entered, it was a blast seeing all your creations.
For everyone else, feel free to list yours in the comments with the license and source file for others.
I hope to run some more competitions, what would you like to see next? Since the winner opted for games, our next competition will be for a donation to a FOSS project. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Congrats Frank. This is a lovely wallpaper. Would be even cooler to have a transparent version that you could overlay over a desired color background. Anyone with strong enough gimp-foo to do it? :)
Last edited by Linas on 4 Jul 2016 at 2:49 pm UTC
Last edited by Linas on 4 Jul 2016 at 2:49 pm UTC
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Segata Sanshiro 4 Jul 2016
Awesome wallpaper! Good to see you're doing great things after retiring from Police Squad, Frank.
Last edited by Segata Sanshiro on 4 Jul 2016 at 3:17 pm UTC
Last edited by Segata Sanshiro on 4 Jul 2016 at 3:17 pm UTC
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Perkeleen_Vittupää 4 Jul 2016
A very nice and warm wallpaper, lots of heart in it! Crossed my mind that a GOL t-shirt / hoodie would be awesome.. I'd buy several just for support.
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Nice. Congratulations Frank!
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well since the contest is over, here are some BG's templates I found.
If someone has free time can create something creative for GOL.
If someone has free time can create something creative for GOL.
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Frank Drebin 4 Jul 2016
Thank you guys for your compliments :D
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Would have been my choice as well, congrats Frank!
I did make it deep blue instead of orange (that's what I'm used to), blurred the grain a bit and slightly resized the icons layer, thanks for the xcf source! I have to admit I also removed the text, as I found it distracting. I don't need reminders, it's not like I'd forget my favourite corner of the intertubes in a hurry.
I did make it deep blue instead of orange (that's what I'm used to), blurred the grain a bit and slightly resized the icons layer, thanks for the xcf source! I have to admit I also removed the text, as I found it distracting. I don't need reminders, it's not like I'd forget my favourite corner of the intertubes in a hurry.
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I love that one, to bad I dont know anything about digital art.
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Segata Sanshiro 4 Jul 2016
Thank you guys for your compliments :D
"I love it" ;)
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Frank Drebin 4 Jul 2016
"I LOVE it!" :PThank you guys for your compliments :D
"I love it" ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0La3aBSjvGY
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Mountain Man 4 Jul 2016
Good choice. I know as I was perusing the entries, this was definitely the one that caught my eye.
And now it's my new desktop wallpaper. :D
And now it's my new desktop wallpaper. :D
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Awesome wallpaper! Good to see you're doing great things after retiring from Police Squad, Frank.
My fist movie induced LOL, the D83 Swedish sugar lips sucking machine.
That, and the chainsaw...
View video on youtube.com
Lord help me, I'm going straight to hell, but I regret nothing!
By the way, congratulation Frank.
You earned it.
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ElectricPrism 4 Jul 2016
It's a thing of beauty 
http://imgur.com/6q0nlUR
Grats Frank Drebin, enjoy your loot.
Last edited by ElectricPrism on 4 Jul 2016 at 9:49 pm UTC
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Great work Frank!
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Congratulations for the winner! To me, it wasn't really a surprise, from the beginning I knew this one had a lot of potential.
Also, thanks for this contest! It gave me the perfect reason to finally learn to use GIMP (before this one, I only used it to scale images, and nothing else). And having the source files is really a plus!
Now that there is this new article, can I contribute with some suggestions?
1) Instead of putting the rest of the wallpapers in the comments, wouldn't be better to upgrade our profiles so everyone who participated can show them there? Because this article will inevitably disappear when new ones are posted, and it would be a shame for new people to miss them.
2) It would be nice that for events like these, some small "medals" can be crafted to attach to the contestant's profile. They don't have to be complex, it can be a small 10x10 JPG, 10 Kb max, or something like that.
2b) If the previous idea is accepted, users can bet about who is going to win. If they guess, they can be rewarded a special medal.
3) An idea for a next competition: to create a new skin for this website. I personally don't have anything against this minimalistic style, but I would love to see a dark alternative, for example.
4) Another idea for a competition: to create the GamingOnLinux.com theme, to use in the livestreams. It can be divided in two mini-tournaments: one for when the logo appears at the intro, and the second one as a background music for all the duration of the stream.
5) There should be three places instead of one, and escalate the reward accordingly. For example, 3 game keys for the first place, two for the second, and so on.
6) Some other ideas for prizes: to be gifted a bundle of his/her choice, free month subscriptions to different services, an interview during the livestreams (if someone has a personal project, this option would give him/her a lot of exposure), to livestream (and play) games of his/her choice...
Also, thanks for this contest! It gave me the perfect reason to finally learn to use GIMP (before this one, I only used it to scale images, and nothing else). And having the source files is really a plus!
Now that there is this new article, can I contribute with some suggestions?
1) Instead of putting the rest of the wallpapers in the comments, wouldn't be better to upgrade our profiles so everyone who participated can show them there? Because this article will inevitably disappear when new ones are posted, and it would be a shame for new people to miss them.
2) It would be nice that for events like these, some small "medals" can be crafted to attach to the contestant's profile. They don't have to be complex, it can be a small 10x10 JPG, 10 Kb max, or something like that.
2b) If the previous idea is accepted, users can bet about who is going to win. If they guess, they can be rewarded a special medal.
3) An idea for a next competition: to create a new skin for this website. I personally don't have anything against this minimalistic style, but I would love to see a dark alternative, for example.
4) Another idea for a competition: to create the GamingOnLinux.com theme, to use in the livestreams. It can be divided in two mini-tournaments: one for when the logo appears at the intro, and the second one as a background music for all the duration of the stream.
5) There should be three places instead of one, and escalate the reward accordingly. For example, 3 game keys for the first place, two for the second, and so on.
6) Some other ideas for prizes: to be gifted a bundle of his/her choice, free month subscriptions to different services, an interview during the livestreams (if someone has a personal project, this option would give him/her a lot of exposure), to livestream (and play) games of his/her choice...
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7) And a third idea for a tournament: to create and submit a video review of any Linux game of your choice.
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c0degunner 5 Jul 2016
Congratulations Frank, well deserved. It was great to see how many entries there were in the competition, it as popular to say the least!
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