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Ubuntu Developing New "Dangerous" Desktop Images Concept - Phoronix (www.phoronix.com)
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[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

Am I the only one who read "dangerous desktop images" and thought they were going to ship with wallpapers of people doing extreme sports?

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Dangerous because it's stupid?

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 months ago

Would be stupid to use for production, but makes a lot of sense as a canary for problems in new versions of packages.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 points 2 months ago

Like this?

First search result for "dangerous wallpaper".

[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl -2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

What "Dangerous" means in Afrikaans?