Karmic
9.10 Karmic Koala
Artwork for Jaunty Jackalope is pretty much a closed matter, so you can already start here 
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Notes from the Karmic Koala Introduction
Mark Shuttleworth introducing Karmic Koala
The planned features and goals can and should serve as guidance and inspiration for artwork, especially for backgrounds.
On the server:
- Cloud computing, making it easy for anybody to
- setup their own cloud using entirely open tools
- to deploy applications into the cloud, with ready-to-run appliances or by quickly assembling a custom image.
Featuring the Eucalyptus project
- Dynamically growing and shrinking resource allocations depending on your needs.
- Conserving energy.
On the desktop:
- A fast, flicker-free and beautiful boot process.
Possibly a new login experience that complements the graphical boot, and works well for small groups as well as very large installations. (This quite likely refers to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Specs/GdmFaceBrowser)
- A serious push for a new look from Canonical's design team.
- "Brown has served us well" but other options will be considered for Karmic Koala.
Projects
Please follow the Submission Guidelines before submitting your page. Place backgrounds/wallpapers in Backgrounds.