Wallpapers History

History of the default wallpapers in elementary OS.

Warning

The default wallpapers on ancient OS releases originally from DeviantArt have been removed from recent OS releases due to licensing problem. Use them in personal use.

OS 8 Circe

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• Author: Peter Thomas
• Shipped versions
  • OS 8 (default)

OS 7/7.1 Horus

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• Author: Aniket Deole
• Shipped versions
  • OS 8
  • OS 7.1 (default)
  • OS 7 (default)

OS 6.1 Jólnir

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• Author: Brendon Porter, Ryan Gorley, et al.
• Shipped versions
  • OS 8
  • OS 7.1
  • OS 7
  • OS 6.1 (default)
  • OS 6

OS 6 Odin

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• Author: Brendon Porter, Ryan Gorley, et al.
• Shipped versions
  • OS 8
  • OS 7.1
  • OS 7
  • OS 6.1
  • OS 6 (default)

OS 5.1 Hera

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• Author: Paul Carmona
• Shipped versions
  • OS 8
  • OS 7.1
  • OS 7
  • OS 6.1
  • OS 6
  • OS 5.1 (default)
  • OS 5

OS 5 Juno

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• Author: Ashim D’Silva
• Shipped versions
  • OS 8
  • OS 7.1
  • OS 7
  • OS 6.1
  • OS 6
  • OS 5.1
  • OS 5 (default)

OS 0.4/0.4.1 Loki

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• Author: Pablo García Saldaña
• Shipped versions
  • OS 5.1
  • OS 5
  • OS 0.4/0.4.1 (default)
• Reason of removal
  • Does not have a transparent panel

OS 0.3/0.3.1/0.3.2 Freya

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• Author: Ryan Schroeder
• Shipped versions
  • OS 5.1
  • OS 5
  • OS 0.4/0.4.1
  • OS 0.3/0.3.1/0.3.2 (default)
• Reason of removal
  • In favor of Snow-Capped Mountain.jpg

OS 0.2 Luna

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• Author: bo0xvn
• Shipped versions
  • OS 0.4/0.4.1
  • OS 0.3/0.3.1/0.3.2
  • OS 0.2 (default)
• Reason of removal
  • Licensing

OS 0.1 Jupiter

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• Author: bo0xvn
• Shipped versions
  • OS 0.3/0.3.1/0.3.2
  • OS 0.2
  • OS 0.1 (default)
• Reason of removal
  • Licensing