We reported back in August that members of the Ubuntu community put together another contest for the default wallpapers of the next major release of Ubuntu Linux, this time entitled Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase.

The new event was created specifically for members of the Ubuntu Linux community, allowing them to contribute with photographic and illustrative wallpapers, as well as with any other multimedia content that will be used for celebrating the release of the Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) operating system on October 22, 2015.

Today, October 2, Softpedia is the first to report that Nathan Haines, an Ubuntu Local Community Council member, picked up the winners of the Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase contest and uploaded the new default wallpapers of the upcoming Ubuntu 15.10 operating system on the Launchpad website. Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase took place on Flickr between August 23 and September 16.

It looks like there are a total of 10 wallpapers for Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf). You can check them out and download them from the image gallery posted below for your viewing pleasure. These are some very beautiful photos, so we would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the winners.

In the order of appearance, they are Abstract Ubuntu by Marek Koteluk, Blue by dariuskws, Breaker by Lyle Nel, Hotel by sarcasmrules2011, Mediterranean Sea by simosx, Moss inflorescence by carmelo75, P5160283 by Dariusz Duma, Sitting Here, Making Fun by Philipp Haegi, Tramonto a Scalea by Renatvs88, and Tranquil by Pat David.

Update: We have been informed by Nathan Haines, a member of the Ubuntu Local Community Council that the Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase event was his initiative, not Canonical's. Therefore, we've modified the article accordingly. Nathan Haines is also the writer of the "Beginning Ubuntu for Windows and Mac Users" book found at http://amzn.to/1MpbL9V.