$ du -sh ubuntu-wallpapers-0.28.*/simple-ubuntu.png
1.6M ubuntu-wallpapers-0.28.2/simple-ubuntu.png
2.4M ubuntu-wallpapers-0.28.3/simple-ubuntu.png
$
Indeed not double, but 50% larger as stated. If the only change here is to eliminate the border transparency, it shouldn't change the image size that much - 800K is enough to probably cost us a language pack on the liveCDs.
$ du -sh ubuntu- wallpapers- 0.28.*/ simple- ubuntu. png wallpapers- 0.28.2/ simple- ubuntu. png wallpapers- 0.28.3/ simple- ubuntu. png
1.6M ubuntu-
2.4M ubuntu-
$
Indeed not double, but 50% larger as stated. If the only change here is to eliminate the border transparency, it shouldn't change the image size that much - 800K is enough to probably cost us a language pack on the liveCDs.