From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 11 17:15:50 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C66EE16A4CE for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:15:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 771EF43D39 for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:15:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1104.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id D355A1C00041 for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:15:49 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf1104.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id AD0781C000AD for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:15:49 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050211171549708.AD0781C000AD@mwinf1104.wanadoo.fr Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:15:49 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <726350235.20050211181549@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <86d5v7npya.fsf@xps.des.no> References: <420A6465.30402@sbcglobal.net> <20050209202922.GA18393@fw.farid-hajji.net> <86d5v7npya.fsf@xps.des.no> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: Please don't change Beastie to another crap logo such as NetBSD!!! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:15:50 -0000 Dag-Erling Smørgrav writes: > Tux is a mascot, not a logo. These are Linux logos: > > http://images.slashdot.org/topics/topiccaldera.gif > http://images.slashdot.org/topics/topicdebian.gif > http://images.slashdot.org/topics/topicmandrake.gif > http://images.slashdot.org/topics/topicredhat.gif > http://images.slashdot.org/topics/topicsuse.gif > http://images.slashdot.org/topics/topicturbolinux.gif I like Red Hat the best, and SuSE is the worst, IMO. > The image that is sometimes used as an all-round Linux logo is not > "just Tux", but rather a particular representation of Tux in > combination with a logotype and an orange splash. The author of that > logo is clearly aware of the distinction between a logo and a mascot: > > http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/logo/ These are too complex to be used as logos. > Here's a page (a NetBSD logo contest entry) which addresses many of > these concerns, and coincidentally underlines my point about the > daemon not being exclusive to FreeBSD: > > http://homepage.mac.com/codesamurai/netbsd-logo-entry/ Technically very clean, but too cute. > (this is so good I'm surprised NetBSD didn't adopt it, and I'd love to > see it submitted to the FreeBSD logo contest) Eeuh, no. Too cute. It's important to avoid anything that looks like a cartoon. The logo displayed on the NetBSD site is a zillion times better. -- Anthony