Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:44:51 -0500 From: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Please don't change Beastie to another crap logo such as NetBSD!!! Message-ID: <1108158291.35921.11.camel@zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org> In-Reply-To: <20050211190008.CCCA216A4E5@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20050211190008.CCCA216A4E5@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 12:04:34 -0600, "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> wrote: > On Friday 11 February 2005 08:14 am, Dag-Erling Smrgrav wrote: > > cpghost@cordula.ws writes: > > > Imagine Linux dropping Tux for some meanlingless, lifeless logo? > > > > I'm glad you asked. > > > > 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 > > > <snip> > > > > DES > > No Slackware? In my opinion, Slackware has the widest deviation in > professionalism between their logo and mascot. > > logo(s): > http://slackware.com/grfx/shared/logo.png > http://store.slackware.com/images/nav/s_topleft.png > > mascot (pipe-smoking penguin): > http://store.slackware.com/cgi-bin/store/slacklapel?id=E844B2UK:mv_pc=379 Quite a deviation indeed, especially considering their mascot is an obvious nod to the Church of the SubGenius (http://www.subgenius.com): the true purveyors of SLACK! ;-) Cheers, Paul. -- e-mail: paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu "Throw this posting against the wall RIGHT NOW!" --- J. R. "Bob" Dobbs
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