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FreeBSD Logo Contest Winner Announced
Saint Aardvark writes "Earlier this year, the FreeBSD people announced a competition to design a new logo. Welp, the winner has been announced, and you can check out the new logo. Congratulations to Anton K. Gural on the spiffy work!"
Devilishly clever...good job.
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Anyone else think it looks like a pokemon ball with horns?
What if the entire Universe were a chrooted environment with everything symlinked from the host?
Keep the daemon, but make it so that if you didn't know it was supposed to be a daemon... it's um... not a daemon.
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It looks like a little piggy's head. And the wimpy font for the wordmark is disappointing. What was wrong with the old one?
"The new FreeBSD: less character, more sheen"
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I am amazed. It manages to look similar to the old one (horns) for someone who knows, yet if you don't know it does not suggest anything demonlike. Which is precisely what they wanted, I guess.
It looks like some sort of weird dual-orange juicer.
Has anyone else noticed how popular the "shiny orb" look has become recently? There are a lot of places now using the "shiny round button" as their logo. Weird.
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Why is Slashdot still using daemon then?
/. poll: What color should the new /. BSD icon be:
I guess Cowboy Neal hasn't cleared the trademark permissions yet.
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1) red
2) grey
3) black
4) white
5) orange
6) CowboyNeal
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http://logo-contest.freebsd.org.nyud.net:8090/resu lt/640-1.png
This has been discussed many times: beastie will remain as the mascotte, but not as the logo.
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Site seems to be toast, try the coral link Logo Winner.
I guess BSD really is dead now :/
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It's not dead! It's KIRBY!
It's the daemonic counterpart of Bit from the movie Tron.
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Personally I hate "shaded" or three-dimensional logos. They quickly become tiresome. This logo will look cheap and dated 5 years from now, I guarantee it. I would prefer a more "timeless" logo, closer to monochromatic, two-dimensional. Something that could be sketched with a pen, yet be completely unique and recognizable.
I feel this logo has the most meaning only to those familiar with the previous logo (the beastie). A random person on the street (or in the boardroom) will not have a clue. And that's not good. For instance, why is the "horned ball" turned slightly? Just to show off perspective? To emulate the perspective of the previous logo? Why not just show the logo head-on, with symmetrical horns? Look at the black and white version. It looks like a drawing from a geometry textbook. A logo should be as minimal and simple as the font used to write the letters next to it.
I do like the font though. If the word FreeBSD were larger, and the logo smaller, I think it would look better, at least at the example I'm looking at.
Oh well. Anything is better than than the beastie from a corporate point of view, although this new one is utterly plastic and lifeless.
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... on the good side:
1) Professional
2) Artsy
3) Modern
on the downside:
1) Bland
2) Soulless
3) Lacks Flavor
4) Lacks Style
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It looks like something that belongs to the Pokemon franchise... ;>
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http://logo-contest.freebsd.org.nyud.net:8090/resu lt/640-1.png
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I think the people who think it's a good logo are the people that know it's an abstracted beastie. An outsider will just wonder why the hell it's a red ball with spikes.
Will Ceren dress up like a ball now ?
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A lot of people seem to have trouble grasping the concept here, so perhaps this will help.
There is a difference between a mascot and a logo.
Think about McDonalds. Their logo is a giant 'M'. Their mascot is a scary kiddy-fiddling clown thing. The giant 'M' has changed over time, but Ronald McDonald is still the same freakish evil clown.
The Daemon mascot is going nowhere.
Jeebus.
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I don't agree with thinking FreeBSD becoming a bigger joke because I think it's very good, but I do have to agree with the feel of the logo. It's a bit too much like something for a gaming console, or some sophisticated toy. It lacks that touch of authority, the feeling of late night logging into work and do some command line maintenance. Or maybe I'm already getting too old, being over 30 and all. :-P
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i seem to recall that there was a butt load of submissions. i think from a branding point of view, the winning submission is appropriate: it allows for various merchandise items to be branded consistently, including logotype and color variations. all in all i think freebsd will get alot of mileage out of the winning submission. that being said, it would be cool to see the other submissions, even if for nothing else for curiosity's sake. come on, let's see the losers!
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I resent the weakening of our symbols of worship and connectivity.
As for your light-hearted use of "devilishly", you are an insensitive clod!
Rich And Stupid is not so bad as Working For Rich And Stupid.
At least it isn't blue, because then it would be a horny blue ball, which would give the wrong message (albeit perhaps accurate in regard to BSD users).
At last, a logo for a major open source product that doesn't look retarded in any way. Kudos to the designer. Free BSD should expect a boost because of this. Linux penguin needs to go.
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Post-rock/Ambient/Drone and other noise.
He has historical brand recognition and he's a lot cuter than the christmas tree ornament with tumours.
Can we talk? Nothing is going to stop the evangelical crowd from saying the OS is the spawn of satan if they get it into their minds to think so. What's the use of pandering?
I guess they didn't like the entry I submitted: http://bsdbox.us/
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Fuck them. If someone wants to follow the ways of some kooky Christian mythology or other religion, then more power to them. However, the fundamentalists that are trying to eradicate science, education, graven images, homosexuality or whatever it is that they percieve as some threat while trying to shove their bullshit down other people's throats need to STFU. It's one thing to live your life the way you want, but don't try to dictate how others should live theirs, or what they believe. If they're offended by some cartoon daemon as a mascot for an OS then they can happily stay away. I'd prefer they not meddle with anything else.
I am sickened by the amount of foothold this has gotten in the U.S. since oh, 2000 or so.
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It's horrible. It looks like something Apple would come up with. I'll stick to the old logo, thanks, and delete or scratch out the new one wherever I have the ability to do so. It's a travesty!
And no I don't watch that much Pokemon.
I figured as much. It's Digimon that uses the "-mon" suffix on the names of varieties. In Pokémon, you might get names such as "Beastie" (the mascot of *BSD) or "Flameon" (like #136 Flareon).
Good job otherwise :)