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The Linux 3.1 Kernel May Have A New Logo

Posted by samzenpus on from the looks-familiar dept.

An anonymous reader writes "To mark the upcoming release of the Linux 3.1 kernel IBM's Darrick Wong has proposed changing the familiar solo-Tux logo to something more, well, befitting of the version number."

17 comments

  1. LOL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    At first I said, "Why is a new logo so important just because they changed versions? Don't they have better things to do with their time?"

    Then I RTFM'd and understood.

  2. Knowing Microsoft... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Que copyright claims

    1. Re:Knowing Microsoft... by seekret · · Score: 2

      I'm wondering if this would fall under parody.

    2. Re:Knowing Microsoft... by billcopc · · Score: 2

      On what, the color cyan ? The Helvetica font ? The blobby rendition of Tux ?

      If they have any humanity left in them, they will chuckle as we did, and realize 3.2 will probably be released in another two weeks anyway.

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    3. Re:Knowing Microsoft... by JustNiz · · Score: 3, Funny

      meh. I'm waiting until Linux 95.

    4. Re:Knowing Microsoft... by galanom · · Score: 0

      meh. I'm waiting until Linux 95.

      With the current version inflation, Linux 95.0 should be out in a year or so...

  3. Link broken by Shoe+Puppet · · Score: 2

    The link to LKML in the article is broken. Here's the real one:

    https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/9/10/24

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    (+1, Disagree)
  4. Slashdot sensationalism? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    April fools is a bit late this year.

    I do enjoy how the tongue-in-cheek posting by Derrick Wong has turned into a sensationalist /. headline.

    Now comes the fun part -- waiting for other news aggregators to pick up the /. headline and spin it as "New Linux Logo!"

  5. Copyright by Billly+Gates · · Score: 1

    It uses the same pic as early Windows. That is a liability risk even if it was intended to be funny as people can confuse Linux with Windows 3.11.

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    1. Re:Copyright by hany · · Score: 1

      Too late. Image is on the Internet now so nobody will ever take it down now.

      And now my high hopes for Linux are all ruined.

      :)

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      hany
  6. Shouldn't this have happened w/ 3.0? by unixisc · · Score: 1

    Seems to me that when Linus changed the version# to 3.0, that was the right opportunity to change the kernel, assuming that was needed.. The above logo looks like a Windows rip-off.

    1. Re:Shouldn't this have happened w/ 3.0? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Look at that flying window fly over your head! Whoosh!

  7. Who will see it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Nowadays, most Linux users don't even get to see these bootup logos, right?

    Also, Pop Art Tux, lol

  8. Feature Request by gentryx · · Score: 1

    Maybe we could also add a start button to the console in Linux? At least in Linux 95.0?

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    1. Re:Feature Request by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      And when they come out with Linux Me and Linux Vista, a subroutine will randomly execute that kicks out a random nonsensical error.

    2. Re:Feature Request by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      When Linux 8 is finally released it will be the year of the Linux Mobile Phone!

  9. Implications by IllusionalForce · · Score: 0

    So, essentially, wouldn't that say "Look guys, we finally caught up to 19 year old technology and we're pretty fucking proud of it?"