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KDE Gets a Mascot

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the he-lives-by-the-sea dept.

An anonymousr reader pointed us to this Linux Today story that has the new KDE mascot. Its an unnamed rendered dragon- the lighting on some of the renders looks like it needs a bit of work, and although he doesn't beat the FreeBSD Demon, he's pretty cool. Check out dragon1.jpg, dragon2.jpg, dragon3.jpg, and dragon4.jpg. The server is really slow, so someone post a mirror?

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  1. Now Windows needs one. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2

    It should be a toad for windows. As in
    "Where do you want to go Toady"

  2. Got `em.. Another mirror. by BadlandZ · · Score: 2

    http://www.current.nu/kde/

  3. No no no no no.... by BadlandZ · · Score: 3
    Sorry, this is ONE time I think SlashDot SHOULD have mirrored, or requested a mirror for something BEFORE posting it. The images are on an FTP server, so they are going to reach a maximum threshold much faster than an web server.

    Someone grab them and mirror... I'll try myself too... I am not sure if I can get them, but I'll try. This is KDE... Right? Shouldn't be any legal problems mirroring?

  4. It's a MASCOT! by TigerTux · · Score: 2

    The dragon is supposed to be a mascot and not a new logo for KDE. Their logo remains to be the sprocket & K thingy.

  5. This is NOT a logo, it is a mascot! by _Stryker · · Score: 2

    There are already several comments about the image saying it is too complex for a logo, or it is too for a logo... the fact is that this little guy (doesn't have a name yet) is NOT a replacement for the Gear logo used by KDE, in fact it isn't a logo at all. It is intended to be a mascot and as such does not suffer from the same constraints that a logo has.

  6. The noble Dragon, perfect mascot for KDE! by _Stryker · · Score: 2

    I know this is like a fish going after a worm on a hook, but I guess I'll bite...

    Here is my response to your 3 points:
    1) First of all I personally don't find KDE to be ugly. The opinion of one single person, however, is meaningless, so I guess I should also mention that the 150+ students in our department that use KDE on a daily basis also like it. The majority students that we have that also run Linux at home are running KDE as their desktop.

    2) Again, refer to point 1 for a discussion of esthetics. As for resource use, I would have to argue that KDE actually does a very good job of using minimal resources for the amount of services that it offers. It obviously will consume more resources that a plain vanilla window manager, but KDE is not just a window manager, it is an entire desktop environment. It offers services such as drag and drop, integrated task bar, etc. I'm sure if you were to compare KDE with other systems with similar functionality you would see that KDE is no worse than the others when it comes to resource usage.

    3) I personally use KDE, but don't see why there needs to be a "competition" between Gnome and KDE. There is no reason why the two can not coexist happily. Variety is one of the things that makes Linux so nice to use. KDE and Gnome have different design goals and focus on different areas. By having both KDE and Gnome there is a better chance that _both_ will be better. The exchange of ideas between the two projects can only improve the situation rather than making it worse.

    Well, I probably should have just left the bait alone, but I snapped, so lets see if I get reeled in now.

  7. Mirror plus announcement of Theme support... by _Stryker · · Score: 3
    Here is a mirror for the images:
    dragon1.jpg
    dragon2.jpg
    dragon3.jpg
    dragon4.jpg

    And in other KDE news. The first version of the KDE style plugin interface (aka Theme support) has been released. You can find more information about it here.

  8. Familliar Face? by JEP · · Score: 2
    I can't be the only one who thinks this looks like "Croc"

    Yep, that was my first thought. My second was that he was Croc crossed with Spyro.

    I'm thinking the KDE developers need to step away from the playstation... ;^)

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  9. Really Neat Thing Alert by scriptkiddie · · Score: 2

    Someone above pointed out that KDE themes are now just starting to materialize, and I thought a few more people should find out about it (at the risk of /.ing somebody's website...). Before, KDE had interim theme support that let you customize the WM, background, and chose between Motif and Windoze widgets, but now it has real, GTK-style theme support. This had been a bit of an embarrassment to KDE evangelists. It still ain't easy to compile, but for now you can look at screenshots that seem to indicate that the whole theme thing is beginning to crystalize. They also show KOffice, which is even worse to compile but (supposedly) really works. And on the subject of KDE mascots, I think we need to find a name for the dragon. It should also appear in various places throughout KDE itself, maybe leaning against the window that pops up the first time you run it. And I think it would be neat if the rendered gears appeared instead of the cartoony ones in KFM, but they do look suspiciously WinNT-like (ever notice those wierd purple-and-green gears hanging out in the documentation)?

  10. Nice logo, but too complex by TheInternet · · Score: 2


    Exactly my feelings! This is what I posted at linuxtoday:

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    No offense to the artist, as it is clearly a very good rendering, but the dragon just doesn't inspire me -- there's nothing unique about it. I've seen dozens of characters just like him. The idea of a mascot is you see it and you think abou the product (or whatever). I see the dragon and I think about all kinds of children's stories.

    It seems like the KDE character has to be something with a bit more "ummmph."

    - Scott

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