After many months of discussion and flaming, Debian has chosen a
new logo. The new "swirl" graphic can be seen here, and
the results of the vote are here.
-- Every year during my review, I just pray the words "slashdot.org" aren't mentioned.
Re:I'm so glad they got rid of that 'Woodstock' Bi
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che
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Absolutely! I imagine a sort of "Baraka" cinematographic experience. Automated cameras swiveling around a computer running Debian taking pictures every 10 minutes to show the nature-like growth of the beautiful native flora and fauna growing on the screen and between the keys on the keyboard, if you will.
Anyone got a spare $200,000 to make the commercial? I fully expect we can run it during the Superbowl next year.
Alas, then, that it's not a logo -- it's a nameplate. A logo has to complement text, not struggle with it.
You're right that it looks nice, but I'm glad we now have a logo. I mean, aside from the traumatically ugly and soon inappropriate penguin. (Inappropriate because Debian is working on a Hurd distribution as well, and the penguin is a Linux logo.)
RedHat has by far the best logo, one just perfect for their name. At least Debian didn't wind up with one of the creeping horrors up for suggestion -- the color-soaked seal, the crushed ant... The DG logo wasn't too bad; I would've been happy with it. The chicken was just too strange and didn't have the impact of the genie (perhaps it's too close to a penguin as well).
Ed, that figure-ground stuff is clever but it confuses the eye. I had to look at it for 2 seconds just to figure it out. As I said a while back, you should recognize a logo before your brain starts to read what's in your visual field. Your version doesn't work for that, although it certainly looks cool when one takes the time to look at it.
A logo needs to be recognizable independent of the text. It has to work across language barriers. It should bypass the verbal part of your mind, and when you see the image, you should recognize it as Debian before you actually start to read what's in your visual field.
Rob's logo looks flashy, but is entirely text-dependent. I'm not sure I would have voted for the swirl, but I have bigger fish to fry.
Debian has an "Official CD Set", which can be redistributed by anyone without royalty, but its an ISO image mastered by Debian and its contents are strictly defined. Anyone can distribute a different version, that's what they call "unofficial". So they really did need two logos.
I don't see yet how the presence of a lamp says not official and its absence says official. Maybe this needs to evolve a bit.
That's the kind of logo I would expect for a commercial startup or 90's big company spinoff (in fact, if pressed, I would have guessed that the debian-log-with-vase is the Magic Cap logo).
Is a more corporate image where Debian wants to go? I also noted some rather corporate looking press releases. I like the old Debian logo because it is friendly, personal, and looked pretty non-commercial to me--a good match to Debian's goals I thought.
Windows with the 8bit window-thingies that they insist on continuing to package as a screensaver sucks....
MacOS with the Janus-like face look old...
Be is okay...straight to the point & nothing fancy.
RedHat's is cool in my opinion...sharp looking
FreeBSD's looks like a bad tattoo
Debian's is okay but not great and I think the swirl is a bit reminicent of Lucent as was stated earlier.
Prognosis: some people should stick to programming and give the design over to someone else.
AC
What is a "Debian" anyways?
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webslacker
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Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I've always wondered if "Debian" was a person's name, or if it meant something. Mr. Webster doesn't seem to have an answer. Does anyone out there know?
Re:What is a "Debian" anyways?
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Jonas+�berg
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The Debian Project History is good for general history of Debian. The name Debian though is a combination of the creators name, Ian Murdock, and his wife Debra.
Slashdot Mirror
"That stuff will damage your brain."
Debían is the imperfect tense of the verb "deber" meaning to ought. So "debían saber la repuesta" loosely means "they should have known the answer."
I don't know what all this "Deb" and "Ian" stuff is.
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Every year during my review, I just pray the words "slashdot.org" aren't mentioned.
Absolutely! I imagine a sort of "Baraka" cinematographic experience. Automated cameras swiveling around a computer running Debian taking pictures every 10 minutes to show the nature-like growth of the beautiful native flora and fauna growing on the screen and between the keys on the keyboard, if you will.
Anyone got a spare $200,000 to make the commercial? I fully expect we can run it during the Superbowl next year.
Alas, then, that it's not a logo -- it's a nameplate. A logo has to complement text, not struggle with it.
You're right that it looks nice, but I'm glad we now have a logo. I mean, aside from the traumatically ugly and soon inappropriate penguin. (Inappropriate because Debian is working on a Hurd distribution as well, and the penguin is a Linux logo.)
RedHat has by far the best logo, one just perfect for their name. At least Debian didn't wind up with one of the creeping horrors up for suggestion -- the color-soaked seal, the crushed ant... The DG logo wasn't too bad; I would've been happy with it. The chicken was just too strange and didn't have the impact of the genie (perhaps it's too close to a penguin as well).
-Billy
Exchanging the logos would help, but consider other objects - for example a pedestal rather than a lamp to connote official-ness.
Bruce
Bruce Perens.
Bruce
Bruce Perens.
P.S. slashdot just lost a day's worth of stories.
Thanks
Bruce
Bruce Perens.
Rob's logo looks flashy, but is entirely text-dependent. I'm not sure I would have voted for the swirl, but I have bigger fish to fry.
Debian has an "Official CD Set", which can be redistributed by anyone without royalty, but its an ISO image mastered by Debian and its contents are strictly defined. Anyone can distribute a different version, that's what they call "unofficial". So they really did need two logos.
I don't see yet how the presence of a lamp says not official and its absence says official. Maybe this needs to evolve a bit.
Thanks
Bruce
Bruce Perens.
Is a more corporate image where Debian wants to go? I also noted some rather corporate looking press releases. I like the old Debian logo because it is friendly, personal, and looked pretty non-commercial to me--a good match to Debian's goals I thought.
Let's see...
Windows with the 8bit window-thingies that they insist on continuing to package as a screensaver sucks....
MacOS with the Janus-like face look old...
Be is okay...straight to the point & nothing fancy.
RedHat's is cool in my opinion...sharp looking
FreeBSD's looks like a bad tattoo
Debian's is okay but not great and I think the swirl is a bit reminicent of Lucent as was stated earlier.
Prognosis: some people should stick to programming and give the design over to someone else.
AC
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I've always wondered if "Debian" was a person's name, or if it meant something. Mr. Webster doesn't seem to have an answer. Does anyone out there know?
Seals eat penguins, don't they? (Or is that just killer whales (orca)?)
I wonder what the artist was thinking...
-- Alastair
if Debian has a new logo, why am i still looking at the same old one on my icon bar?
:)