When I started using Debian a little over 2 years ago I thought the capital "DEBIAN" that was multi-color looked really sharp. It would make a cool sticker, t-shirt, CD-cover or anything actually. Kudos to whoever designed it. It appeared on the web page 'back in the day and looked great!
Keep the change from my two cents. -Ian > On Tue, Dec 29, 1998 at 05:18:05PM -0500, James LewisMoss wrote: > > I'm looking at the logo for debian and the text under one version of > > the Logo is 'Debian GNU/Linux'. Since we are now working on Gnu/Hurd > > and there have been grumblings about other ports for years is the > > GNu/Linux appropriate still? > > Yeah, let's start another logo discussion :) > > If you ask me, we should be brave enough and run a gimp contest and choose a > new logo from the entries. The Gnome logo was also the result of a gimp > contest, and it is great. > > About the text: I think Debian GNU/Linux is (still) appropriate. The Debian > GNU/Hurd is not yet released. However, if you want to be prepared, my > suggestion would be "Debian" in general, and "Debian GNU/Linux" for the > linux versions and "Debian GNU/Hurd" if you mean the Hurd in specific. > > Note that the Hurd and Linux will never be completely seperate. The Hurd > will be able to use a lot of Linux binary packages, and maybe the Linux > kernel will run on top of the Hurd sometime, who knows :) Because we always > have the possibility to drop back to "Debian" I don't see the problem with > "Debian GNU/Linux" for now. > > However, I _am_ concerned about the fact that the Debian logo is a penguin. > I think this IS inappropriate, and I think we should have neither a GNU nor > a chicken related with OUR logo. > > I will make this a proposal really soon, if nobody else steps forward > (probably a native english speaker, who can word it more carefully. I would > be happy to cooperate with someone who is interested). > > Marcus > > -- > "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ > Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key > http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 > > > -- > Please respect the privacy of this mailing list. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________________________________ Ian Setford [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP = F2 92 50 E3 CD D7 A2 D9 C4 CE 08 A6 98 E0 0F 58
