22 Dec
2014
22 Dec
'14
12:51 p.m.
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Thank you for the info; I had no idea as there is no such connotation in
English! Dragons don't exactly have a good reputation in English though,
and crows even less so unfortunately.
No, there is no hard and fast reason for the mascot having to be a bird;
my thoughts were just that we already have a big flightless bird as the
Linux logo, and birds are lightweight and fast.
Tim
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 09:03:10 -0500
From: mutantturkey(a)gmail.com
To: trinity-devel(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net
Subject: Re: [trinity-devel] New mascot for TDE, or no?
hummingbird is also already employed by dillo as a mascot. of course
for being 'light and fast'
On 22 December 2014 at 08:39, E. Liddell <ejlddll(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
are
them
Hi,
Personnally, I'm not sure about these kinds of birds of prey.
In french, we call it ''rapace'', which has an extremely bad
connotation.
Is there a specific reason why it should be a bird?
On kde.org, I can find the source blender file for Konqui, but I don't
know much at all on how to use Blender...
-Alexandre On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 20:39:37 -0600
"Timothy Pearson" <kb9vqf(a)pearsoncomputing.net> wrote:
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> > Hi,
> >
> > Some months ago, a discussion about finding a new mascot for TDE
has bee
> > going on. Recently, I bought an HP 620lx
palmtop (er, Handheld PC,
for
> > non-Psion users) and I installed Jornada
Linux Mobility Edition,
available
> > at jlime.com
> >
> > I thought that a modified version of their logo could be
interesting as
a
> > TDE mascot, but I am not sure about the
legal aspect of it. Also,
what is
> you
opinion on it? I made a quick mockup of what it could be.
>
> Have a great Christmas time!
>
> -Alexandre
The basic idea is OK; as you said though I'm not sure of the legal
implications as the penguin is universally associated with the Linux
kernel.
I don't that would be a particular problem, since there are lots
of distributions using penguin variations in their logos.
> Taking the bird idea further, looking at this Wikipedia image I see a
> couple of birds that might be appropriate but I have no idea if they > already taken:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird#mediaviewer/File:Bird_Diversity_2013.png
>
> Birds that imply lightweight operation and speed, such as the
hummingbird
> or various members of the swallow family
would be my first choices.
In
> line with TDE's professional image (at
least that's what I aspire for
TDE
to be...)
something that could be used and easily recognized in
businesslike vector art (e.g. for logos and such) would also be
preferred.
Hummingbirds don't have much stamina, which is not a connotation I'm
sure we want, but the swallows have definite possibilities. Some of have very nice plumage, too.
I'd be kind of tempted by the Welcome Swallow just because of its
name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_swallow Not
a bad-looking bird
either, although it isn't as flashy as, say, the Lesser Striped
Swallow.
>
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