Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

The Other Linux Logo

ecogex.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

31–40 of 98 posts

Re: The Other Linux Logo

#33

Post by donatj »

I feel bad to be this critical but it fails in direct, context free recognizability.

It fails to evoke "penguin".

I wouldn't have recognized it as a penguin without context, and I doubt others would without priming.

Re: The Other Linux Logo

#34

Post by washadjeffmad »

Tade0 wrote: post #27
makeitdouble wrote: post #18

The small eyes version is freaky for such a logo. With Big eyes it looks friendlier, but still not cute... For something neutral and scalable, having a side perspective could perhaps work better ? Like this one for instance, with very few lines yet looks good. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRMINEP...

Yeah, the front perspective evokes associations with a predator locked on its prey.

Yet its expressionlessness captures the lobotomized drone-like corporate flair that characterizes mainstream Linux today.

I'm not against it as long as we don't erase Tux from older projects.

Re: The Other Linux Logo

#35

Post by whywhywhywhy »

makeitdouble wrote: post #18

The small eyes version is freaky for such a logo. With Big eyes it looks friendlier, but still not cute... For something neutral and scalable, having a side perspective could perhaps work better ? Like this one for instance, with very few lines yet looks good. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRMINEP...

the way the big eyes are drawn it looks scared, the way the small eyes are drawn it looks sinister

Re: The Other Linux Logo

#37

Post by xg15 »

donatj wrote: post #33

I feel bad to be this critical but it fails in direct, context free recognizability. It fails to evoke "penguin". I wouldn't have recognized it as a penguin without context, and I doubt others would without priming.

I think it would work quite well in an icon/emoji setting, where the context "operation system brand" was already established.

E.g. think of some "coose your OS" widget with entries:

  - (Apple with bite) MacOS
  - (Colored flag) Windows
  - (This icon) Linux

Re: The Other Linux Logo

#38

Post by petepete »

donatj wrote: post #33

I feel bad to be this critical but it fails in direct, context free recognizability. It fails to evoke "penguin". I wouldn't have recognized it as a penguin without context, and I doubt others would without priming.

My first thought was a Russian doll.

Re: The Other Linux Logo

#39

Post by [deleted] »

whywhywhywhy wrote: post #35
makeitdouble wrote: post #18

The small eyes version is freaky for such a logo. With Big eyes it looks friendlier, but still not cute... For something neutral and scalable, having a side perspective could perhaps work better ? Like this one for instance, with very few lines yet looks good. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRMINEP...

the way the big eyes are drawn it looks scared, the way the small eyes are drawn it looks sinister

[deleted]

Re: The Other Linux Logo

#40

Post by latexr »

Tade0 wrote: post #27
makeitdouble wrote: post #18

The small eyes version is freaky for such a logo. With Big eyes it looks friendlier, but still not cute... For something neutral and scalable, having a side perspective could perhaps work better ? Like this one for instance, with very few lines yet looks good. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRMINEP...

Yeah, the front perspective evokes associations with a predator locked on its prey.

The Small Eyes + Standing + GNU Chimera version is straight up a demon doll which could feature in the Twilight Zone.
Post reply on HN