Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[silverojo]

[vovchik]

Dear puppians,

My vote goes to rastapax - since it truly looks like a logo and is very distinctive and eye-catching. I would also like to see a few glassy icons in various colours for various colour schemes that could be used for the start button...along the lines of the circular-framed paw-print above. It's a pleasure seeing creative minds at work on a good thing - and Barry's Puppy being the unifying principle.

With kind regards,
vovchik

[cb88]

I'm for rastapax and use a different color for each release
or color code releases based on size like: standard yellow barebones green and muppy ruddypup red ect...

[WhoDo]

Perhaps this is what you rastapax fans had in mind?

[edoc]

[jonyo]

I'm easy .. but not puppy enuff for me..looks a bit like a baby seal..perhaps some ears?

[wow]

[WhoDo]

Ok, this is my last attempt to please everybody! After this I'll hand it back to Barry to make a decision. Otherwise we could end up going around in circles forever, and that won't get either the web page or Puppy's image updated anytime soon.

Realise that this is important to Puppy's future and please keep the comments constructive. BTW, the background color is negotiable within the web-compatible spectrum.

[edoc]

[Henry]

Hello, Warren and all,

Fred Langa - Langa's List∞ 'I've been having excellent results from "Puppy Linux" of late (even though I cringe every time I type the name) Its site at http://www.puppylinux.com/∞ describes it as "blindingly fast, incredibly powerful, amazingly tiny..."

Yes, these things are subjective, but Fred's impression frankly reflected my own. Not a bad name at all, and very fine compared with Beatrix Linux (a cat) or a myriad other linux names. But that's an aside - Puppy it is forever, amen. But let's not burden it with a lame logo.

Barry's plain and simple brown head-on logo is far better, if a little severe. On the other hand his avatar is oustanding, full of character, and guess reflective of Barry's own wit and wisdom. I would vote for it.

Another logo, the dog with a flower in his mouth is just too "cute." Does not inspire confidence or professionalism.

I'm sure I am offending some here. I don't know whose these designs are, but I care enough to comment. The puppy in the JWM start button is another that I like a lot. Perhaps it might be adapted.

Thanks for your patience, if I may presume. Appreciate everything you are doing.

Henry

[WhoDo]

Just to make comparisons a little easier, here is a sample pack of the various types of logo discussed.

[cb88]

@ whodo could the ear be moved inside the circle?

still prefer rastpax both square(more professional feel) and circle (feel fun) and the paws are good

that is my favorite shade of blue looks great otherwise.

[alienjeff]

With all due respect to everyone involved, please consider that commercial and not-for-profit enterprises alike do not change their logos often, and when they do, it's rarely drastic. There's a very good reason (or seventeen) for this:

product recognition through consistency

So if you all want to while away the hours, reinvent wheels and niggle over minutia, be my guest and have at it.

I, for one, see nothing wrong with the classic paw print logo circa Puppy 1.08r1.

-aj

[edoc]

[Henry]

Sure, the paw print is not bad. The difficulty with abstract logos is they should still be recognizable. Not easy, I know. Of course once you establish the relationship, by labeling it "puppy" there's no problem. I would not know one animal's paw print from another without being told.

The recent circular abstrations have the same problem. The ones I have seen do in fact resemble (to me) a seal or a cat, etc. I suggest they should look unambiguously like a puppy, however stylized. Barry's official logo does nicely. MU's Vincent is outstanding! as is the just suggested streamlined version of it.

Henry