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[–] 353 points 3 years ago (31 children)

As the designer of the Debian logo I approve of this :-)

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  • [–] 112 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    No way, it's like I just walked past a celebrity

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  • [–] 20 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Wow I'm starstruck! Unsurprised to find the Debian gang here, but still very happy about it!

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Thanks for your work, it's an awesome logo.

    Simple and recognizable. Exactly what a logo is supposed to be. I think it's the best logo in all of OSS. Basically the Nike swoosh of OSS, everyone else has to put the name of the software on the logo so people will know what it is. But you see the swirl, and you instantly know it's Debian without any explanation.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    That's cool. Got any proof of that?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Wait, so the swirl wasn't related to the "magic smoke" leaving electronics components when they get fried? Somebody lied to me.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    It was tied to magic smoke! But a different of kind. The original requirements called for two logos, one for restricted use, and one for general use. The one that’s being used for general use now was meant to be only for restricted use. The original had a genie bottle from which the swirl came out, the concept was that something very powerful had been unleashed onto the world, free of charge, that stood to change the world. I was inspired by Neil Stephenson’s story The Hole Hawg of Operating Systems - Unix.

    Here is a link to the article:

    http://www.team.net/mjb/hawg.html

    And here is a link to the two original designs:

    https://www.debian.org/logos/

    Cheers!

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