Logo competition: a discussion about the winning logo (Page 1 of 4)

Heh, I trust Philip, mostly

Hehe You're quite right

HANNA (without "h" in the end) likes green and #!
Also know as ultraturquoise & mossgarden online / #! last.fm / #! DeviantART

Well at first I winced but after looking at it for a while I really quite like it. If anything was to replace the minimal logo we currently have then I think this is a pretty good one. It's simple, easy to scale and represents the same concepts that the original logo does. It might even move us away from the whole shebang-crunchbang argument. I'll be voting yes

Edit: Even though I quite like this logo, in the long run I guess I'm just to fond of the original. Strange, because I'm usually someone who quite likes change. Maybe the debate about the logo's shape is bugging me to, I'm not sure. Anyhow I changed my vote to 'against'

Last edited by itnahsmo (2009-04-02 09:19:31)

Nice one, thank you omns, a great way to get the discussion rolling.

For anyone unaware, Scrat has now published the newsletter, you can read about the new logo in the Artwork section: http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/crunchb … 04#artwork

Disclaimer: CrunchBang has become my distro of choice, and the selection of a new logo will not change that.  That being said, I'll pose a question that comes from having spent too many years in the IT world (26 and counting): "what problem are we trying to solve?"  For that reason, my vote in the poll this evening was "I'm not voting yet."

I apologize if I am essentially unearthing an already-buried thread.  At the end of the day, I will happily defer to corenominal's decision. 

Now I see...so the thread is:  Keep the old or use this particular logo?

Well, as I stated in the competition thread, I personally see no reason to change from the stock use of a simple #!.  Wallpapers, logos, etc., can come and go and be enjoyed by all, some or none, but that basic logo, for me, is all that is needed to distinguish CrunchBang from any other Linux distro logo.

In any event, as I also stated in the competition thread, changing the logo would not drive me away from CrunchBang.  I don't buy or use products for their flashy or 'purdy' logos. 

Vote:  Keep original, simple text logo (though I prefer a vertical crunch symbol over the typical italic'esque crunch of most fonts; I also prefer a vertical, straight bang symbol).

Last edited by kBang (2009-04-01 22:23:59)

I like the proposed new logo, although it's all crunch and no bang. I appreciate the way that it riffs off of the Ubuntu logo in a geeky, minimalist way. And the fact that it can be so effortlessly scaled is another point in its favor.

My bad, I hadn't remembered what the deal was, and hadn't read the newsletter at the time.

Sorry all!!
I vote old logo, if that's the one chosen from the competition.

my thoughts exactly

Well, I wouldn't be worried about that. If you look carefully around you, you should be able to see symbols everywhere !

Besides that the Swastika symbol, in it's original form, has actually no relations to politics at all whatsoever:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

What I see is a trimmed down Ubuntu logo, but with 4 heads instead of 3

And after all #! is based on a minimal Ubuntu

It's pretty cool IMHO.

I'll definitely go for a yes !

I've been in India where the Sastika is on every temple and many houses as a symbol of live and joy. However here in Germany things are different. I would definitely not want to be at a customer working with my laptop and he might see a symbol like that white on black background. May be oversensitivity. If its just mine, ok, but I fear at lest in Germany there might be more who see that bad symbolism in this logo.

Whatever - I vote for #! as simple as it is.