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🦎OpenSuse Logo Competition for it's main logo as well as 4 distros!
(news.opensuse.org)
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The penguin is great, because it's absolutely unprofessional. I'd rather Linux be a fun community get-together than a sterile corporate brand.
I love Tux, but I wish Linux as a whole would have a logo. Like, you have Windows and Apple logo that represent the OSes in a simple way, it works even if the logo is small. Linux doesn't have that, so when someone needs a logo they just use the logo of a Linux distro instead, or they show multiple distros, or more likely, they will visually represent some distros, but not all distros they support.
Tux is the universal logo
Doesn't really fit that well in small areas, and it sorta works in black and white, but not really.
How DARE you diss the penguin
It was a joke. Are you okay?
Jeez, my guy is livid about the penguin
Damn it. I can't upvote and down vote at the same time. Firstly, yes I agree that a total rebranding is needed, as the logos for MicroOS, Kalpa, etc are well... Uninspired. Secondly, leave the penguin alone man.
Seems like SUSE confused "symbolic icon" with "logo". I hope the community can mend this confusion with good logos.