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You never forget your first (lemmy.ml)
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[-] rauls4@lemm.ee 353 points 2 years ago

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

[-] panja@lemmy.world 112 points 2 years ago

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

[-] everett@lemmy.ml 47 points 2 years ago

Can you imagine being the one person who downvoted them?

[-] remotelove@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago

The username does align, but that is not proof in itself and could explain the downvote. For the purposes of this thread, I believe!

[-] rauls4@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Ha! Tell that to my kids!

[-] SchrodingersPat@lemmy.ml 59 points 2 years ago

This is all the validation I need

[-] nbailey@lemmy.ca 45 points 2 years ago

Taking this opportunity to personally thank you for making a good logo, I absolutely love the Debian swirl! There are so many boring geometric or single-letter logos out there, the details and texture of the swirl is just so good.

[-] rauls4@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Thank you. I really appreciate all the compliments!

[-] H2207@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

It's a beautiful shade of red, and the intricate little details across the swirl. It's a nice change to the bland, corporate logos we're used to.

[-] scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

🫡Thank you for your service

[-] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 years ago

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

[-] rauls4@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

We are everywhere! So glad to see Debian going on strong after all these years.

[-] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

I miss the days when I was more involved (even though I was always on the side lines)

[-] archonet@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

and they say we don't have celebrities or important people on Lemmy

[-] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Maybe they are all just hiding in plain sight or something.

[-] cloudy1999@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

I've admired this logo for 20 years. Debian has the best logo.

[-] rauls4@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Thank you! That made my day!

[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] rauls4@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Thank you! I am very proud of it and that it’s attached to a project and a community that has stood the test of time.

[-] rauls4@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the kind words good fellow!

[-] original_ish_name@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

It's an honor to meet you

[-] rauls4@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Likewise!

[-] HellAwaits@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Did you just sneeze with a red paintbrush in your hand and call it a day?

[-] Vub@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

You’re a legend!

[-] Forbo@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

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

[-] rauls4@lemm.ee 9 points 2 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!

[-] LemmyLaLibre@feddit.ch 2 points 2 years ago

Do firefox next. They need it.

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