The cow thing is LAME

rafo · Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:17 pm Post subject:

My perception is that Gentoo has a logo already, and that is the machined-metal "g". You will find it many places if you browse around gentoo.org.

The cow, and the little story, occurs in the "about" page only? And I, having grown up with Swedish, probably don't get the pun or whatever--is there a joke in calling a cow Larry?

So, my feeling is, drop the cow and drop the UFO; one logo is enough. Less is more.

aidy · l33t Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 915

don't you have cows/bulls in swedish?
cows are female and bulls male

valkyrite · Apprentice Joined: 19 Sep 2002 Posts: 241

Isn't Larry supposed to be the name of a MALE. Cow is a female.

"Larry the cow" seems a bit peculiar to me.

aidy · l33t Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 915

yezzzzzz
that's the joke

J3N7iL · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 4:21 am Post subject:

I think we have the right idea here, tipped cows maybe a good call, even a dead one. Kinda like the good ol' CDC logo.
(Cult of the dead Cow for you noobs)

Maybe one with a Metal "G" stuck up it's arse.

Any way we can get this thred reviewed by the Gentoo guys?

Larry the transvestite cow = bad idea.
Dead Larry the bull = +1 on the scale.
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omp · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 4:28 am Post subject:

runningwithscissors · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 5:57 am Post subject:

Maybe my mind is just corrupted or something, but that metal 'g' always looks like a cartoon penis to me.
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rafo · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:46 am Post subject:

Let's try another viewpoint. Assume that the logo is the tiny icon that appears at the left end of the URL field when you browse to the home page of the product/company/organization/whatever. After browsing around a little I found

araw1 · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:44 pm Post subject:

so it is supposed to be "Larry the Bull".....

here, "Bull" word isnt familiar..... and we used "COW" instead for both male and female.... (male Cow, female Cow

)

so if we used "Larry the Cow", its means Larry is Gay....

(*I hate Gays....)

sorry, if I said something wrong....

enderandrew · l33t Joined: 25 Oct 2005 Posts: 731

Instead of aruging why the mascot doesn't work, why doesn't suggest a mascot that better represents what Gentoo stands for?

I say we keep the existing "G" logo and throw a big ricer-fin-spoiler on the top, and a racing stripe!

*ducks*

KDE - Dragon
OSX - Jaguar/Tiger
BSD - Daemon
SUSE - Lizard
GNU - GNU/Wildebeest

Personally, if we want to stick with something cute (along the lines of a cow and/or penguin) I'd suggest a ferret. Ferrets are amazing cute, and pretty damned cool.

If you want something that would command more respect, I nominate a lion mascot.

Thoughts, suggestions?
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w00dst0ck · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:33 pm Post subject:

I think the cow is slick, but I honestly also never understood it. One thing I do like about it is that it's different, fun and honestly feels more outgoing than the usual stiff corp logos.

Just my 2cents.
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R.Smith · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 2:58 pm Post subject:

Given Linux and Gentoo's modular design, I suggest our mascot be something that can be assembled. Perhaps a 'cute', sexless robot/droid, or something. We could call it "Gen #2" or "Gen 2" (as in it's the 2nd generation model).

enderandrew · l33t Joined: 25 Oct 2005 Posts: 731

I wonder if we could get R Stevens to draw up a robot logo suggestion?

http://www.dieselsweeties.com/

I love his pixel-art. Even better, a decent pixel image could be represented well even in ASCII.

Then again, I always said, if you ASCII a stupid question, you get a stupid ANSI.
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Etal · Veteran Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 1580

Why is everyone bashing poor Larry? He's not even found in too many places.
Gentoo has another mascot, Knurt the flying saucer, who's on the gentoo's homepage, and is the "hourglass" in the gentoo mouse cursor theme!

BTW, does anyone know if those penguins on the homepage have a name?
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DNAspark99 · Apprentice Joined: 03 Sep 2004 Posts: 297

Glad I'm not the only one who looks at larry and thinks 'this distro rocks, too bad the mascot sucks'.

Perhaps a contest for alternative logo concepts is needed?

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J3N7iL · Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 2:49 am Post subject:

Im glad I could provide a few lunch hour laughs, hope your keyboard does'nt have sliced turky stuck in it.

And for enderandrew

I did provide an alternative, a huge as turbo jet acme style rocket strapped to the ass of a gentoo penguine.

It total sticks with what Gentoo has achived. Super fast Linux.

Makes sence to me.
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enderandrew · l33t Joined: 25 Oct 2005 Posts: 731

I think the devs are constantly fighting the "Ricer" image, so I doubt they'll support a jet-powered penguin logo, even if it is appropriate.
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pilla · Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 3:51 am Post subject:

Maybe a penguin eating rice from a bowl?

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<3 · l33t Joined: 21 Oct 2004 Posts: 629

that pengiun strapped to a rocket idea is horrible.

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J3N7iL · Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:07 am Post subject:

Here is a rough mock up.

acmegentoo.jpg
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rafo · Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 10:16 pm Post subject:

Hi enderandrew,

I am happy with the styled "g" logo. It stands out well on merchandise; check here: http://www.cafepress.com/officialgentoo/.

As for the cow story on the "about" page (http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/about.xml): I just don't see the connection between Linux distributions and a cow named Larry, so drop it, or if it is for some reason worth keeping: move it to some "Gentoo museum" page where it can be put in a context so that it makes sense to newcomers?

Jay Belanger · n00b Joined: 01 Feb 2004 Posts: 37

Mooooooooo.

curtis119 · Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 11:35 pm Post subject: