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>> Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 09:03:10 -0500
>> From: mutantturkey@...
>> To: trinity-devel@...
>> Subject: Re: [trinity-devel] New mascot for TDE, or no?
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>> hummingbird is also already employed by dillo as a mascot. of course
>> for being 'light and fast'
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>> On 22 December 2014 at 08:39, E. Liddell <ejlddll@...> wrote:
>> > On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 20:39:37 -0600
>> > "Timothy Pearson" <kb9vqf@...> wrote:
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>> >> > Hi,
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>> >> > Some months ago, a discussion about finding a new mascot for TDE
>> has bee
>> >> > going on. Recently, I bought an HP 620lx palmtop (er, Handheld PC,
>> for
>> >> > non-Psion users) and I installed Jornada Linux Mobility Edition,
>> available
>> >> > at jlime.com
>> >> >
>> >> > I thought that a modified version of their logo could be
>> interesting as a
>> >> > TDE mascot, but I am not sure about the legal aspect of it. Also,
>> what is
>> >> > you opinion on it? I made a quick mockup of what it could be.
>> >> >
>> >> > Have a great Christmas time!
>> >> >
>> >> > -Alexandre
>> >>
>> >> The basic idea is OK; as you said though I'm not sure of the legal
>> >> implications as the penguin is universally associated with the Linux
>> >> kernel.
>> >
>> > I don't that would be a particular problem, since there are lots
>> > of distributions using penguin variations in their logos.
>> >
>> >> Taking the bird idea further, looking at this Wikipedia image I see a
>> >> couple of birds that might be appropriate but I have no idea if they
>> are
>> >> already taken:
>> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird#mediaviewer/File:Bird_Diversity_2013.png
>> >>
>> >> Birds that imply lightweight operation and speed, such as the
>> hummingbird
>> >> or various members of the swallow family would be my first choices.
>> In
>> >> line with TDE's professional image (at least that's what I aspire for
>> TDE
>> >> to be...) something that could be used and easily recognized in
>> >> businesslike vector art  (e.g. for logos and such) would also be
>> >> preferred.
>> >
>> > Hummingbirds don't have much stamina, which is not a connotation I'm
>> > sure we want, but the swallows have definite possibilities.  Some of
>> them
>> > have very nice plumage, too.
>> >
>> > I'd be kind of tempted by the Welcome Swallow just because of its
>> name.
>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_swallow Not a bad-looking bird
>> > either, although it isn't as flashy as, say, the Lesser Striped
>> Swallow.
>> >
>> > E. Liddell
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> Hi,
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> Personnally, I'm not sure about these kinds of birds of prey.
> In french, we call it ''rapace'', which has an extremely bad connotation.
> Is there a specific reason why it should be a bird?
> On kde.org, I can find the source blender file for Konqui, but I don't
> know much at all on how to use Blender...
>
> -Alexandre

Thank you for the info; I had no idea as there is no such connotation in
English!  Dragons don't exactly have a good reputation in English though,
and crows even less so unfortunately.

No, there is no hard and fast reason for the mascot having to be a bird;
my thoughts were just that we already have a big flightless bird as the
Linux logo, and birds are lightweight and fast.

Tim
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