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Re: [ART] Updated SLiM theme with GuixSD logo
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Luis Felipe López Acevedo |
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Re: [ART] Updated SLiM theme with GuixSD logo |
Date: |
Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:48:52 -0500 |
El vie, 13-02-2015 a las 10:46 +0100, Ludovic Courtès escribió:
> Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> skribis:
>
> > - do we really want to use the abbreviation "GuixSD" (rather than the
> > actual name) so prominently? In my opinion the abbreviation just
> > makes it easier to refer to the system, but it's not like that's the
> > actual name. As the focus is on offering a GNU system (which just
> > happens to be called Guix System Distribution or GuixSD in ambiguous
> > circumstances) wouldn't it be better to stay with either just the new
> > wildebeest logo or simply the GNU logo?
>
> That’s the feeling that many of us shared several weeks ago, that we
> shouldn’t do any branding other than GNU.
>
> OTOH, it’s become clear that we’d have no support in doing that and no
> influence over the GNU “brand”; in that sense, we would have to spend a
> lot of energy for a result that may be unsatisfying. I suspect Felipe
> reached the same conclusion.
>
Exactly. So I proposed the new logo to avoid any clash within the GNU
Project.
I also feel unhappy about not being able to promote this system as the
GNU Operating System (because that's what I think it is). [1]
[1]
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnu-system-discuss/2014-11/msg00002.html