Tux Redesign... Unofficial

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Hey FOSSers,

A reader, Michael Kolesidis, sent me an email and shared a redesigned, modern, and simplified version of our beloved Tux mascot that he designed and released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.

I am sharing them with you here:

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There is also a I <3 Tux styled version:

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You can find the new designs on Wikimedia.

:link: Redesigned Tux: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tux_Redesign.svg

:heart: “I Love Linux” derivative: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:I_Love_Linux.svg

You can reach out to Michael via his website: https://michaelkolesidis.com/

Thank you, Michael.

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I wonder how many distros use Tux in their artwork?

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I don’t have a problem with the original art work

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You mean original Tux. Yeah it is fine
Distro artwork is a mess in most cases, and it often does not pay homage to Tux or GNU.

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IMHO there is absolutely no need to modernize the tux. Let it be as it is.

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The top half looks like a monkey and the bottom half looks like a penguin?

No, this is not it. Tux is just fine as is.

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There are too many people around, charged with continuously “modernizing” everything. e.g the look of the waste bin…

God save the tux! :smile:

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Do I detect a conservative streak here?
Sign me up too.

"Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. "
G K Chesterton

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Just to clarify, this is not aimed at replacing the official Tux. It’s just another implementation by an artist/designer.

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It does look cute and friendly, though. But having a chimera for Tux that’s just to much for me.

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Looks good, but I might be a bit biased since I made it :joy:

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While I’m fine with the original Tux image, I like this rendering as well, so much so that I downloaded all available sizes of both images. While I agree that it’s important to pay homage to the history and traditions of GNU/Linux, our preferred OS is an always evolving system, and there’s nothing wrong with supporting the evolution of GNU/Linux as well. I believe we all can do both if we want to, and isn’t that a part of our GNU/Linux philosophy, namely, freedom of choice, and freedom of information?

Please note that these are a few of my thoughts about GNU/Linux, its philosophy, this modernized Tux image, and how it fits into our GNU/Linux Eco-system.

My2Cents,

Ernie

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Hi @mickkb ,
Well, it is nice to see you on this forum.
Artistic people are needed in Linux and BSD.
Have you thought of contributing to the design of a DE? Have a look at Solus with Budgie desktop… There is obviouly someone at Solus with your sort of ability.

Regards
Neville

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Thanks for your input!

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My two cents? No offence, but I kinda prefer the original… but I don’t even really like that either…

I prefer the one Apple originally made for MkLinux - or this one :

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I’d like to see Tux logo replaced with Pingu (claymation tv series about a penguin), I think it orginated in Switzerland…

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Or even Feathers McGraw from Wallace and Gromit “The Wrong Trousers” :

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I guess there’d be copyright issues with using Pingu or Feathers McGraw…

However - I’m sure the Apple MkLinux (it was for PowerPC “old world” Macs - i.e. before openboot or PCI bus) installer had an animated Feathers McGraw during the installer - but I haven’t looked at MkLinux for 20+ years now… I can’t find the image that was using in MkLinux online… The Wikipedia page for MkLinux doesn’t have any images or logos…

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