Hey fellow chameleons,

wont the chameleon stay as opensuse mascot? Just the logos for the distros are about to be steamlined. And so far I know the Tumbleweed and Leap logos are recognizable but I dont identify with them - I do with the chameleon.

my 2 euro cents,
Bernd

Am Mittwoch, 3. Januar 2024, 20:23:25 CET schrieb Patrick Shanahan:

> * Christian Boltz <opensuse@cboltz.de> [01-03-24 12:41]:

> > Hallo zusammen,

> >

> > Am Mittwoch, 3. Januar 2024, 16:55:08 CET schrieb Lubos Kocman via

> > openSUSE Factory:

> > > Leap already has a wallpaper including the newly elected logo, perhaps

> > > we could scan for some other occurrences of the old logo. I see one

> > > in "About system" in gnome-settings. I suspect that KDE will have a

> > > similar placement.

> >

> > I'm not sure if this is a good idea.

> >

> > The logo survey had some serious flaws, most important: it did not

> > include our current logo, despite being submitted by someone. (And I'll

> > not even start with the detail that it wasn't automatically included.

> > Even I am not evil enough to come up with such an idea.)

> >

> > The main reason why the logo discussion is currently quiet is that we

> > got a promise that there will be a membership vote where we can choose

> > between the current and the possible new logo.

> >

> > However, that also means that geeko, our current logo is still our logo.

> > I have serious doubts that the majority of our members want a new logo,

> > therefore it might be a good idea not to replace our current logo until

> > we had the membership vote about it. (Unless someone is keen to possibly

> > revert several *-branding packages.)

> agreed.  Changing logos is about changing IDENTITY.  why would we want to

> do that.  is our history not something to be proud of?

+1

You dont change an identity or brand just for the fun of it. Only if there is a certain reason, e.g. because it is burned or the scope of your business changes

I see neither of these reasons for openSUSE

My 2c

Axel