The kernel gets a new logo

[Posted March 17, 2009 by corbet]

As everybody knows, only important fixes will be merged into the mainline kernel at this late stage of the development cycle. One of the fixes merged by Linus on March 17 was a high-resolution SVG image of "Tuz," the mascot of the 2009 linux.conf.au conference. Tuz, in his new home at Documentation/logo.svg, serves to remind the world of the difficulties faced by the Tasmanian devil and how the linux.conf.au attendees supported the effort to save this species from extinction.

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git commit

Posted Mar 17, 2009 17:34 UTC (Tue) by nsoranzo (guest, #34668) [Link] (3 responses)

The git commit by Rusty Russell:

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-...

One release only?

Posted Mar 17, 2009 17:41 UTC (Tue) by pr1268 (guest, #24648) [Link] (2 responses)

Am I to understand (based on Rusty's git comment) that Tuz will fill in for Tux for one kernel release only?

One release only?

Posted Mar 17, 2009 20:28 UTC (Tue) by fmarier (subscriber, #19894) [Link] (1 responses)

Yes, that was the extent of Linus's pledge at LCA: replacing Tux with Tuz for one release (i.e. 2.6.29).

One release only?

Posted Mar 18, 2009 5:32 UTC (Wed) by mrons (subscriber, #1751) [Link]

My recollection of the event was that Linus pledged that one kernel release would be named Tuz.

The replacing of the logo for one release seems to be a much bigger tribute.

I'm not complaining. I think it's great.

Will it set a precedence for more "guest logos"?

The kernel gets a new logo

Posted Mar 17, 2009 17:40 UTC (Tue) by agrover (guest, #55381) [Link]

best viewed in Inkscape. It doesn't look quite right in Firefox, most notably the beak strap.

The kernel gets a new logo

Posted Mar 17, 2009 21:28 UTC (Tue) by xorbe (guest, #3165) [Link] (2 responses)

April 1st isn't for another 2 weeks...

The kernel gets a new logo

Posted Mar 17, 2009 22:37 UTC (Tue) by jengelh (subscriber, #33263) [Link]

Temporal rifts seem to accumulate.

The kernel gets a new logo

Posted Mar 19, 2009 23:10 UTC (Thu) by jamesh (guest, #1159) [Link]

Saving the Tasmanian Devil isn't a joke ...

The kernel gets a new logo

Posted Mar 18, 2009 13:57 UTC (Wed) by leoboiko (guest, #57221) [Link] (2 responses)

The ugliness is all due to the obsession with 3D. Without the attempts at shadows and gradients it might even be kind of cute.

The kernel gets a new logo

Posted Mar 18, 2009 14:05 UTC (Wed) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link] (1 responses)

There is very little cute about a tasmanian devil.

Cuteness

Posted Mar 18, 2009 19:45 UTC (Wed) by pr1268 (guest, #24648) [Link]

Awww, c'mon! Beauty (and "cuteness") is in the eye of the beholder. Or, in this case in the ear of the beholder.

The kernel gets a new logo

Posted Mar 19, 2009 2:50 UTC (Thu) by rusty (guest, #26) [Link]

I really wanted to post to lkml, but the patch was far too large.

Thanks for the coverage!
Rusty.

The kernel gets a new logo

Posted Mar 19, 2009 10:08 UTC (Thu) by dmk (guest, #50141) [Link] (1 responses)

i booted earlier today and got the new logo and couldn't stop wondering... but now i see why :)

The kernel gets a new logo

Posted Mar 20, 2009 1:43 UTC (Fri) by leemgs (guest, #24528) [Link]

Thank you for info sharing about new mascot. When Rusty Russell submits
new linux images to Linux Git tree (2.6.29-RC8 git tree),
I received email about this news with gitstat software.

But, It's strange.
He didn't change "logo_linux_mono.pbm" file from old linux image to new image(devils).
(git address is http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-...)
What is reason that he didn't change mono(black/white) image?
Anyone explain me?.. RSVP, Please.

I summarized changed logo images on 2.6.29-rc8 git tree currently.
* logo_linux_clut224.ppm (224 Color) <---- Changed
* logo_linux_mono.pbm (Black/Hite Color) <--- Not Changed
* logo_linux_vga16.ppm ( 16 Color)<---- Changed

The kernel gets a new logo

Posted Mar 24, 2009 11:43 UTC (Tue) by dpiven (guest, #57337) [Link]

And here I thought Tuz was going to be a slimmed-down penguin :-)