On Mon, 8 Sep 2014, Isaac Dunham wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 08, 2014 at 05:52:53PM -0600, Jon Trulson wrote:
>> On Mon, 8 Sep 2014, Jeff Pierquet wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I've attached a new version of "Dtlogo.pm", along with a screenshot of it
>>> being used for dtlogin. I think this one may be cleaner and nicer for
>>> systems
>>> with modern capabilities -- not so grainy and unreadable as the original.
>>> CDE
>>> is a classic desktop environment, but the old "Dtlogo.pm" is pretty ugly,
>>> even for the early 1990s.
>>>
>>> The original "Dtlogo.pm" shows parts of four planets and some grainy text
>>> around them advertising "a new world of compatibility." The attached newer
>>> image keeps the original space theme, but just uses the CDE logo and a sky
>>> full of stars.
>>>
>>> Jeff Pierquet
>>>
>>
>> I'm all for it. I hate the existing one :)
>>
>> Any objections?
>
> Fully agreed, and ACK.
>
> Just a note:
> If I understand correctly, it was expected that distributors would
> normally replace Dtlogo.pm with one appropriate to their own product.
> In other words, AIX CDE got an AIX-specific logo, CDE for IRIX got
> the SGI cube, etc.
>
Yeah, they usually did. We already have one for FreeBSD.
> The logical application of this is that packagers could use the
> distribution/OS logo instead of Dtlogo.pm; Debian would use the swirl,
> Fedora the hat, etc.
>
Yep. I'll add this one as the new default, though I'll keep the old
one around just for history's sake :)
--
Jon Trulson
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