On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 23:18, Kermit Jones wrote: > I'm not trying to be rude or offensive or anything, and I'm all for > heritage, but it seems that tux is a bit more universal. I love eating > a kobold as much as the next @, even if it is somtimes poisioned and > makes me sit. But Tux is tux. Unique mascots are great, but Add a grad > cap, blackboard in the background, teacher's pointer stick and sit him > on a book and you have a Tux that says "Linux" and props that say > "Education."
It's the trivial choice, and would be recognised globally. > A Kobold doesn't mean much to people outside of Europe. > Not many will "get it." ...outside Europe. But Europe is where Skolelinux arose, and that heritage will most likely show off. Localisation was Skolelinux' primary reason to exist. A "global" image may be a little hard to localise properly. > Now don't get me wrong, I think Skole is great. I'm even considering > registering www.SchoolLinux.org for American complimentary site for > the sake of unification and the similar goals. So far, "Skolelinux" has worked nicely because the spelling is recognisable. Some think we should leave it at that, and make it a trademark with logo and all. Keeping _one_ spelling would make it clear that it is _one_ project. On the other hand, with reasonably flexible logo design, localising the name and logo should be doable. The Finns have translated it. > But I'm also trying to look way down the road. Take this to the > world, so to speak. "Teacher Tux" just seems a bit better. For global recognition, yes. But maybe we're better served having well accepted regional mascots. The mascots may need som l10n, too. -- Herman Robak
