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On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 12:01:32PM -0400, Rob wrote:
> On Friday 27 April 2007 20:32, Ken Restivo wrote:
> > I want to plant a huge Tux sticker right in the center of the
> > laptop cover. It's a barebones so it has no markings of its
> > own; I get to put on my own. I've seen a logo of Tux wearing
> > headphones too, which I'd like to find.
>
> Congratulations on your gig and good luck using your laptop as a
> sound module. That's something I still aspire to, but at the
> moment my PCR-30 is still sitting there gathering dust. (Got
> some of the sliders mapped with Timidity but never with
> any "analog" synth program...)
>
> Don't listen to the naysayers.... your idea of using Tux is a
> great one. It may not be the best logo for an operating system,
> but after 11 years of use it's the only logo anyone who doesn't
> use Linux recognizes. I have a couple different T-shirts with
> Tux variations on them, one of which doesn't even say "Linux" on
> it, and every once in a while someone will come up to me and
> go, "So is that Linux thing any good?"
>
> Given the history of the Linux audio logo, on the other hand, I'd
> be willing to bet that in 3 or 4 years there have been at least
> a couple more redesigns and it'll still be familiar only to
> people already using Linux audio.
>
> Unfortunately, the only "Tux wearing headphones" logo I've ever
> seen was pretty small, like 120x160 or something. I think it
> was a "DJ Tux" thing, not a "Tux as musician" thing.
> Googling "DJ Tux" just comes up with a bunch of logos based on
> the Crystal version of Tux, though, which isn't as recognizable.
> You might want to just go for the straight-up Tux logo if you
> want something that looks decent, especially if you're going to
> try to stencil it onto your laptop.
>
Done:
http://www.restivo.org/blog/archives/139
I had a local sign shop make up self-adhesive vynil from a PDF. Easier, cleaner, and less messy than dealing with stencils and spraypaint, and probably cheaper too.
- -ken
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