[arch-dev-public] Kernel framebuffer logo

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On 1/25/08, Damir Perisa <damir.perisa at solnet.ch> wrote:
> hi Thayer,
>
> Friday 25 January 2008, Thayer Williams wrote:
>  | My method for making the kernel logo:
>  |   1. Extract a png from the svg sources
>  |   2. Resize and optimize the colour depth with GIMP/Fireworks
>  |   3. Use pngtopnm (after patching our netpbm package)
>  |   4. Use pnmtoplainpnm to finish it off
>
> i use the following:
>
> 1 export png in inkscape
> 2 flatten image  (gimp)
> 3 gaussian blur ~=1/100 of image width = pixel (120px final wide pic has
>   1.2 px gaussian blur - makes it easier to dither sharp edges later)
> 4 resize to 120x120 px
> 5 put in indexed colourspace, use FS dithering
> 6 export image to ppm respectively to pbm
> 7 build kernel to test it (i'm compiling right now)
>
>  | I didn't realize there was so much passion behind the inclusion of
>  | a framebuffer logo; it's on my screen for all of about 20 seconds.
>
> humans can find passion behind anything - even breathing and sex.
>
>  | I see a number of aesthetic problems with using such a logo, and
>  | they are as follows:
>  |
>  |   1. Limited use of colour makes it less than ideal for 'fancy
>  | graphics'
>
> any good fancy graphics can be showed under limits if the technique used is optimal.
> after all, a logo is made in black/white, grey and outline versions only because of
> this reasons - to be able to simplify it and put it somewhere else as an element.
>
> ascii art may even be considered also fancy:
>
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>
>  | 2. Users must customize their fb to be widescreen and
>  | like someone else pointed out, 1680x1050 and other widescreen
>  | resolutions are not supported even when customized.
>
> users must customize their computer to enable fb anyway.
> default arch is not using fb, so when they do so, they should do it right.
>
>  |   3. The icon is fairly small and limiting in its scope
>
> the icon is just a symbol, not a poster presentation in 32bit colourspace.
> it stands for one cpu and is originally a penguin. we replace it for our
>  logo because we like symbols to be arch-shaped.
>
> viva la archisation! viva el arch!

lolwut?
This thread, and this post in particular.....
lets just say i had a bout of face-palm-itus this morning.