[sf-lug] [LINUX USER QUESTIONAIRE] What makes a true Linux user?

jim jim at well.com
Wed Jul 29 08:20:03 PDT 2009


   first negative criticism of the image i know of, 
and sensible. my thanks. anyone got replacement 
suggestions? 
jim 


On Tue, 2009-07-28 at 11:21 -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Andrew E (andrewevansc at gmail.com):
> 
> > see SF LUG logo at http://www.sf-lug.org/  
> 
> Andrew makes a point, though probably not the point he had in mind:  
> The "LinuxKong image by Carol Benioff, concept by John Lowry" thing
> on SF-LUG's Web page is, IMO, imaginative and nicely drawn but
> unfortunate in theme:  It suggests that Linux is about (presumably
> metaphorical) warfare against a legacy proprietary operating system.
> It is not, and I personally rather resent getting lumped along with
> the behaviour of people who never outgrew software-advocacy, which
> is a disease of the zero-sum proprietary software world.
> 
> I would suggest that it'd be nice if SF-LUG could, at some point, re-do
> that logo with a less embarrassing conception of some sort.
> 
> 
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