DNA in Distros

[Gtrax]

Hi Coffee addicts.
Its not that I am Islamic or anything, and I am even quite well disposed to Tux, but there is a Linux distro stereotype to icons and logos that associates strongly with wierd and sometimes disturbing animal creatures.

Sure - its just a me thing that does not want to see a chamelion (SUSE) or a genetically strange footprint (GNOME) or claw prints from a rooster (Sabayon).
KDE is ok until you try to log out, when you meet Konqui. My Xfce4 Etch comes with a RAT very like the one in my garden I would try to shoot if the poison does not work!

Ubuntu originally had a plan view of three folk arms entwined in a circle, and I was pleased when it became a the stylized logo we know now. Most others also manage a non-animal presentation .. until you get to the desktop
OK - I admit - this foible is probably less than the usual 2cents worth.

[SkittleLinux18]

Hi Coffee addicts.
Its not that I am Islamic or anything, and I am even quite well disposed to Tux, but there is a Linux distro stereotype to icons and logos that associates strongly with wierd and sometimes disturbing animal creatures.

Sure - its just a me thing that does not want to see a chamelion (SUSE) or a genetically strange footprint (GNOME) or claw prints from a rooster (Sabayon).
KDE is ok until you try to log out, when you meet Konqui. My Xfce4 Etch comes with a RAT very like the one in my garden I would try to shoot if the poison does not work!

Ubuntu originally had a plan view of three folk arms entwined in a circle, and I was pleased when it became a the stylized logo we know now. Most others also manage a non-animal presentation .. until you get to the desktop
OK - I admit - this foible is probably less than the usual 2cents worth.

hahahahaha... this is hilarious!! Get a distro with IceWM or Fluxbox window managers and I promise you wont have that problem as much. I think PCLOS and Mint have the two best logos. So maybe get one of those and install one of those two window managers and you will have no animalistic logos.

[elija]

Dude! What happened at the zoo that still haunts you?

[techieMoe]

Dude! What happened at the zoo that still haunts you?

**snicker**

[SkittleLinux18]

Dude! What happened at the zoo that still haunts you?

Maybe none of his pets growing up liked him very much?

[jayd512]

Dude! What happened at the zoo that still haunts you?

Maybe standing to close to the gorilla pen?

I have to agree with Skittle, though. IceWM and Flux will get you away from the barnyard images!

[Gtrax]

Hee hee

I admit, I was having some dark thoughts just then, and the comments have made me think some about old phobias maybe??

But no. What started as a coffee lounge confession has firmed into a (sort-of) self-knowledge opinion. I get truly turned off by the footprint, to the point I probably did not give Gnome a fair shake. Its even got features superior to the KDE comfort zone! I nearly did not find out SUSE 10.3 had much improved since 10.1, simply because PCLinuxOS was doing great, and I had no reason to suffer that gecko in a sea of green sensory overload.

My back yard is a zoo. I can see three rabbits out there, cute now, but one day I may get to eat one of them. One very decorative French pheasant, and his harem (4 or 5 I think). Every kind of bird discovering that bio-diversity is to be had at my place with free food.
Its also lambing season out on the field (yep - we are rural!) I like all that stuff!

Yet fundamentally, in what I choose to like, I am no better than the style-conscious girlie who turns down a great car just because of the colour - I guess