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Re: Debian的Logo是什么含义？

> On 10/21/05, Xie Yanbo <xieyanbo@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 天天看到Debian的Logo，今天早晨坐车想到，那里面的圈圈是什么含义呢？
> > 是不是表示螺旋式上升，生生不息之类的什么寓意？从官方网站里没有找到
> > 解释。
> 
On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 03:00:51PM +0800, Joe Cai wrote:
> -- quote --
> It's "magic smoke". Electrical engineer lore is that when you burn out
> an electronic component, you cause the "magic smoke" that makes it work
> to be released. Once the magic smoke is gone, the component doesn't work
> any longer. Debian is supposed to be the magic smoke that makes your
> computer work.
> --end quote --
> http://lists.userlinux.com/pipermail/discuss/2004-March/004625.html

这个应该只是个人的理解而非官方的解释，似乎首先由 Branden Robinson 在
logo 已经选定之后提出 [1]。投票的时候，这个 logo 被称为“The Swirl”。

1. http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/1999/06/msg00001.html

这个就和把 sid 解释为 still in development 一样，虽然挺有道理，但是毕竟
是个人的理解，而不是官方的说法。只不过传的多了，就逐渐为大家所接受了。

Ming
2005.10.21
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