Re: [Devel] We do need a "mascot"

[Kermit Jones <debian-edu@freelifeministries.org>]

I sent a picture of the kobold and tux to about 50 
educators/homeschoolers (admittedly, mostly US American).  I will say 
it's safe to assume they can look past it being a sketch.  A few 
suggestions were that the horns should be dropped, but the overwhelming 
response was for Tux.

And the availability of stuffed penguins does seem to abound a bit more.

How about a  resketch of the elfin with a grad cap on?

kj

Herman Robak wrote:

> On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 09:54, Knut Staring wrote:
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> > When it comes to the general public of teachers, parents and school
> > administrators (i.e. not long time Linux users), I find it hard to
> > believe that Tux is "overused"; rather the best one could hope for is
> > that some of these people actually *have* been slightly exposed to Tux
> > before, and therefore recognizes this Linux icon in a positive way.
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> I'll add more weight to Knut's opinion,
> by informing you that he is a teacher.
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> > Also, Tux seems extremely safe when it comes to cultural sensibilities
> > the world over. 
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> Good point.
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