Is there a Mascot for ubuntu linux?

Eric Dunbar eric.dunbar at gmail.com
Thu Jan 6 09:50:16 CST 2005


On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 14:25:45 +0200, Jonathan Carter
<jonathan at shuttleworthfoundation.org> wrote:
> sparkes wrote:
> > I don't think it will be human because of all the religious debate
> > surounding the desktop clearly pointed out human icons are against many
> > religions and are unacceptable to some people of faith even if they
> > aren't specifically against dogma.
> >
> > sparkes
> 
> Interesting. I haven't realised that. Would a figure of a person, like a
> gingerbreadman also be against some religions? What if you had stick
> figures holding hands? Just asking our of interest..

>From a practical point of view there's little chance of these people
actually using computers (since you won't be able to use a
computer/the internet without encountering pictures of people), and,
besides, a human icon would be _very_ appropriate for the distro!

Eric.



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