Arch logo meaning

xCrucialDudex · 2012-02-05 07:43:44

jasonwryan wrote:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=637775
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=754790

Thanks for these!

Iranon · 2012-02-05 09:30:35

Thanks for the compliments.

I think it's a neat logo - simple and recognisable, but open to lots of appropriate interpretations. Which is appropriate in itself.

bernarcher · 2012-02-05 15:59:45

Folks, you remember our picture pasting policy???
Please replace those big images with thumbnails or URLs, asap. So that us mods won't have to do that work.

TIA,
bernarcher

anonymous_user · 2012-02-05 17:42:02

KingX wrote:

It looks like a nipple to me.

What has been seen...

3]) · 2012-02-13 22:34:12

A for awesome,
the top of the A seems to stab the heavens, yet the foundation ,
the two parts that touch the ground seem to give a message that Archlinux is 'down to Earth',
something that dares not schroud itself in mystery yet gives us the all aluring power of the gods.

If you believe in gods anyways, lets say it controls the immutable laws of reality.

Cracks representing the power within, the inability for the A to hold its awesomeness.

It truly is a mystery, to be philosophized many years to come.

blackout23 · 2012-02-14 13:21:14

I wonder how many people see a big guys head and shoulders in the logo and if that is really intended.

bohoomil · 2012-02-14 14:36:04

blackout23 wrote:

I wonder how many people see a big guys head and shoulders in the logo and if that is really intended.

So I'm not the only one. My first encounter with the Arch logo made me think of it as an icy mountain with a silhouette of a man in front of it. And I must say I like it as it is because it produces a variety of meanings, associations, references, etc. It's unique, well designed, and doesn't look cheap (many good distros suffer from poor logos, unfortunately). If the first picture of a distro we see is its name and logo, then Arch advertises itself as a fine, precise construction, simple but not trivial, elegant and devoid of redundant elements. There is some mesmerizing 'add-on' in it as well that for a newcomer evokes a kind of appealing difference, or maybe Arch's intimidating myth. (Keep in mind all those Arch wallpapers: the logo returns like a spell, or a magic sign in every possible variation...) All in all, it works well and creating an alternative one would be a real challenge.

xCrucialDudex · 2012-02-14 18:35:14

blackout23 wrote:

I wonder how many people see a big guys head and shoulders in the logo and if that is really intended.

I do, and it feels awkward.

Jristz · 2012-02-14 20:10:21

the firs time that I see the logo (actual logo) I se a Spacechip (like the spacechip for asteroids [80' game])
actualy y see a letter A try to imitate an Arch, a Boomerang and the "arch of the triumph" representation

the old logo for my is a bad imitation for a boomerang....

SPK201 · 2012-02-17 19:44:40

When I first saw the Arch logo I thought of an upside down Geass.

Mr. Alex · 2012-03-07 13:23:31

xCrucialDudex wrote:

Sort of like spear tip.

That's what I thought it is since saw it first time. Still have no other association.

bsilbaugh · 2012-03-20 22:04:40

My first impression of the logo: a man standing in front of a mountain. Then I realized that this didn't make any sense, adjusted my minds eye, and then saw the 'A'. It was moments like these that my teacher would remind me of how "special" I was.

bsilbaugh · 2012-03-20 22:18:46

I wonder if the arch logo could be used as a Rorschach test?

cricky · 2012-03-20 22:20:14

You've done it now. Since "nipple" was mentioned that's all I can see........

fzerorubigd · 2012-03-23 16:39:23

The USS Enterprise Logo in Start Trek : The next generation is very similar to the old arch logo.

xCrucialDudex · 2012-03-25 06:55:44

cricky wrote:

You've done it now. Since "nipple" was mentioned that's all I can see........

Not just that, it's also a condom tip!

xCrucialDudex · 2012-03-25 06:56:22

fzerorubigd wrote:

The USS Enterprise Logo in Start Trek : The next generation is very similar to the old arch logo.
http://file3.status.net/i/identica/fzer … vqb8b5.png

Ah, yes, isn't it funny how many associations it evokes?

dezza · 2012-07-29 11:26:13

/dev/zero wrote:

This could be like some mutant "image game thread"?
Edit: smaller picture.

How's that for a case badge ! (Replace text with ArchLinux ..)

belongs in http://zazzle.com/archlinux

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scjet · 2012-07-31 02:50:38

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJxWrZLfEwg

Arches !!!

foxbunny · 2012-08-18 01:04:54

For those of you who are new here, and for those of you that need a refresher...

Long time ago, there was an official arch linux logo competition, and Thayer Williams' submission was picked as the current logo. The submission was called "The Archer", and (IIRC), the silhouette in the center appeared after a discussion about the meaning of "arch" in "arch linux", which was (for better or worse) interpreted as "arch nemesis" by some community members.

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blackout23 · 2012-08-19 15:10:00

The real reason is. It has to be pointy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtahqXjFcxU

foxbunny · 2012-08-20 17:51:12

There was a bit of that, too, yes.

DSpider · 2012-08-26 10:44:57

Because it's fast like an arrow.
Sharp because an Archer needs to be sharp and vigilant of system updates.

By the way, I couldn't see a large shouldered man until I saw this:

http://cinderwick.ca/files/archlinux/ar … anmods.png ("enlightenment")

Kuchiriel · 2017-01-17 05:49:18

Maybe it have something to do with it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CdNYTjXJPKE/maxresdefault.jpg

-- read the Code of Conduct and only post thumbnails http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Cod … s_and_code [jwr] --

Awebb · 2017-01-17 10:10:09

DSpider wrote:

Because it's fast like an arrow.
Sharp because an Archer needs to be sharp and vigilant of system updates.

By the way, I couldn't see a large shouldered man until I saw this:
http://cinderwick.ca/files/archlinux/ar … anmods.png ("enlightenment")

KDEmod? Wow, that's old.

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