[Design-team] Gnome-shell extension that adds a Fedora logo

Timur Kristóf timur at sch.bme.hu
Fri Apr 15 12:34:01 UTC 2011


Camilo,

That's correct.
A quick look at 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora_%28operating_system%29 will tell you 
that Fedora (and before that, FC) has always used its own logo in there.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fedora_14_GNOME.png

Cheers,
Timur

On 04/15/2011 01:58 PM, Camilo Mesias wrote:
> Hi,
>
> For the record, in Gnome 2 / Fedora 14, wasn't there a Fedora logo on
> the main menu? I say this because I had to add a menu to the panel
> after a fumbling session by an inexperienced user, which removed the
> menu entirely. When I replaced the menu it had a Gnome foot logo on it
> instead of the Fedora logo.
>
> If this is true and not my memory playing tricks on me, it might show
> a precedent for Fedora overriding some upstream imagery, placing
> branding in front of the user by default.
>
> I am slightly worried by the undercurrent that seems to suggest
> leaving upstream untouched... I get the impression there is a barrier
> to participation in open source that is slowly and surely being
> cranked higher (sorry that's a bit off topic here)
>
> -Cam
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