2019 Background should be improved

[adrian15]

The current svg which generates the new 2019 background can be found at: https://github.com/rescatux/rescatux/raw/e6f116eab5c2d73fa9c68119add98b24e73c83b2/live-config/bootloaders/isolinux/splash.svg .

This the manually painted draft:

And this is the same draft modified digitally:

As you can see the final svg uses the former images in an horizontal way.

Will you able to create a new digital horizontal wrencho from scratch under a CC compatible license with Rescatux that features:

• Clippo dialog
• Wrench shape
• Wrencho eyes and eyebrows inspired from Microsoft Office clippo
• Linux, Windows, FreeBSD and ReactOS logos

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[edocod1]

Hello,
I believe adding a fake dialog box is a very bad idea. It draws attention away from the actual grub, and people will certainly try to use it instead of selecting the correct entry.

[adrian15]

Hello,
I believe adding a fake dialog box is a very bad idea. It draws attention away from the actual grub, and people will certainly try to use it instead of selecting the correct entry.

That would fade away the Microsoft Office clippo joke.

What complementary change do you suggest in addition to the fake dialog box removal so that clippo joke can still be inferred from the image?

[edocod1]

Make it so that it doesn't look like some actual UI element. Give it some transformation (slanting, shearing or rotating) that doesn't make it look like it's usable.

[adrian15]

Make it so that it doesn't look like some actual UI element. Give it some transformation (slanting, shearing or rotating) that doesn't make it look like it's usable.

Yeah, I guess I can blur it.

[adrian15]

Here there is the latest improvement:

[roots-3d]

Good morning friends! That gnu doctor is very nice, he is comical and contextualizes the software very well. I came here to meet the proposal for a new art and we have this ... nut wrench? This character is not so charismatic ... looks like microsoft word clips. Can I help create a more interesting illustration?

[adrian15]

Good morning friends! That gnu doctor is very nice, he is comical and contextualizes the software very well.

Yeah, it's true. However the ill Tux does not convince everybody. And that's true seeing an ill Tux might make people think that Linux is not as strong as Windows.

I came here to meet the proposal for a new art and we have this ... nut wrench?

His name is Wrencho.

This character is not so charismatic ... looks like microsoft word clips.

Yes, it's kind of a clippo parody. Clippo wasn't very useful back in the day but its idea based on Windows 1.0 Bob was brilliant. Just ask it a question and it will answer it. The Alexa, Ring and Nest predecessor.

Rescapp should aim at being able to be asked about a boot problem and answer its solution.

Can I help create a more interesting illustration?

Yes, go ahead. The background decision is not closed.

Here there are some resources if you want to give it a go. Or feel free to upload a draft png here with a transparent background so that we can take a look.

• Current svg with Wrencho
• Previous svg with gnu doctor

Thank you and please do not be upset if we finally discard your idea.

[edocod1]

Yeah, it's true. However the ill Tux does not convince everybody. And that's true seeing an ill Tux might make people think that Linux is not as strong as Windows.

Nothing will ever convince everybody!

Anyway, why don't we make both GNU and Linux doctors? Rescatux is used to fix Windows, Linux and whatever OS you want, by using GNU/Linux, so it'd make sense. We do not necessarely need to show the "negative" side of a doctor<->patient relationship :)

[adrian15]

Yeah, it's true. However the ill Tux does not convince everybody. And that's true seeing an ill Tux might make people think that Linux is not as strong as Windows.

Nothing will ever convince everybody!

Anyway, why don't we make both GNU and Linux doctors? Rescatux is used to fix Windows, Linux and whatever OS you want, by using GNU/Linux, so it'd make sense. We do not necessarely need to show the "negative" side of a doctor<->patient relationship :)

That gave me an idea: Surgeon GNU, nurse tux and an open computer with its chips exposed on a hospital bed.

[edocod1]

Can you omit anything that is ill or bad?

[adrian15]

Can you omit anything that is ill or bad?

What do you suggest instead?
Can you develop a bit further what you meant by:

why don't we make both GNU and Linux doctors?

[edocod1]

The previous svg, but Tux is a doctor too. Or just leave it GNU!

No idea, in my opinion, the less there is the better it is.

[adrian15]

The previous svg, but Tux is a doctor too. Or just leave it GNU!

No idea, in my opinion, the less there is the better it is.

Ha, ha. I might end setting up a public poll. But I would need some svgs or, at least, pngs in order to show the different options.

[edocod1]

You can find an example of a "Tux Doctor" here: https://resmedicinae.sourceforge.io/logos/doctor_tux.jpeg

[edocod1]

Something like that, maybe?