Arch ASCII logo

I've been running an Arch Linux server for a long time, and I got bored of the dull login one day so I made a logo to spice it up a bit.
Yes that is Windows, and yes, that is what it has been optimized for. More specifically, this ASCII art looks best when viewed with Courier New. It's not a free font and you may have to modify a few characters to make it look good with your favorite font. There are two versions, one with a blank logo as shown above, and one with a filled logo which I'm not too terribly happy with. The filled one might look better on a white background.
Blank version
\e[H\e[2J
\e[0;36m.
\e[0;36m/ \
\e[0;36m/ \ \e[1;37m # \e[1;36m| *
\e[0;36m/^. \ \e[1;37m a##e #%" a#"e 6##% \e[1;36m| | |-^-. | | \ /
\e[0;36m/ .-. \ \e[1;37m.oOo# # # # # \e[1;36m| | | | | | X
\e[0;36m/ ( ) _\ \e[1;37m%OoO# # %#e" # # \e[1;36m| | | | ^._.| / \ \e[0;37mTM
\e[1;36m/ _.~ ~._^\
\e[1;36m/.^ ^.\ \e[0;37mTM
Filled version
\e[H\e[2J
\e[1;36m.
\e[1;36m/#\
\e[1;36m/###\ \e[1;37m # \e[1;36m| *
\e[1;36m/p^###\ \e[1;37m a##e #%" a#"e 6##% \e[1;36m| | |-^-. | | \ /
\e[1;36m/##P^q##\ \e[1;37m.oOo# # # # # \e[1;36m| | | | | | X
\e[1;36m/##( )##\ \e[1;37m%OoO# # %#e" # # \e[1;36m| | | | ^._.| / \ \e[0;37mTM
\e[1;36m/###P q#,^\
\e[1;36m/P^ ^q\ \e[0;37mTM
Replace the occurances of \e with the ASCII ESC character, using something like echo -e, to get it printed properly in the terminal with colors. The "\e[H\e[2J" code clears the screen.
License
This is an ASCII adoptation of the logo provided at https://www.archlinux.org/art/. I have no clue about how the copyright/trademark soup of this thing works, so from me you can use the ASCII art adoptation for any purpose provided you don't try to take credit for it. The trademark and copyright of the original logo may pose additional requirements.

There are so many Arch ASCII logos scattered out there, so I think I could hijack your thread to try to glue all those versions (including yours, of course) together on a ArchWiki page. What do you think? We could even create an AUR package with all the ASCIIs. Then one could use it with a simple 'cat /usr/share/<....>/ascii1.txt'
Before I invest some time on it, does a place or a package like this already exist?
Programs with Arch Logos:: archey, alsi, screenfetch.
Last edited by thiagowfx (2014-11-16 15:18:25)

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Is there a tutorial for creating Arch Linux logo?

as the title says, I am looking for a tutorial on how to create Arch Linux logo using either Gimp/Photoshop/Inkscape
Any links / videos to one would be nice
Thanks in advance

You have the artwork, you just are interested in how it was created?
There is a thread here somewhere about the new logo - Thayer describes the font selection (from memory), but I don't recall any detail about the icons themselves.
You could always just work from the originals with trial and error...
http://www.archlinux.org/art/

New Arch Linux Logo for HP?

Hi i released 3D Arch Logos and the reaction was... that 2 peoples asked me to this:
Brutal !!! fresh
by code933k on: 05/03/2007, 15:16
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It is amazing the effect that you've achieved with arch's logo. I was thinking some days ago if it would be possible to change the unpolished perspective of the official logo at arch's home page.
I wonder if you hadn't proposed this well proportioned, clear, and good angled image as the new official logo.
Arch is one of the best distros so you deserve double grats.
I hope to see more of your artwork soon. I drink to make other people interesting.
goood fresh
by spookykid on: 05/04/2007, 3:24
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i agree you defenetely should post it in arch forums and see where it goes from there. would you mind posting the source? (original files)spookykidisthinking!
Here the thread:
http://gnome-look.org/usermanager/searc … n=contents
Here the logo:
http://www.2blabla.ch/stuff/Linux/Wallp … -color.png
Question: have the Arch Logo Designer intrest for my 3D logo?

root_tux_linux wrote:
I created that pic with cinema 4D on wine...
and now i change to blender or alias maya 7.0 ^^
Btw. Im a noobie in 3D world ^^
Well, I'm in a similiar situation atm. I used cinema4D a few years ago but stopped mainly because of my switch to linux.
I didn't want to use c4d under wine (and was unable to start it with recent wine version anyway..) and was kind of scared by blenders UI.
After reading a few tutorials my fear is gone and I start to enjoy using blender
Try it out! You'll like it...

Arch ASCII Art

I put together this cool ASCII art of the Arch logo from the Archie package. I made it colored blue for obvious reasons. I thought I would share it. Here it is.
echo -e " \e[34m+\e[0m"
echo -e " \e[34m#\e[0m"
echo -e " \e[34m###\e[0m"
echo -e " \e[34m#####\e[0m"
echo -e " \e[34m######\e[0m"
echo -e " \e[34m; #####;\e[0m"
echo -e " \e[34m+##.#####\e[0m"
echo -e " \e[34m+##########\e[0m"
echo -e " \e[34m#############;\e[0m"
echo -e " \e[34m###############+\e[0m"
echo -e " \e[34m####### #######\e[0m"
echo -e " \e[34m.######; ;###;''.\e[0m"
echo -e " \e[34m.#######; ;#####.\e[0m"
echo -e " \e[34m#########. .########'\e[0m"
echo -e " \e[34m######' '######\e[0m"
echo -e " \e[34m;#### ####;\e[0m"
echo -e " \e[34m##' '##\e[0m"
echo -e " \e[34m#' '#\e[0m"
It looks super awesome in my terminal when I start it up.
Last edited by shoober420 (2014-08-02 00:04:17)

One more to this list, shall I? From screenfetch.
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.o+`
`ooo/
`+oooo:
`+oooooo:
-+oooooo+:
`/:-:++oooo+:
`/++++/+++++++:
`/++++++++++++++:
`/+++ooooooooooooo/`
./ooosssso++osssssso+`
.oossssso-````/ossssss+`
-osssssso. :ssssssso.
:osssssss/ osssso+++.
/ossssssss/ +ssssooo/-
`/ossssso+/:- -:/+osssso+-
`+sso+:-` `.-/+oso:
`++:. `-/+/
.` `/

Arch Linux Logo Competition

Hello everyone!
As you may have heard, the Arch logo as we know it is going the way of the dodo! We are refreshing our graphical identity, and in that spirit we're having a logo competition, open to the entire Arch community!
We want to know what you think of when you think Arch Linux - what logo do you think would best suit the distribution we've all come to love?
Submission guidelines are as follows:
. Anyone can submit as many logo concepts as they wish
. Entry is freeform, with no need to base it on current logo. Be creative!
. For the sake of moving the competition along, artists will maintain the rights to their works until the completion of the competition, when we've decided what to do with license issues.
Per submission, you will need:
. SVG sources for logo preferred. If you don't know how to make SVG logos, but have a great idea, visit this thread; foxbunny has graciously stepped up to help with logo concepts.
. Fill out the following on this submission sheet (courtesy of foxbunny)
.. Name (or alias)
.. Main logo areas (white/black/neutral BG)
.. 2-colour or Black version
.. 128x128px and 16x16px icon version
.. Colour palette used
All other fields are optional - you do not need them to create a submission, and omission of those options will not count negatively against you.
Submit completed submission sheet attached in an email to travis AT archlinux.org. They will be posted in this thread; two weeks after the date of this post, we will collect all submissions in that thread and judge.
Judging will be the job of the Developers, and will proceed as follows:
All submissions will be posted to the [arch-dev] private mailing list, and developers will give their +1 to those logos they like. They may add a +1 to more than one submission - once all developers are accounted for, the logo with the most +1 votes will win.
Should multiple logo submissions tie for first place, those entries will be announced to the community, and we will have a community vote on the forums. The logo voted highest in this case will be the winner.
Additionally, we'll want to use the logo for additional media - CD labels or wallpapers, for example. If the winning author hasn't provided any, they will be given a chance after the competition is over to create this artwork, if they want. Basically, no need to get it done before the judging, if you want to do it, so don't worry!
Please note: there are also threads for logo concept discussion and for showing off possible concepts, without entering them into the competition. Feel free to make use of them.
Good luck to all participants, and have fun!
NOTE: There has been some recent concern about entries by developers, since it is the developers themselves voting. This was never forbidden at the beginning of the contest, and so the rules will not be modified for this halfway through; developer entries are allowed, and will be treated on exactly equal merit as any other entry. Rest-assured, there is no reason for favouritism in this contest - if we wanted an explicitly developer-made logo, we would have simply done so, so there's no reason to choose a dev's submission simply because they are a dev.
Last edited by Cerebral (2007-10-30 17:54:16)

PJ wrote:
I think this speaks for itself:
Cerebral wrote:Heh, sorry to say, but it's going to be a little bit longer before we announce anything, I think. We still have to do a decent trademark search on the top couple of logos to ensure we won't be stepping on anyone else's toes before anything else.
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 02#p302102
Yeah, 'cause we can just use any old arch that we want to. These three, for instance, are already taken:
I think this one (below) is still available, though:
Last edited by dhave (2007-12-03 04:39:25)

Arch linux logo

I was always wondering what is that black "shadow" behind the mighty blue arch? It certenly doesn't look like it is cast by the arch, so what is it?
The only idea that it came to me is that it is a ponytail. :? But then the arch seems to me like a cherokee. (no ofense meant here to any cherokee arch linux user. i was just recently playing prey )

elasticdog wrote:I never thought is looked like a shadow, but just a swoosh of motion kind of like on the NASA logo or something...just a design decision, and I rather like it.
me too. let's keep it this way ;-)

Arch badge logos

I've always been a fan of badge logos. nice, small, to the point. So I made two for arch linux - both have been added to the Art section. Check 'em:
enjoy!
-tyme
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21-03-06.2258
22-03-06.0153
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tyme wrote:
McQueen wrote:Very nice, I've used it in my sig (and will spread it around, LOL).
just to clarify, the one in your sig isn't one of mine. i don't wanna take credit for others work
in other news, more boredom has ended up in the creation of more badges:
if anyone wants some variation of these just post here and i'll put 'em together.
Very nice work, tyme... especially the top four. The previous ones you made are nice, too. Thanks for making and posting them. 8)
oz

Arch Linux logos on wikipedia?

I was wondering if the authors of Arch logos (the ones from http://www.archlinux.org/art/) could upload (one of) them to http://commons.wikimedia.org/ to use it on Wikipedias or give permisson to do so under PD or GFDL license. In Poland there is no fair use "license", so it has to be one of these.

xenobrain wrote:
That looks a lot better. Some subtle differences of proportion and changes to the lighting make a world of difference.
And now that you point it out I can see now it's not a 3D render, and I am additionally appreciative of your skills in inkscape, even though my criticisms of the first still stand.
Thanks.
I might not change the camera angle for this artwork and I see your point why I should do that. This is mainly because I rather move forward and try making new artworks than fixing big errors in old stuff done by me. This is a big error because it requeries me to redo the complete image. Small errors usually aren't that hard to fix and I am trying to do those. But changing the camera angle IS to much work, you will see when I am explaining how the effect was created.
I am going use your advace when I am creating new stuff.
xenobrain wrote:As for inkscape not having a bevel tool, that's too bad. If you haven't already, give the excellent XaraLX in [unstable] a try sometime, the bevel tool in the program is extremely easy to use and gives good results.
I have tried XaraLX (and the bevel tool) a month ago and I like the program. Only problem that I had with XaraLX was that it seemed a bit to unstable at that time, I will however try it again in a near future.
xenobrain wrote:Given the lack thereof in inkscape however, I am rather curious how you created the effect.
I am a bit busy at the moment and I really don't have time to write a decent explanition now. As soon as I have done that I will put it somewhere on the internet, I can send a pm when it's uploaded.

The Arch User logo creation contest!

Taking a cue from Daenyth's Arch-Games thread, I'm getting ready to reopen Arch User with the goal of providing affordable (maybe even free?) hosting to Arch-specific user projects. However, I'm lacking a logo. Although I've done my share of logo design of late, I'd rather see what the community can come up with for this particular endeavour. So... lets see what you can come up with!

Finkregh wrote:still like that one most http://dl.dropbox.com/u/519931/archuser-firstrun.png (topright)
the head is somehow wired
ha hah, lol, can't stop laughing for some reason. They say that happens when the reward center of the brain gets over-stimulatanted. Gack, back on track, it is good, think you mean bottom right though.
Here's a more standard one (fits in with the Arch layout):
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Arch Linux Logo Contest: Discussion of logo concepts

Okay, so this time let's get it right, shall we?
This thread continues the discussion that was going on in the other thread.
Some notes before things start to look ugly:
* you may comment on any of the logos already submitted to Travis[1], or any of the artwork in the artwork collector thread[2].
* you may post your opinion whether technical or non-technical, or simply state 'I (don't) like this or that'.
* you may discuss the matter of Arch Linux branding as well, but it is depreciated; open a new thread if you think that is important
* keep in mind that people might find negative comments offensive, so please formulate them precisely and mark all your personal opinions as such.
* if you have reason to believe comments coming from members of this community are highly biased or inappropriate, please do NOT reply publicly, report the post to moderators and admins
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[1] http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=39046
[2] http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=38550

foxbunny wrote:@ozeta
I like the shape, but the logotype is very hard to read...
the logotype?:|
i have no problems to read that font but...i will change it..:D
edit: i made these 4 variants
opinions and suggestions?
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Arch Linux Logo Competition Submission Thread

This is the thread where I will be collecting submissions from various artists for the logo competition. It is locked to keep the threadspam down.
Again, good luck to all artists - I'm sure we'll see some awesome work here in no time!
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====Entry #8====
Submission #2 from cerise, "Pimp my Linux" or "The Playa's Choice":
Direct Link
cerise wrote:I'm submitting an off-the-wall idea for the arch logo. Now, it isn't meant to be taken seriously. This submission is meant to give the developers (& maybe forum visitors) a laugh.

[solved] intel, kms, where's my arch boot logo(s)?

I have an intel card (Intel 945GME Chipset, netbook) with KMS enabled, and I lost the boot logos after enabling KMS. Is there a way to get it (them) back? Searching the forums gives a lot of "I want logo" and "I don't want logo" posts, some that try to get the tux logo in there (which would be nice, but offtopic to me), and one post that mentions that the logo disappears when kms is used on intel cards, but that was all.
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I have the same problem, but a radeon.
How do I configure the kernel to compile the radeon driver into the kernel.
grep -i radeon /boot/kconfig
CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m
CONFIG_DRM_RADEON_KMS=y
# CONFIG_FB_RADEON is not set
in menuconfig it's not possible to mark CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=y only as module.
Does it work if I set it to "y" with a texteditor?
EDIT:
radeon wiki wrote:A radeon kernel-module gives more flexibility (e.g. debug), for built-in solution change CONFIG_DRM_RADEON from "=m" to "=y".
http://www.x.org/wiki/radeonBuildHowTo# … radeon-KMS
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EDIT_2:
It wasn't possible to select DRM_RADEON=y because AGP was selected as module.
EDIT_3:
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Grub GFX with new Arch Linux Logo

Can somebody please change the existing background image with the new logo ? That would be really great..

root_tux_linux wrote:
I created that pic with cinema 4D on wine...
and now i change to blender or alias maya 7.0 ^^
Btw. Im a noobie in 3D world ^^
Well, I'm in a similiar situation atm. I used cinema4D a few years ago but stopped mainly because of my switch to linux.
I didn't want to use c4d under wine (and was unable to start it with recent wine version anyway..) and was kind of scared by blenders UI.
After reading a few tutorials my fear is gone and I start to enjoy using blender
Try it out! You'll like it...

Looking for ascii art wizards

I'd like to humbly request someone with the skills or someone who knows the right tools, to take the two images in the upper left (the "arch" and the archlinux word) and convert them to ascii art.
Now, I do not mean a simple "convert logo.png logo.xpm", that'd be too easy. I'm looking for:
a) terminal escapes for colors
b) sized to fit on a 80x30 screen or so.
This implies that it should be in a text file, and, on a color terminal, if I "cat archlogo", it should look as intended.
That makes the "arch" a bit wonky, but still doable... here's an example:
If anyone can do this, I'd be in your debt forever. Also, if you know any tools to use to do something like this, let me know as well.

I like to have an Arch logo entry visible with each terminal session so I use a script in /etc/rc.d that is run at desktop login and thereafter as a cronjob (to increment the uptime variable) which outputs to the text file /etc/issue. This is then read by my ~/.bashrc via the simple entry below. I then add a few more things to .bashrc to provide further output but the ascii logo and system info gets it started.
# Import Issue
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#! /bin/bash
LGRAY="33[1;6m33[1;37m"
WHITE="33[1;6m33[1;37m"
LBLUE="[1;36m"
DBLUE="[0;36m"
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echo -e $LBLUE' OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ' >> /etc/issue
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I will probably get 8GB USB bracelets featuring the Arch Linux logo, and they would sell for about $14 USD. For $25 I will preload them with an Arch Linux installer. Post here if you would be interested in such a product.
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