In my opinion no, the current one is fine and of all the things to spend time/money on this seems the least important.

To my knowledge we do not have artists on the team and paying someone else to redesign something for absolutely no reason is just a waste of time and money. Additionally design competitions suck and the project would require complete ownership of the logo which would be unfair to the artist if they're not getting paid, which as I suggested I think is a waste of money at this stage.

    For what it is worth, I sent the Solus logo to one of the team who designed logos for a corporate intranet I worked on years ago.

    I also sent along what I know of the history of the logo -- the logo depicts a Galway Hooker Irish fishing boat, and that Ikey Doherty, also Irish and the founder of Solus, commented in a interview that he wanted the logo to convey "new horizons, open sails".

    She thought that the logo was well designed and conveyed the intended message with style. So that's one professional opinion.

    She also said that the logo was either professionally designed or designed by a skilled non-professional.

    N1X3L

    Yes and if I was told to stop using the logo I would as I do not own it. Just like 99% of users avatars on the web. Which has absolutely nothing to do with Solus needing to own the logo and control its usage.

    EDIT. Removed it anyway. Enjoy the H logo 😛
    EDIT2: Enjoy me wearing a welding helmet instead.

        Harvey Understood! I was just playing at having a path forward, for Mr. Birdman to be the new logo. It was just a bit of fun, because I've always enjoyed your avatar.

        EDIT: 💔

          Harvey In my opinion no, the current one is fine and of all the things to spend time/money on this seems the least important.

          Not to mention that the logo is widely recognized as the Solus brand. Changing the logo in any significant way would break the link between logo and brand.

            4 days later

            I say that the logo is fine how it is. Simple, recognizable and attractive.

            It's just perfect, at least, from my point of view.

              Dinimixis_DEMZ

              I know how to work very well with Inkscape and GIMP, but the original image is simply perfect, I can't find anything to do to it. I think nothing should be done to him.

              What's more, I feel that I desecrate the purity of the original file by altering it, if the original author is around, I want to tell him that he has my respects...

                As boats go, it's very nice.

                I would much rather have a skull though 🤣

                  Dinimixis_DEMZ Well, at least in my case, I'm not someone remarkable and I don't intervene in the discussions either since by now I hadn't felt "prepared" to contribute something decent. Anyway, I hope one day to help you with something. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for maintaining an active and well-structured distribution, at least it has worked wonderfully for me for years. (Except for LDM, now I use GDM)

                    riffer I would much rather have a skull though

                    No! Please stay away from the Darl Side of the Force!

                      2 years later

                      Hello ? How do I install Solus - Logo displayed in ascii - code ? (after installation then Logo appears
                      after typing :

                      uname -ar

                        I know this is a super old post, but a logo for Solus which reflected its merger (is merger right? Maybe joint venture) with Serpent OS would be super cool. Like maybe the Solus ship, sailing on top of a gigantic Serpent instead of the ocean! Lol, that would be hard to express in a small SVG, though.

                        I love the Solus logo, but it would be cool to reflect the huge change that is a rebase on Serpent OS.

                          Bhibb

                          except with a budgie😉

                          "Solus--fueled by serpent"

                              brent Ha! Well, to me that sorta feels a little predatory! And at this point, Budgie is its own thing, which is great!

                              I'll see what I can do about a mockup of some fun Serpent OS / Solus SVG's.