> > > > There DOES exist, however, an animal called a Gnu--I always thought > GNU/Hurd was actually a pun on that idea: so why not do the simple task > and use a gnu head for the icon?
Because the head of the gnu already is the logo the FSF uses most of the time (http://www.gnu.org/). The gnu is the FSF mascotte. Debian is not identical to the FSF, so it needs a different logo. If there is going to be a gnu in the logo, it should not be the main object. HTH, Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054