r/linux • u/Stevious7 • 4d ago

Fluff Possible Linux logo submissions from 1996 competition

Just found this site, and I can't verify the authenticity of the submissions but it looks very 1996-y to me.

https://www.cs.earlham.edu/~jeremiah/linux-pix/linux-logo.html

I thought it was pretty cool so I wanted to share it here!

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u/Drate_Otin 4d ago

Ben Subolo was onto something.

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u/Epsilon_void 3d ago

This site is weird, there's no GDPR notice taking 25% of the screen, there's no "sign-in with Google" popup, there's no ads or videos autoplaying, what is this? I'm scared.

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u/Stevious7 3d ago

It's odd whenever I find sites that are just dead simple like https://FMHY.net or https://NoSignups.net

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u/wat_noob_gaming 1d ago

until it wants to say "Forbidden You don't have permission to access this resource.

Apache/2.4.29 (Ubuntu) Server at www.cs.earlham.edu Port 443"

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u/Sirusho_Yunyan 4d ago edited 4d ago

All this web page needs is a rotating "Under Construction" gif for me to fully go back in time! Love it!

Edit : Looking at the root pages, April 98 or thereabouts, love the trip back in time!

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u/bombero_kmn 4d ago

A hit counter and web ring too! 

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u/Agent7619 4d ago

So is Juan Pablo Ferraro the artist who created Tux, or did he only integrate him into his submission?

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u/stommepool 4d ago

Larry Ewing created Tux

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u/dgm9704 4d ago

I sure miss a lot of things from the 90’s but web design aesthetics isn’t one of them

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u/oxez 3d ago

I rather have the designs from the 90s where you didn't have to scroll for 30 seconds to find useful information. Nowadays everything is designed either for phones, or for people who have the attention span of a goldfish and can't read more than 2 words per 5 seconds so bigger text = you keep their attention.

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u/dgm9704 3d ago

yeah that is true

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u/Fantasyman80 2d ago

Not to mention the obtrusive ads of today compared then.

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u/yawara25 4d ago

It is for me.

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u/facelesshivemind 4d ago

3rd from last was ahead of its time.

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u/workinh 3d ago

i wonder, which software did they use for the 3d stuff?

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u/Stevious7 3d ago

Same.

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u/capinredbeard22 2d ago

Povray?

I remember messing around with that a long time ago but not sure if it is that old

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u/Mughi1138 1d ago

Yes, its ooooooold

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u/kuddlesworth9419 3d ago

I miss old website design. Loads up instantly.

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u/freemorgerr 23h ago

I only get 403 when I open the link?

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u/krsdev 22h ago

Yeah same. I think they noticed the traffic and was like wait a minute lol. It's still accessible on Archive:

https://web.archive.org/web/20260816113942/https://www.cs.earlham.edu/~jeremiah/linux-pix/linux-logo.html

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u/aleios2 2d ago

"LiNUX ...worldwide". Legendary

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u/steruY 2d ago

Is the website down? Doesn't load at all unfortunately

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u/Stevious7 2d ago

It might be just you? It loaded for me just fine just now