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why doesn't GNOME have a mascot??
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Probably because a gnome would be silly. I presume that’s not the image they’re looking for - garden gnomes, Christmas, fairy tales.
it'd be silly, so they went with a.... foot?
idk about that
Less silly than a whole goofy gnome.
It can be a badass gnome. Not many ways to represent a foot though.
At least the foot's shape looks like G, or more like Ğ.
they can make another one, for example a squirrel would be nice, or an anime gnome.
I think they're happy with just a slightly silly foot logo. "Gnome Network Object Model Environment" is a serious sounding name and I don't think an animal mascot is what they had in mind for branding (seeing as, they don't have one). An anime gnome might even be the exact opposite of what their intent is. GNOME is looking to be seen as a professional alternative to MacOS and Windows. Speaking of which, note that Windows and OSX don't have a mascot either.
Gnome Chomsky.
Windows had Clippy then Cortana.
Gnome Chomsky would be pretty hilarious. Kinda political though.
True, Windows had a couple characters (well, Clippy was for Office). The idea of those was a digital assistant character though, not really a mascot.
Just stumbled upon this comment. Actually, Windows has been using anime mascots for years in asia. Notably, they haven't made a new one for Windows 11.
That’s interesting. What that indicates to me is that they feel it’s not advantageous marketing-wise to have one in other regions.