Welcome!
Important information
-- Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities
-- Change in MX sources

News
-- MX Linux on social media: here
-- Mepis support still here

Current releases
-- MX-17.1 Final release info here
-- antiX-17 release info here

New users
-- Please read this first, and don't forget to add system and hardware information to posts!
-- Here are the Forum Rules

MX-14 kde start button

Post Reply
Message
Author
User avatar
Stevo
Forum Veteran
Forum Veteran
Posts: 16525
Joined: Fri Dec 15, 2006 8:07 pm

Re: MX-14 kde start button

#11 Post by Stevo » Wed May 06, 2015 1:00 pm

The name "MEPIS" was inspired by Warren Woodford hearing someone mispronounce "Memphis", and since that's also an Egyptian city, Warren used the Giza pyramids as a MEPIS logo. Then that's the "X" from AntiX added.
Top
User avatar
mmikeinsantarosa
Forum Guide
Forum Guide
Posts: 2460
Joined: Thu May 01, 2014 10:12 am

Re: MX-14 kde start button

#12 Post by mmikeinsantarosa » Wed May 06, 2015 1:53 pm

thanks for the history lesson OWO! Makes sense now and quite clever. I always thought the Mepis logo was some kind of keyhole or something. So now the obvious; the Mepis logo has 2 pyramids with an O overlay. How about we wrap this puppy up with a clue as to what the 'O' is for ;)
LT: MX17.1 Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-6820HQ Kernel: 4.16.0-12.1-liquorix-amd64 (64 bit)
DT: Intel(R) Core i5-3.1GHz Kernel~3.9-1-mepis64 x86_64
Top
User avatar
lucky9
Forum Veteran
Forum Veteran
Posts: 11380
Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:54 am

Re: MX-14 kde start button

#13 Post by lucky9 » Wed May 06, 2015 1:56 pm

I've always thought it was the Moon or the Earth. Not sure I've ever seen an explanation.
Yes, even I am dishonest. Not in many ways, but in some. Forty-one, I think it is.
--Mark Twain
Top
User avatar
m_pav
Forum Guide
Forum Guide
Posts: 2676
Joined: Sun Aug 06, 2006 3:02 pm

Re: MX-14 kde start button

#14 Post by m_pav » Thu May 07, 2015 6:09 am

Way way back, the mepis logo had a flat moon in the background behind the pyramids, removing the centre of the flat moon gave it a more 3d effect.
Mike P

Regd Linux User #472293
(Mine)Lenovo T560, i7-6600U, 16GB, 2.0TB SSHD, MX17 64-bit
(Wifes) Asus M4A88TD-M, AMD Phenom II x4 955 CPU, nVidia GF610, 6Gb, 500GB+320GB, MX17 + KDE
(Kids) Intel NUC, J1900, 4GB, 64GB SSD, MX17
Top
User avatar
mmikeinsantarosa
Forum Guide
Forum Guide
Posts: 2460
Joined: Thu May 01, 2014 10:12 am

Re: MX-14 kde start button

#15 Post by mmikeinsantarosa » Thu May 07, 2015 8:21 am

m_pav wrote:Way way back, the mepis logo had a flat moon in the background behind the pyramids, removing the centre of the flat moon gave it a more 3d effect.
And the circle (pun intended) is finally complete :happy:
Thanks all - mike
LT: MX17.1 Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-6820HQ Kernel: 4.16.0-12.1-liquorix-amd64 (64 bit)
DT: Intel(R) Core i5-3.1GHz Kernel~3.9-1-mepis64 x86_64
Top
User avatar
Richard
Posts: 2137
Joined: Fri Dec 12, 2008 10:31 am

Re: MX-14 kde start button

#16 Post by Richard » Mon May 11, 2015 8:16 pm

@Starw0lf,

On a black background,
the mx1Xs.png
needs the pyramid and X to be pure white.
At this size, perhaps better without the reflected edge at the top,
making the icon as large as possible.

regards,
Richard.
MX171: Lenovo T430: Intel Ivy Bridge i5-3320M, 8GB RAM, 4.18.0-2-amd64, 119GB SSD
MX171: AA1/EeePC: DualCore N270, 1GB RAM, 4.9.126-antix.1-686-smp-pae, 150GB HDD
Thunar/Doublecmd, LibO613, Dropbox, Firefox, CherryTree, Vbox. LinuxCounter #208633
Top
User avatar
Starw0lf
Posts: 89
Joined: Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:18 am

Re: MX-14 kde start button

#17 Post by Starw0lf » Wed May 13, 2015 6:26 am

Richard wrote:@Starw0lf,

On a black background,
the mx1Xs.png
needs the pyramid and X to be pure white.
At this size, perhaps better without the reflected edge at the top,
making the icon as large as possible.

regards,
Richard.
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Top
User avatar
Starw0lf
Posts: 89
Joined: Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:18 am

Re: MX-14 kde start button

#18 Post by Starw0lf » Wed May 13, 2015 6:28 am

Starw0lf wrote:
Richard wrote:@Starw0lf,

On a black background,
the mx1Xs.png
needs the pyramid and X to be pure white.
At this size, perhaps better without the reflected edge at the top,
making the icon as large as possible.

regards,
Richard.
3 files with svg time for breakfast
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Top
User avatar
Richard
Posts: 2137
Joined: Fri Dec 12, 2008 10:31 am

Re: MX-14 kde start button

#19 Post by Richard » Wed May 13, 2015 9:00 pm

@Starw0lf,
I appreciate your efforts at making a more visible, MX icon on a dark background.

Here's a comparison of various icons, including some you prepared.
They are on a horizontal Xfce panel of 33 pixels, to appear similar to the icon on top of my vertical Deskbaron the left:
Icons.png
The legend is for the icons on the separate panel.
1: mxfcelogo.png // same as menu icon on top of the vertical Deskbar on the left
2: MX-14-Mepis.jpg
3: your mx-kde.png
4: your mx-kde512nw.png // changed name to keep all the mx* together
5: your mx-kde512nw.svg
6: Crunch-bang-thumb.png // always legible
7: your mx1Xs.png
8: mepis.jpeg // not sure if it is the origial, but similar.

saludos,
Richard.
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Last edited by Richard on Thu May 14, 2015 7:54 am, edited 1 time in total.
MX171: Lenovo T430: Intel Ivy Bridge i5-3320M, 8GB RAM, 4.18.0-2-amd64, 119GB SSD
MX171: AA1/EeePC: DualCore N270, 1GB RAM, 4.9.126-antix.1-686-smp-pae, 150GB HDD
Thunar/Doublecmd, LibO613, Dropbox, Firefox, CherryTree, Vbox. LinuxCounter #208633
Top
User avatar
BitJam
Forum Guide
Forum Guide
Posts: 2472
Joined: Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:36 pm

Re: MX-14 kde start button

#20 Post by BitJam » Wed May 13, 2015 11:02 pm

What about some stickers and other swag?
Will I cry when it's all over?
When I die will I see Heaven?
Top
Post Reply

Return to “MX Art”