> On 10/21/05, Xie Yanbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 天天看到Debian的Logo，今天早晨坐车想到，那里面的圈圈是什么含义呢？ > > 是不是表示螺旋式上升，生生不息之类的什么寓意？从官方网站里没有找到 > > 解释。 > On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 03:00:51PM +0800, Joe Cai wrote: > -- quote -- > It's "magic smoke". Electrical engineer lore is that when you burn out > an electronic component, you cause the "magic smoke" that makes it work > to be released. Once the magic smoke is gone, the component doesn't work > any longer. Debian is supposed to be the magic smoke that makes your > computer work. > --end quote -- > http://lists.userlinux.com/pipermail/discuss/2004-March/004625.html
这个应该只是个人的理解而非官方的解释，似乎首先由 Branden Robinson 在 logo 已经选定之后提出 [1]。投票的时候，这个 logo 被称为“The Swirl”。 1. http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/1999/06/msg00001.html 这个就和把 sid 解释为 still in development 一样，虽然挺有道理，但是毕竟 是个人的理解，而不是官方的说法。只不过传的多了，就逐渐为大家所接受了。 Ming 2005.10.21 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
