Haiku: Call for Wallpapers

[bitigchi]

https://www.haiku-os.org/news/2020-10-04-wallpaper-contest/

[lbotos]

I spent a few minutes searching: Where can someone download an SVG of the logo? A google search for Haiku logo doesn't appear to give me an official source for the logo: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Haiku%20logo

I also clicked around the pages, and I found the trademark guide, but no "press kit" or the like.

[rvz → lbotos]

I googled: 'Haiku Logo SVG' and within literally seconds it brought me to this page [0] and got the logo (in white) from there [1].

That was easier than I expected actually. Although I do agree that they need to sort out an official press images or logos on their site.

[0] https://discuss.haiku-os.org/t/haiku-logo-black-missing-as-s...

[1] https://www.haiku-os.org/images/haiku_logo_white.svg

[lowtech]

What a great OS, its low latency make the mouse motion almost instantaneous. I can only imagine what feels like to use it paired with a crt monitor.

[codr7 → lowtech]

I ran BeOS off and on for a couple of years right around the time when they dropped PowerPC for Intel.

It truly was awesome, nothing I've used since then made me as happy. Gobe Productive still has a place in my heart.

Programming it was madness though, since everything was MT all the time.

[IshKebab → lowtech]

What OS doesn't make mouse motion almost instantaneous? Ok I know Linux sometimes has issues, but Windows and Mac handle this fine.

[peatmoss]

> If you want to go full 90’s, and submit a version suitable for tiled backgrounds, just let us know :).

I had entirely forgotten about tiled wallpapers. There used to be a website with tons of melty textured tile wallpapers. Does anyone remember what that was called and if it still exists?

[core-questions → peatmoss]

You're thinking of Bowie J Poag's Propaganda series, I bet.

https://github.com/BenjaminHCCarr/PropagandaTiles

[peatmoss → core-questions]

Bingo! That’s exactly what I was thinking. Glad to see it still exists somewhere.

Hmm... nostalgia might force me to do this. Wonder how they’ll look on my 4k flatscreen.

[core-questions → peatmoss]

The answer is that they look fantastic.

[Nzen → peatmoss]

I don't know about melty, but I like www.subtlepatterns.com tiles

[varbhat]

Hearing '.wonderbrush' file format for the first time. It seems that wonderbrush is Haiku Graphics Tool.

https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/stippi/2012-10-25_new_wonderbr...

[kkaranth]

> Send your work to humdingerb (at) gmail and bitigchi (at) me.

What domain is the second email address talking about?

[TheSwordsman → kkaranth]

Likely the Apple iCloud domain, me.com

[sz4kerto → kkaranth]

me.com, iCloud

[rangoon626]

Someone please make these great people a great wallpaper!

[dpedu]

I don't mean for this to be flippant - where is Haiku used today? Does anyone use it to get work done? Desktop or server?

[colesantiago → dpedu]

Haiku is used in production by TuneTracker Systems (and it's resellers) for radio automation.

[0] http://tunetrackersystems.com/

[makach → colesantiago]

I love this! Thanks for sharing! Haiku is a beautiful OS.

[throwanem]

If anyone involved with the project is reading here - as one of the calls is specifically for variations on the Haiku logo, it would probably be a good idea to provide links to SVG versions of the Haiku logo. That'll definitely lower the barrier to entry for folks looking to do you a free art!

[rriepe → throwanem]

Here it is on white: https://www.haiku-os.org/images/haiku_logo_white.svg

[throwanem → rriepe]

Sure, I eventually found the same link via Google search too. But it should still be on the call for submissions page, if they want people to use it as a basis for variations.

[rriepe → throwanem]

I grabbed it from the header! And you're not wrong.

[cogburnd02]

Why wouldn't they accept png format submissions? I create stuff (mostly super-simple tiled backgrounds) in Kolourpaint and I always save as png.

[rriepe]

It's so hard to get attention in October 2020. Great promotional idea.