The 6 Most Popular Plasma 6 Logos We selected the 6 most ❤ed logos from the original thread and made a poll to determine which is the most popular. The three most voted options will be passed on to the Plasma developers for their consideration. Please note that this poll is non-binding and changing the logo will depend on the willingness of the Plasma devs. They will have the final say. Either way, the change is unlikely to happen in time for Plasma 6.0, as the project is currently in Fe...

Poll on the KDE Discourse to vote between the finalists, the three most voted options will be passed on to the Plasma developers for their consideration. The poll will last for one week.

https://discuss.kde.org/t/plasma-6-logo-final-selection-and-poll/8001

Edit: the image in the link embed is just one of the designs, there are 6 different designs

Edit 2: Important as well to note that the results of the poll are non-binding, and serve as suggestions to the developers

  • linucs@lemmy.ml
    14·
    2 years ago

    I think they should’ve done a community contest like for the wallpaper. But even more I think Plasma (or more in general KDE) should work on brand identity first and then, given the direction, decide a clear, original and distinct logo / wallpaper / whatever style.

    • lefarfadet@mstdn.io
      1·
      2 years ago

      @linucs
      For me, they did “the cube thing” -again- and i like it. It’s what brought me to linux in the first place: boasting to my friends that i could do this and that, and they couldnt.
      Lost a few fights, around compatibility and reach.
      But hell yeah do i love that damned cubed desktop come back around: moar kiddos, moar future. And feel more hopeful about the curre t state of open source when the mass discovers it because its kewl.
      @NiaTheCat

  • Bro666@lemmy.kde.socialM
    12·
    2 years ago

    Please remember the poll is non-binding. The devs are under no obligation of changing the log if non of the proposals live up to their standards. The selected logos are just suggestions for them to consider. Nothing more.

    • merthyr1831@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      The fold is one of my faves too. Firstly, it’s not totally flat – Many of the other entries seem a little 2 dimensional for my tastes.

      Secondly, the incorporation of the 6 is really well done. It evokes pride in this major release of KDE much like other systems have done in the past with integrating their major versions into the brand imagery, such as Windows from XP to 7.

      Some of the other ones like the gear and triangles would be good for, i dunno, the start menu and iconography for KDE in general.

  • Eager Eagle@lemmy.world
    9·
    2 years ago

    Those triangles look great and are memorable, even at lower resolutions. I’ll even get some swag if that becomes the Plasma brand.

  • Hubi@feddit.de
    6·
    2 years ago

    I voted for the “Half Gear” because I always loved that design, but I gotta admit that the Triangles look pretty cool and a bit more modern.

  • kadotux@sopuli.xyz
    3·
    2 years ago

    6 is already coming? It feels like it was only yesterday when 5 was announced. I’m seriously getting old…

    Could anyone give a brief rundown of the changes since 4? I really tried to like it but just couldn’t. How’s 5 compared to 4? And is there a preview version of 6 available yet?

    • visor841@lemmy.world
      8·
      2 years ago

      Could anyone give a brief rundown of the changes since 4?

      The headliners are: 1. Porting everything from qt5 to qt6, 2. Getting Wayland working well enough to be recommended as default

      And is there a preview version of 6 available yet?

      There’s a beta out already

      • kadotux@sopuli.xyz
        1·
        2 years ago

        Thanks, I could check it out on holidays. Functional Wayland would be cool. I’m a bit skeptic on the qt migration (I had almost continuous issues when the qt4 -> qt5 migration was ongoing)

    • QuazarOmega@lemy.lol
      3·
      2 years ago

      And is there a preview version of 6 available yet?

      You can try it on KDE Neon if you want something already packaged up.
      info

  • Limitless_screaming@kbin.social
    2·
    2 years ago

    Thingy and Triangles look great, but the gear could have been made better. I wouldn’t have voted for it anyway, because KDE should stay easy to differentiate from Plasma.

    My vote goes to Thingy.

  • iHUNTcriminals@lemm.ee
    1·
    2 years ago

    I think I vote the bottom right “thingy”.

    But I also like the grey and black fold. (Bottom right).

    I don’t like the gear logo.

    • Eager Eagle@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 years ago

      I liked the triangle’s presentation better, but to me it’s a toss-up between squares and triangles tbh.

      I think committing to the gear because it’s more recognizable today is a mistake though, as in a year after it becomes official, this won’t matter at all.

  • merthyr1831@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 years ago

    Fold is a great logo for the major release and triangles/gear squares/gear is great for the general OS branding imo