openSUSE:Geeko

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  • Button-laptop-colour.png Geeko
  • Geeko is a veiled chameleon and the mascot for openSUSE.
  • Developer:
    SUSE and openSUSE
  • License:
    CC-BY-SA 3.0 and others

Introduction

Geeko is the name for the chameleon mascot for both SUSE and openSUSE, who is often used in logos and promotional material. Many people get Geeko confused with a Gecko, but they are in fact a veiled chameleon.

Who is Geeko? (YouTube)

Why a Chameleon?

According to Hubert Mantel, one of the SUSE founders, he had asked a good friend of his who studied the arts. She came up with the original chameleon logo (looking right to left, four legs). Hubert was not too excited, yet the others liked it. And thus that chameleon came into being as SUSE's logo.

Pictures of the different Geekos

Logos

Geeko in the current openSUSE logo.

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Proposed Geeko design made by LCP that won in the logo contest.

Various colors of the openSUSE Geeko.

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Geeko in the official SUSE logo and branding. (Rights to this logo are exclusive to SUSE S.A.)

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Versions of Geeko used thoughout the years for SUSE.

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Plushies

Various versions of Geeko have been made as stuffed animals for events and promotions.

Mini Green Geeko with openSUSE writing. These also exist with only SUSE written on it.

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These also exist with only SUSE written on it.

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There is also the elusive large sized Geeko.

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Next to an adult cat for scale.

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Other Geekos

Paper Origami Geeko made by Tora No Andoresu during the Linux Fest Northwest 2011.

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The original hand drawn Geeko

According to Bernhard, this was an early design of Geeko shared by Markus Rex, shown here after being scanned and digitized.

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Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/openSUSE/comments/ot6hdo/the_original_suse_logo/

Geeko in the original SUSE logo.

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