Tres Finocchiaro

Ok, I've been wanting to do this for a while... Basically, when I look at the Kubuntu logo, the three "8-tooth" gears on the logo look like small snowflakes to me. Now... When looking at the KDE logo, I feel the gear is more "iconified" and less... well... complicated. I really like the KDE logo and for some reason I've always felt the Kubuntu logo doesn't do justice to it. I don't think KDE is portrayed well by simply replacing the Ubuntu circles (or "heads") with small gears. So, I did some work on the laptop using a live cd and Gimp. I've linked 9 mock-up logos hoping for feedback (hosted on Ubuntu forums). Click the links below to see each mock-up. Note that to keep the Ubuntu design, I had to reduce the KDE 8-tooth gears to one 6-tooth gear. Cheers. Logo 1: " Gear hands " Logo 2: " Right Hand " Logo 3: " Gumdrop Head " Logo 4: " Shoulder Pads " Logo 5: " Power

Update: 11/15/10 - Added ICONV.DLL, LIBXML2.DLL work-around for Windows. Update: 05/01/10 - SIPE 1.10 is out. Tutorial updated. Update: 01/27/10 - SIPE 1.7.1 is out. Download it here . Update: 08/20/09 - SIPE 1.6.0 seems to be available, so I've updated this article with some 1.6.0 comments in red below. Steps: Downloading and installing the latest Pidgin for your platform. - Windows: For first time users, the installer will require GTK to be installed. - Windows: Recommended: Install automatic spell-check (Aspell) for your language, which needs to be selected during install. (Requires a connection to the internet). Download and install the latest SIPE ( SI mple P rotocol E xchange) for your platform. - Windows: The plugin will come bundled as a zip file with a MSI installer. Run the MSI installer. This will install the plugin to "Program Files\Pidgin" - Linux: If a precompiled version (usually ".DEB" or ".RPM" is not ava