Konqi
Konqi is the mascot of KDE. He is a cheerful green dragon.
Name
Konqi's full name is "Konqi the Konqueror". The name comes from the Konqueror browser, created by KDE. Konqi's design was renewed in 2013 with the KDE Plasma 5 release. The current version is designed by Tyson Tan[1].
History
Kandalf
Before the advent of Konqi, there was the wizard Kandalf. He was used in KDE directory applications. Kandalf was similar to Merlin from Microsoft Agent, the wizard from the movie by Disney, "The Sword in the Stone" and the character named Gandalf from Tolkien's book. To prevent lawsuits from companies against KDE, since KDE 3, Kandalf has been completely removed[2].
Konqi
Konqi first appeared in April 1999. He was an assistant from the KDE help in KDE 2 beta. The first version of Konqi was painted by Stefan Spatz. Beginning with KDE 3, Konqi completely replaced Kandalf[2].
New design
When KDE Plasma 5 was being developed, in December 2012, the community decided to change the design of Konqi, so that the mascot was as modern as the environment. KDE also asked to use Krita for making a new design. On the KDE Community Forums threads were created[3] to vote for a new Konqi's design. 19 designs went to vote, and Konqi, drawn by Tyson Tan, was chosen as the new design of the mascot[4].
Dragons variants
Katie
Katie is a female dragon. She was presented in 2010 and appointed as a mascot for the KDE women's community[5]. Like Konqi, she also has two designs. The old version was drawn by Agnieszka Czajkowska, and the current version by Tyson Tan. In the old version, Katie was Konqi's girlfriend[6]. She is a green dragon in a white dress, with two fangs, two white antlers on her head, and 3 fingers on hands and toes with claws. She wears a strap and a silver bracelet. She did not have long back wings compared to Konqi.
In the current version, Katie is a girl who is a neighbor of Konqi. They are also close friends. She has a brighter green color of skin than Konqi, with large cartoon eyes with long eyelashes, and no visible fangs. She also has two pink antlers that seem similar to "K", but there are a lot of differences. Konqi's antlers connect to his head with a left root of "K", and Katie's antlers connect to her head with a right root of "K". The edges of the antlers of Katie are round. She has no claws on fingers and three pink spikes on the tail. She is wearing a pink dress with long white sleeves.
Other dragons
Other dragons with different colors and professions were added to Konqi as part of the Tyson Tan redesign concept. Each dragon has a pair of letter-shaped antlers that reflect their role in the KDE community.
For example:
- K antlers: not specialized
- A antlers: artists
- E antlers: engineers
- F antlers: facilitators
- S antlers: scientists
- T antlers: translators
- U antlers: users
- W antlers: writers
Gallery
Current design by Tyson Tan
All Tyson Tan's Konqi artworks are licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA, GFDL and LGPL.
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Core design artwork of the current Konqi. -
Katie for KDE development applications. -
Konqi for Qt -
Konqi for KDE Frameworks. -
Konqi for Plasma Desktop. -
Konqi and the KDE Logo. -
Konqi for KDE development applications. -
Konqi for game applications. -
Konqi for graphics applications. -
Konqi for hardware related applications. -
Konqi for network applications. -
Konqi for music and multimedia applications. -
Konqi for office productivity applications. -
Konqi for presentation and education applications. -
Konqi for science and experimental applications. -
Konqi for KDE system settings. -
Konqi for utility applications. -
Konqi for KDE event Akademy. -
Konqi for journalists.
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Konqi for KDE maillist.
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Konqi for KDE event Randa Meeting.
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Konqi for bug reports.
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Konqi for business affairs.
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Konqi for help and other documentations.
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Konqi for search and archives.
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Konqi's pose collection.
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Konqi and his colorful friends, briefly used in early KDE 5 builds.
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Tyson Tan's original entry of Konqi redesign contest, featuring various Konqis of different colors, professions and antler designs.
Former Design by Stefan Spatz
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Konqi's former design by Stefan Spatz.
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Konqi's former design as holding KDE logo in his hand.
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Konqi's former design as holding Microsoft Windows XP logo in his hand.
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Konqi's first design in T pose.
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Katie's former design by Agnieszka Czajkowska.
See also
References
- ↑ "Krita Konqi Contest: The winner is found! — KDE Community Forums". Archived from the original on 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Timeline KDE 20 years
- ↑ "konqi contest — KDE Community Forums". Archived from the original on 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
- ↑ "Krita Konqi Contest: The winner is found! — KDE Community Forums". Archived from the original on 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
- ↑ KDE Women — KDE Community Wiki
- ↑ KDE Project History/KDE Three Beta (Developer Meeting) — KDE Community Wiki
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