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Unofficial OpenBSD Schwag

Contributed by jose on from the stuff dept.

Every now and then someone wants some OpenBSD gear aside from the T-shirts and the official shirts and posters. As seen on the misc@ mailing list recently, unofficial OpenBSD gear has been set up on Cafe Press . They're using a mixture of artwork from the series. The coffee mug looks pretty enticing to me. Part of the proceeds go to help the project.

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  1. By bobafettm () bobafettm@yahoo.com on www.bobafettm.com

    Dude how pimp could you be with OpenBSD boxers! .... Really-damn Pimp ! :)

  2. By click46 () click46@operamail.com on www.genmay.net

    of all places...:-(

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    1. By Anonymous Coward () on

      what is your specific gripe with cafe press? did i miss something?

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      1. By francisco () on http://www.blackant.net/

        what is your specific gripe with cafe press? did i miss something?

        dont know about the original poster, but my gripes with cafepress are mostly quality.

        • for their clothes, they use industrial iron-on and the resultant t-shirt is stiffer than a screen print would be.
        • the colour calibration for their posters and mugs is horrendous - i'm working on some posters (geeky ones) but the greys in one poster are reddish and the greys in the next print are greenish - the same grey, but they manage to print them quite different.
        • they must convert everything to jpg's or some other lossy format since a high res lossless image shows artifacts in the final print- horrible for text as it isn't as sharp as it should be.
        • Be careful uploading an image over 50megs, or an image that takes longer than 30 minutes to upload (they have size limits somewhere around 50mb and their cookies time out after 30 minutes - click reload in a separate page to workaround). this should only affect you if you're working on large stuff, like 36x24 posters at 300dpi
        the t-shirt is from my experience a year ago (i hate iron on and can screen print myself so i dont use them for clothes) and the posters/mugs are from my experience a week ago.

        in terms of organization they are great - shipping, printing, charging are all done speedily (and they ship their posters well-protected, a *very* big deal), but i wish they'd show a bit more care for quality of printing.

  3. By Anonymous Coward () on

    Will there be a 3.2 specific tshirt available this time around through openbsd.org?

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    1. By tedu () on

      they've said it's coming, but with no certain release date. it features new never-before-seen art, too. :)

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      1. By T-shirtless Dude () on

        Count me in. Our corp is doing anOBSD order in November, so I'm tacking on a few t-shirts. I almost always fully upgrade via FTP (about once a year).

        It just makes little sense for me to get a CD. Maybe I'll burn a copy to look at, but I've just never made good use of a set of CD.

        Now, a proper union mount to patch on would be cool, and I finally got a CDROM on the firewall...

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        1. By Anonymous Coward () on

          Now, a proper union mount to patch on would be cool, ...

          Well, a union job ...
          That will take a while.

  4. By schwack () on

    I had intentions of making OpenBSD stickers, but theo warned that i couldn't use their artwork. The items on this site clearly use official artwork. I wonder if they got permission. If not, don't expect these stuff to be available for very long.

  5. By deekayen () on http://openbsddiary.org/

    From what I remember in the conversation leading up to the cafepress site, the contents were put up on a dare, never really intended to be sold.

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    1. By tedu () on

      I created the site for two reasons, mostly. To shut people up who were complaining about all the loot they wanted. And to test the feasibility of selling additional merchandise. Dare, well, kinda, but not entirely. People have been buying the stuff (slowly) and it looks like I'll be able to make a small donation to the project.

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      1. By Anonymous Coward () on

        DON'T make a donation to the project. They do not appriciate it and your name WILL NOT turn op on the donation page!!!

        That is my experince

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        1. By W () on

          I ASSUME it DEPENDS on HOW MUCH MONEY you happen TO DONATE.

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          1. By Anonymous Coward () on

            I donated USD100 and my name ain't there. I don't particularly mind.

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            1. By francisco () on http://www.blackant.net/

              I ASSUME it DEPENDS on HOW MUCH MONEY you happen TO DONATE.

              i donated $10 when i bought 2.4 and my name appeared soon afterwards. i was surprised since i really didnt *do* anything. the use i have gotten out of OpenBSD is far beyond any money i will ever be able to donate, and even if my name didnt appear, and even though i wont get any more recognition, i still donate. It's the least i can do and as has been mentioned before, i'm thanking them by donating. the reverse is not necessary. Hell, by not thanking me they are eliminating the possibility of an endless recursive loop.

            2. By Anonymous Coward () on

              Did you email them about it? It's right on the page. I haven't red the lists for a couple of years, but when I was, everytime someone mentioned they wanted their name on the page for a donation, it was added.

              And when I donated recently, the person asked whether I wanted to be on the page. Twice.

        2. By deekayen () on http://openbsddiary.org/

          If your only modivation to donate money was to get on the donations page, the base of your intentions are all screwed up.

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          1. By Anonymous Coward () on

            I think your understanding of English is a bit screwed up.

        3. By Anonymous Coward () on

          Then submit a message to www@ or whatnot. Took about 2 releases before my name actually _appeared_ on the donations page from the time I originally submitted money.

        4. By Peter Hessler () spambox@theapt.org on http://phessler.sfobug.org

          I sent in USD$30 and I'm listed. You need to ask to be listed, they will assume that you are doing it just to help the project, and not for noteriaty. (Or spellink skills either)

  6. By Anonymous Coward () on

    The mouse pad is kewl looking actually, but personally I prefer those thin mouse pads with the underside that stick to your desk. If they had that, I'd buy a bunch in a flash!

  7. By Sam MacCutchan () on http://www.sewm.org

    is a blowfish case badge. My OpenBSD box is sitting in my basement with no badge on it. I'm not gonna put the AOpen case badge that came with the case on it, and I guess I could get a Daemon case badge, I've seen them somewhere. But I would really prefer a blowfish.

    -Sam

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    1. By francisco () on http://www.blackant.net/

      is a blowfish case badge.

      i think one of the older releases (2.5 maybe?) came with a blowfish sticker sized right for a case badge. 2.6 came with some very nice "badge" stickers, the same kind the daemon cop is holding up, and one of those stickers was the right size (i had one on my phone for a bit).

      if you order anything from daemonnews they send a bunch of freebsd stickers, many of which are case badge size. for a homemmade badge, cut out the daemon w/ an exacto knife, cut a 1 inch square of cd, and put the sticker on the cd (so the shiny side will be facing outwards).

    2. By Anonymous Coward () on


      I really want an OpenBSD hat myself.
      My FreeBSD hat is ok, but I wanna spread some OpenBSD luvin....

    3. By Anonymous Coward () on

      is a new Ferrari Enzo with each prancing horse logo replaced by a blowfish. That's gotta be worth an additional US$150,000.

      That's what I want. Oh, and a garage to put it in, too. Yep. That's it. That's all I really need.

  8. By zil0g () on

    what I miss in the official 'store' is a (big) coffee mug and a sew on badge for my laptop bag, ohh, and some more long armed sweaters, pimpin' OBSD should be done all-year round :D

    can I have an OBSD ice cream flavour too?
    my preferences are: pistachio, amaretto and mellon

    thank you :)

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    1. By francisco () on http://www.blackant.net/

      can I have an OBSD ice cream flavour too?
      my preferences are: pistachio, amaretto and mellon

      isn't fish-flavoured the only one supported?

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      1. By Anonymous Coward () on

        fish,no_x11

    2. By miro () on

      me want one of those big aluminium coffecups w OBSD logo, please...

    3. By My skilled hands are busy () on

      can I have an OBSD ice cream flavour too
      Hmm, given that it is likely that one of the available flavours would be "blowfish", count me out . I'm just too cowardly. I suppose the ice cream would be audited prior to release. Does this mean Theo & Co. will personally taste each potentially deadly batch? Unless, of course, the ice cream is for crackers, spammers and skript k1dd135. Then bring it on!

  9. By Josh Steele () selerius@codefusion.org on http://www.codefusion.org

    has anyone got anything yet? I am just curious about the quality of the cafepress stuff. The coffee mug logo looks likes it not aligned properly, but it might just be their imaging program...but it would be nice to know some reviews or comments from people who have dealt with this company in the past.....

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    1. By tedu () on

      The coffee mug image space is designed to wrap all the way around if you want. I didn't have any graphics that were 8 inches long and 3 high, so I took a square one. It should hopefully be basically aligned on the front if you're right handed.

      Don't worry, I ordered the stuff myself as well, and if it's not right, I can make a second revision. Cafepress is also pretty good about returns I believe.

  10. By Anonymous Coward () on

    How much of the proceeds go to the project? 100%? 10%? 1%? .... 0.00001%?

    I think we should be told.

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    1. By Anonymous Coward () on

      As much as I get from cafepress.com. It's about 2 dollars per item with the current prices. 100% of my profit will be passed on.

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      1. By tedu () on

        that was me, by the way. forget to add my pgp-signed name to the post. :)

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