Decades ago, Red Hat came up with its iconic logo: Shadowman. Times change, however, and so do Linux companies. As Red Hat CEO, Jim Whitehurst tweeted: "26 years ago, @RedHat was a scrappy startup ...

Red Hat is changing its logo for the first time in about 20 years, removing the iconic Shadowman. The open-source tech company, which announced it was being bought by IBM last year, will unveil ...

On May Day known for being a day of "red," it seems fitting that this is the time for Red Hat to drop its trademark red fedora logo. But that doesn't lessen the impact of the change.