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sanitation@lemmy.radio to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago

Linux mascot Tux the penguin hits 30 years old — Linus Torvalds outlined the design of the 'slightly overweight penguin' on May 9, 1996

www.tomshardware.com

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Linux mascot Tux the penguin hits 30 years old — Linus Torvalds outlined the design of the 'slightly overweight penguin' on May 9, 1996

www.tomshardware.com

sanitation@lemmy.radio to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago
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The contented penguin had to be overweight like it had eaten a bucketful of herring, as the only other kind of happy penguin is one that has ‘just gotten laid,’ reasoned the Linux supremo.
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    I really wish Linux would drop it with the animal mascots thing, it so dated. Most everything else moved away from the concept when the 90s ended.

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      How else would we have characters for SuperTuxKart?

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      I remember when Mac OS stopped using animal mascots right after the 90s ended… in 2012.

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      the most used server OS is using an animal mascot and its working for them

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      I really like the animal mascots, I think more projects should have them again.

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      Nah, the Penguin is iconic at this point. Tux IS Linux!

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      Eh, it’s ok. And not as pervasive as you imply. Isn’t one of them a hat? And another a plant? And another three people holding hands?

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