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Tux
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Tux the Penguin is the official emblem of Linux , This eventuated after a
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logo contest in 1996, during which Linus Torvalds endorsed the idea of a
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penguin logo in a couple of famously funny postings. Linus explained that he
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was once bitten by a killer penguin in Australia and has felt a special
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affinity for the species ever since. (Linus has since admitted that he was
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also thinking of Feathers McGraw, the evil-genius penguin jewel thief who
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appeared in a Wallace Grommit feature cartoon, The Wrong Trousers. ) Larry
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Ewing designed the official logo. It has proved a wise choice, amenable to
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hundreds of recognizable variations used as emblems of Linux-related
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projects, products, and user groups. In fact, has spawned an entire
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mythology, of which the Gospel According to and the mock-epic poem owolf
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are among the best-known examples. There is a real a black-footed penguin
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resident at the Bristol Zoo. Several friends of Linux bought a zoo
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sponsorship for Linus as a birthday present in 1996.
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