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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)
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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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[-] tensorpudding@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago

I'm sure Rule 34 has produced endless variety of these if you dare look for them.

[-] winety@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 week ago

there aren't that many

[-] copygirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 week ago

be the change you want to see in the world

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