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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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[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago

I don't think tux is going anywhere, because there really isn't a need for a user-facing logo for the kernel.
What users will see are logos for the specific distro, and those have been pretty good for like 2 decades now.

[-] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 75 points 1 week ago

Fuckin lmao, I was not prepared for the reasoning

[-] saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 71 points 1 week ago

Release the “Just got laid” Tux version!

[-] 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 6 days ago

be the change you want to see in the world

[-] Kirk@startrek.website 25 points 6 days ago

Now, working on that angle, we don't really want to be associated with a randy penguin (well, we do, but it's not politic, so we won't)

Classic Linus.

[-] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 19 points 6 days ago

Bro over here body-shaming the fucking Linux mascot.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago

overweight for a human, incredibly sexy for a penguin.
"oh my god i think he could incubate TWO eggs at once!"

[-] copygirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 6 days ago

Xenia will forever be the true Linux mascot in my heart.

[-] doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago

fr fr

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Xenia? For when you want to run Linux on an IBM compatible with a 500Mb drive, CD-ROM and a 14.4 modem?

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 week ago

Holy shit I misread "outlined" as "outlived" and had a mini panic attack until I reread the sentence.

[-] null@lemmy.org 10 points 6 days ago

Did he just have "slightly overweight penguin" in the chamber, ready to go or did he have to think about it?

[-] mokey@therock.fraggle-rock.org 1 points 6 days ago

Is the penguin biting Linus a real story or urban legend?

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