Tux has taken on a role in the Linux community similar to that which Mario holds in the Nintendo community. In some Linux distributions, for example Gentoo, Tux greets the user during booting with multi-processor systems displaying multiple images of Tux, one for each processor core.
#Tux on the run code#
Tux logo in the "Linux for Workgroups" release (2013).įor the Linux 3.11-rc1 release, Linus Torvalds changed the code name from "Unicycling Gorilla" to "Linux for Workgroups" and modified the logo that some systems display when booting to depict a Tux holding a flag with a symbol that is reminiscent of the logo of Windows for Workgroups 3.11, which was released in 1993. Template:Clear Linux for Workgroups 2013 File:Linux-for-workgroups-boot.jpg
#Tux on the run license#
The image was designed by Andrew McGown and recreated as an Inkscape SVG by Josh Bush, and released under Creative Commons license CC-BY-SA. It has been chosen by Linus Torvalds as the logo for version 2.6.29 of the Linux kernel to support the effort to save the Tasmanian devil species from extinction due to the devil facial tumour disease. Tuz, a Tasmanian devil wearing a fake penguin beak, was the brand character of the 2009 conference. Template:Quote Template:Clear Tuz 2009 File:Tuz-logo.svg
In an interview Linus commented on the penguin bite: Torvalds was looking for something fun and sympathetic to associate with Linux, and a slightly fat penguin sitting down after having had a great meal perfectly fit the bill.
It was released by him under the following condition:Īccording to Jeff Ayers, Linus Torvalds had a "fixation for flightless, fat waterfowl" and Torvalds claims to have contracted "penguinitis" after being gently nibbled by a penguin: "Penguinitis makes you stay awake at nights just thinking about penguins and feeling great love towards them." Torvalds' supposed illness is a joke, but he really was bitten by a little penguin on a visit to the National Zoo & Aquarium, Canberra, Australia.
#Tux on the run software#
Tux was created by Larry Ewing using the first publicly released version (0.54) of GIMP, a free software graphics package. This is why Tux is formally known as the Linux brand character and not the logo. Three such competitions took place Tux won none of them.
Tux was originally designed as a submission for a Linux logo contest. However, tux is also an abbreviation of tuxedo, the outfit which often springs to mind when one sees a penguin. The first person to call the penguin "Tux" was James Hughes, who said that it stood for "(T)orvalds (U)ni(X)". Torvalds took his inspiration from an image he found on an FTP site, showing a penguin figurine looking strangely like the Creature Comforts characters made by Nick Park. Tux was created by Larry Ewing in 1996 after an initial suggestion made by Alan Cox and further refined by Linus Torvalds on the Linux kernel mailing list. The concept of the Linux brand character being a penguin came from Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux. Linus Torvalds's "favourite penguin picture," used as inspiration for Tux. History Origins File:Ccpenguin, the ancestor of Tux.jpg 2.1.1 Female Tux versions in video games.
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