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RE: Why penguin?




> 
> Most of the pages you now quote have the same text, except 
> http://www.penguinpower.com/PenguinPower/whyapenguin
> Which has a more meaningful explanation. According to this 
> explanation, when
> Linus wanted a mascot for Linux (if I remember correctly, for 
> Linux 2.0 -
> the 1.* kernels had a different logo), he wanted a penguin 
> because he liked
> that animal and thought that it was "fun". I believe that all 
> the explanations
> on how the penguin should be fat, sitting down, content, and 
> so on are just
> jokes written after the actual picture was chosen in a competition.

Actually the Penguin wasn't chosen in the competition.
The results of the competition were over-ruled by Linus.

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