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Re: Why penguin?



ok, so why Tux?


Chen Shapira wrote:

> >
> > 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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