Tux facts for kids

Picture of Tux

Tux is a friendly cartoon penguin who is the official mascot of the Linux operating system. He was created by Larry Ewing in 1996. When you see Tux, it often means that a computer system is using Linux. He even stars in some fun Linux games, like Super Tux!

The name "Tux" was suggested by James Hughes. It's a short way of saying "Torvalds' UniX", because Linus Torvalds is the person who created the Linux operating system. The name "Tux" also sounds a lot like "tuxedo", which is a type of formal suit that looks like a penguin's black and white feathers!

Images for kids

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  A man wearing a dinner suit with shawl lapels, a cummerbund, a black bowtie and oxfords

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  Illustration of British peaked lapel and shawl collar dinner jackets, 1898.

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  1888 American tuxedo/dinner jacket, sometimes called a dress sack

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  Black tie worn at a dinner party in the 1940s

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  The elements of gentleman's black tie

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  An example of a link front style closure of a dinner jacket, featuring silk grosgrain

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  A white dinner jacket

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  Black tie trousers with a side stripe

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  A modern attached wing collar and pre-tied bow tie

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  An oxford shoe in patent leather worn with evening dress or dinner dress

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  Miniature medals with black tie

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  An example of a black evening gown

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  Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel Westling arriving at the Riksdag's Black Tie Gala Performance on the eve of their wedding

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  Jacob Rees-Mogg in black tie debating at The Cambridge Union

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  Black ottoman silk cummerbund

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  Queen Elizabeth II, and Prince Philip together with President John F. Kennedy, and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis at Buckingham Palace, London, United Kingdom (1961)

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  President Ronald Reagan, Audrey Hepburn, and Robert Wolders at a private dinner for the Prince of Wales at the White house, Washington D.C., United States (1981)

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  U.S. Navy Admiral Mike Mullen congratulates former British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the Atlantic Council of the United States Distinguished Leadership Award Gala (2008)

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  Actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt at the 81st Academy Awards (2009)

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  King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia during the World Water Week at the Stockholm City Hall, Sweden (2011)

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  Anthony Bailey speaks at Faith in Sport Olympic Gala Dinner in London, United Kingdom (2012)

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  President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House (2012)

See also

In Spanish: Esmoquin para niños