Tux facts for kids

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For men's formal wear, see tuxedo
Tux
Picture of Tux

Tux is a mascot of the Linux operating system; a cartoon penguin made by Larry Ewing in 1996. Wherever he is seen, it means such a system can work with Linux. He is also a character in some Linux games, like Super Tux.

The name "Tux" comes from James Hughes, who named the Linux Mascot that as an shortened form of "Torvalds' UniX," as Linus Torvalds was the creator of the Linux operating system. Tux is also an abbreviation of tuxedo.

Images for kids

  • Tux

    Tux, as originally drawn as raster image by Larry Ewing in 1996.

  • Ccpenguin, the ancestor of Tux

    Linus Torvalds's "favourite penguin picture," used as inspiration for Tux.

  • TheStoryBehindTux

    The story behind Tux, Canberra Zoo

  • Linux-for-workgroups-boot

    Tux logo in the "Linux for Workgroups" release (2013).

  • Crystal 128 penguin

    Tux Crystal 1st revision

  • Tuxguitar

    Tux from TuxGuitar

  • Pax tux

    PaX version of Tux

  • SuperTux-Milestone1 9

    Tux as the player character protagonist of SuperTux

  • Tux-wmf-gabel-vorne

    Tux on the fork of the cutlery set Sealion for children by WMF (2007).

  • Eight copies of Tux on multi-core processor

    Eight Tux displayed, representing eight processors running the Gentoo Linux installation CD.

  • Birds of feather-Wikimedia-GNUnify2013 17

    A Tux rangoli by students at GNUnify'13, Pune


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