Tux Facts for Kids

For men's formal wear, see tuxedo

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!

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A man wearing a dinner suit with shawl lapels, a cummerbund, a black bowtie and oxfords
Illustration of British peaked lapel and shawl collar dinner jackets, 1898.
1888 American tuxedo/dinner jacket, sometimes called a dress sack
Black tie worn at a dinner party in the 1940s
The elements of gentleman's black tie
An example of a link front style closure of a dinner jacket, featuring silk grosgrain
A white dinner jacket
Black tie trousers with a side stripe
A modern attached wing collar and pre-tied bow tie
An oxford shoe in patent leather worn with evening dress or dinner dress
Miniature medals with black tie
An example of a black evening gown
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel Westling arriving at the Riksdag's Black Tie Gala Performance on the eve of their wedding
Jacob Rees-Mogg in black tie debating at The Cambridge Union
Black ottoman silk cummerbund
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)
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)
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)
Actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt at the 81st Academy Awards (2009)
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia during the World Water Week at the Stockholm City Hall, Sweden (2011)
Anthony Bailey speaks at Faith in Sport Olympic Gala Dinner in London, United Kingdom (2012)
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House (2012)

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