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  2. Tux (mascot) - Wikipedia

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    Tux (mascot) Tux is a penguin character and the official brand character of the Linux kernel. [1] Originally created as an entry to a Linux logo competition, Tux is the most commonly used icon for Linux, although different Linux distributions depict Tux in various styles. The character is used in many other Linux programs and as a general ...

  3. Gentoo Linux - Wikipedia

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    The gentoo penguin is thought to be the fastest underwater-swimming penguin. The name "Gentoo Linux" acknowledges both the Linux mascot – a penguin called Tux – and the project's aim to produce a high-performance operating system. [26]: 383 The official Gentoo logo is a stylized 'g' resembling a silver magatama. [95]

  4. List of computing mascots - Wikipedia

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    LG’s webOS operating system: A brown bean shaped bird [7] Blinky: FreeDOS, a free and open-source DOS implementation for IBM PC compatible computers. A cartoon fish [8] Beastie, the BSD Daemon: BSD, a free and open-source Unix operating system derivative that also has many derivations out of itself. A cartoon demon [9] The Bot/Bugdroid [a]

  5. Linux - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 October 2024. Family of Unix-like operating systems This article is about the family of operating systems. For the kernel, see Linux kernel. For other uses, see Linux (disambiguation). Operating system Linux Tux the penguin, the mascot of Linux Developer Community contributors, Linus Torvalds Written ...

  6. History of Linux - Wikipedia

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    Linus Torvalds in 2002. In 1991, while studying computer science at University of Helsinki, Linus Torvalds began a project that later became the Linux kernel.He wrote the program specifically for the hardware he was using and independent of an operating system because he wanted to use the functions of his new PC with an 80386 processor.

  7. History of Unix - Wikipedia

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    opengroup.org /unix. The history of Unix dates back to the mid-1960s, when the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bell Labs, and General Electric were jointly developing an experimental time-sharing operating system called Multics for the GE-645 mainframe. [ 1 ] Multics introduced many innovations, but also had many problems.

  8. Linus Torvalds - Wikipedia

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    Linus Benedict Torvalds (/ ˈliːnəsˈtɔːrvɔːldz / LEE-nəs TOR-vawldz, [ 2 ]Finland Swedish: [ˈliːnʉs ˈtuːrvɑlds] ⓘ; born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish and American software engineer who is the creator and lead developer of the Linux kernel. He also created the distributed version control system Git.

  9. Cultural depictions of penguins - Wikipedia

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    The Penguin is the mascot of choice for the British-American Rock Band Fleetwood Mac, and was the name of the first of two albums from 1973. (see Penguin) Tencent QQ has a logo featuring a penguin. Tux the penguin is used as a symbol of Linux. The original image of Tux was drawn by Larry Ewing. Tux is often depicted, in a variety of different ...