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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 team is affectionately referred to as the "Baby Penguins" by fans. Their mascot is Tux the penguin, who wears number No. 99 in reference to the team's first season, in 1999. The Penguins have gone to the Calder Cup final three times but have never won the championship.
Mascot of GNU, "GNU", with "Tux", the mascot of Linux. This is a list of computing mascots. A mascot is any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck, or anything used to represent a group with a common public identity. In case of computing mascots, they either represent software, hardware, or any project or collective entity behind them.
The costume is almost identical to that of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins' team mascot, "Tux." The only differences are that Iceburgh has an orange neck, and Tux's neck is red; Iceburgh wears black gloves, while Tux wears red; and Tux wears the number "99" on his back with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins logo on the front of his jersey.
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 ...
Tux, the Linux mascot. Larry Ewing is an American computer programmer who is known as the creator of the Linux mascot, Tux.The artwork was created in 1996, [1] [2] [3] while Ewing was a student at Texas A&M University, originally as a submission for a contest to create the Linux logo.
His personal mascot is a penguin nicknamed Tux, [33] which has been widely adopted by the Linux community as the Linux kernel's mascot. [34] Although Torvalds believes "open source is the only right way to do software", he also has said that he uses the "best tool for the job", even if that includes proprietary software. [35]
Tux Racer is a 2000 open-source winter sports racing video game starring the Linux mascot, Tux the penguin. It was originally developed by Jasmin Patry as a computer graphics project at the University of Waterloo. Later on, Patry and the newly founded Sunspire Studios, composed of several former students of the university, expanded it.