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tux |
2 definitions found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tux n : semiformal evening dress for men [syn: {dinner jacket}, {tuxedo}, {black tie}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: Tux Tux the Penguin is the official emblem of {Linux}, This eventuated after a logo contest in 1996, during which Linus Torvalds endorsed the idea of a penguin logo in a couple of famously funny postings (http://www.woodsoup.org/~sbaker/tux/doc/). Linus explained that he was once bitten by a killer penguin in Australia and has felt a special affinity for the species ever since. (Linus has since admitted that he was also thinking of Feathers McGraw, the evil-genius penguin jewel thief who appeared in a Wallace & Grommit feature cartoon, "The Wrong Trousers".) Larry Ewing designed (http://www.isc.tamu.edu/~lewing/linux/) the official Tux logo. It has proved a wise choice, amenable to hundreds of recognizable variations used as emblems of Linux-related projects, products, and user groups. In fact Tux has spawned an entire mythology, of which the Gospel According to Tux (http://www.ao.com/~regan/penguins/tux.html) and the mock-epic poem Tuxowolf" are among the best-known examples. There is a `real' Tux - a black-footed penguin resident at the Bristol Zoo. Several friends of Linux bought a zoo sponsorship for Linus as a birthday present in 1996.
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