Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

tuxmore about tux

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. 
 
 




more about tux