Who is Tux? (The Linux Penguin!)

The Penguin is the official mascot of the Linux server community. He is represented as an average penguin sitting on the ground with his flippers up.

The concept of the Linux mascot being a penguin came from Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux. Tux was created by Larry Ewing in 1996.

Tux does not accurately portray any specific one of the nineteen species of penguin, although it most resembles an Adelie penguin.

One point of interest is that the beak of the Linux penguin is yellow instead of the black beak normally found on a penguin. The Penguin's name is Tux. The name Tux came from the amalgamation of Torvalds UniX.

During the early days of its existence, IT people dismissed Linux’s potential thinking it was unsuitable for the general public's computing needs.

But through the efforts of developers of desktop management systems, there are now a wide range of applications that run on Linux and it can be used by anyone regardless of his/her knowledge of computers.

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