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Linux mascot Tux the penguin hits 30 years old — Linus Torvalds outlined the design of the 'slightly overweight penguin' on May 9, 1996 (www.tomshardware.com)
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The contented penguin had to be overweight like it had eaten a bucketful of herring, as the only other kind of happy penguin is one that has ‘just gotten laid,’ reasoned the Linux supremo.

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[–] mokey@therock.fraggle-rock.org 1 points 1 hour ago

Is the penguin biting Linus a real story or urban legend?

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 15 points 13 hours ago

Bro over here body-shaming the fucking Linux mascot.

[–] saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 59 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Release the “Just got laid” Tux version!

[–] tensorpudding@lemmy.world 35 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I'm sure Rule 34 has produced endless variety of these if you dare look for them.

[–] winety@lemmy.zip 13 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

there aren't that many

[–] copygirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 15 hours ago

be the change you want to see in the world

[–] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 64 points 20 hours ago

Fuckin lmao, I was not prepared for the reasoning

[–] copygirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Xenia will forever be the true Linux mascot in my heart.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Xenia? For when you want to run Linux on an IBM compatible with a 500Mb drive, CD-ROM and a 14.4 modem?

[–] doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml 1 points 12 hours ago

fr fr

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 18 points 17 hours ago

Now, working on that angle, we don't really want to be associated with a randy penguin (well, we do, but it's not politic, so we won't)

Classic Linus.

[–] null@lemmy.org 6 points 15 hours ago

Did he just have "slightly overweight penguin" in the chamber, ready to go or did he have to think about it?

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 11 points 19 hours ago

Holy shit I misread "outlined" as "outlived" and had a mini panic attack until I reread the sentence.