TUX

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"Tux is a penguin character, the official mascot of the Linux kernel Originally created as an entry to a Linux logo competition.Tux was originally designed as a submission for a Linux logo contest. Three such competitions took place. Tux won none of them. This is why Tux is formally known as the Linux mascot and not the logo. Tux was created by Larry Ewing using the first publicly released version (0.54) of GIMP, a free software graphics package. The image of the mascot is the most commonly used icon for Linux, used in many flavors showing Tux in one way or another. He is also used in many Linux games and programs, such as Tux Racer, Extreme Tux Racer, Tux Math, Super Tux, Super Tux Kart, and Tux Paint, which are usually look-alikes from other mainstream games.

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 after an initial suggestion made by Alan Cox and further refined by Linus Torvalds on the Linux kernel mailing list. Linus took his inspiration from a photograph he found on an FTP site, showing a penguin figurine looking strangely like the Creature Comforts characters made by Nick Park. The first person to call the penguin "Tux" was James Hughes, who said that it stood for "(T)orvalds (U)ni(X)" However, many people observe that Tux is also an abbreviation of tuxedo, the outfit which springs to mind when they see a penguin."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tux

So I have no imagination to make up a neato story about the Linux peguin. I did find but of course a Wiki and a bunch of Images I ripped off the internet. This was a neat story how the penguin was orignally a contest loser and was dubbed the mascot of Linux.