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A penguin named Tux is the Linux mascot.
Brid Lynch's birth name is Brid Ni Loinsigh.
Tux the penguin.
The official name of the Linux mascot is "Tux". The name supposedly was the result of on-line discussions on what to name the Penguin (which had already been established as the default logo for LINUX because Linus Torvalds "like[s] penguins") As far as we know, the post establishing the name came from James Hughes: Re: Let's name the penguin! (was: Re: Linux 2.0 really _is_ released..) . James Hughes (jamesh@interpath.com) Mon, 10 Jun 1996 20:25:52 -0400 . (T)orvolds (U)ni(X) --> TUX! In all likelihood it stuck because it was a clever linking of the elements of LINUX to the appearance of a penguin, e.g. they look a bit like they are wearing a black tuxedo with a white shirt.
Larry the Cow is the unofficial mascot of Gentoo, a semi-popular Linux distribution.
Linux is, as you noted, an operating system. It is not a game so it does not have a main character. However, different distributions have different mascots. For example, the mascot for SUSE Linux is a lizard of some sort. The mascot for Linux in general is usually stated to be a penguin named Tux
Linux is an Operating System Kernel which was created by Linus Torvalds and other assistants around the world. Tux is a penguin which is the mascot of Linux.
Tux is the unofficial but widely known mascot for the Linux kernel.
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The official name of the Linux mascot is "Tux". The name supposedly was the result of on-line discussions on what to name the Penguin (which had already been established as the default logo for LINUX because Linus Torvalds "like[s] penguins") As far as we know, the post establishing the name came from James Hughes: Re: Let's name the penguin! (was: Re: Linux 2.0 really _is_ released..) . James Hughes (jamesh@interpath.com) Mon, 10 Jun 1996 20:25:52 -0400 . (T)orvolds (U)ni(X) --> TUX! In all likelihood it stuck because it was a clever linking of the elements of LINUX to the appearance of a penguin, e.g. they look a bit like they are wearing a black tuxedo with a white shirt.
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