<s>
Tux	B-Application
is	O
a	O
penguin	O
character	O
and	O
the	O
official	O
brand	O
character	O
of	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
created	O
as	O
an	O
entry	O
to	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
logo	B-Device
competition	O
,	O
Tux	B-Application
is	O
the	O
most	O
commonly	O
used	O
icon	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
although	O
different	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	O
depict	O
Tux	B-Application
in	O
various	O
styles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
character	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
many	O
other	O
Linux	B-Application
programs	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
general	O
symbol	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
concept	O
of	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
brand	O
character	O
being	O
a	O
penguin	O
came	O
from	O
Linus	O
Torvalds	O
,	O
the	O
creator	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Jeff	O
Ayers	O
,	O
Linus	O
Torvalds	O
had	O
a	O
"	O
fixation	O
for	O
flightless	O
,	O
fat	O
waterfowl	O
"	O
and	O
Torvalds	O
claims	O
to	O
have	O
contracted	O
"	O
penguinitis	B-Application
"	O
after	O
being	O
nibbled	O
by	O
a	O
little	O
penguin	O
on	O
a	O
visit	O
to	O
the	O
National	O
Zoo	O
&	O
Aquarium	O
,	O
Canberra	O
,	O
Australia	O
,	O
joking	O
that	O
the	O
disease	O
"	O
makes	O
you	O
stay	O
awake	O
at	O
nights	O
just	O
thinking	O
about	O
penguins	O
and	O
feeling	O
great	O
love	O
towards	O
them	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linus	O
spoke	O
at	O
the	O
1994	O
AUUG	O
Conference	O
(	O
5-9	O
Sept	O
,	O
Melbourne	O
)	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
"	O
World	O
Tour	O
"	O
to	O
Belgium	O
,	O
Australia	O
,	O
Singapore	O
and	O
elsewhere	O
,	O
mentioning	O
in	O
Linux	B-Application
Journal	O
he	O
was	O
bitten	O
by	O
a	O
penguin	O
at	O
Canberra	O
Zoo	O
,	O
not	O
at	O
Phillip	O
Island	O
,	O
Victoria	O
,	O
by	O
a	O
(	O
shy	O
)	O
wild	O
penguin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
Canberra	O
zoo	O
a	O
sign	O
said	O
in	O
2009	O
that	O
staff	O
believed	O
the	O
"	O
original	O
Tux	B-Application
"	O
was	O
still	O
resident	O
in	O
the	O
penguin	O
enclosure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apart	O
from	O
this	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
book	O
Just	O
for	O
Fun	O
:	O
The	O
Story	O
of	O
an	O
Accidental	O
Revolutionary	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
an	O
excerpt	O
dedicated	O
to	O
how	O
Tux	B-Application
became	O
the	O
mascot	O
of	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
book	O
,	O
Linus	O
says	O
he	O
does	O
n’t	O
remember	O
how	O
Tux	B-Application
became	O
the	O
mascot	O
,	O
but	O
believes	O
the	O
zoo	O
story	O
,	O
which	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
his	O
wife	O
,	O
Tove	O
Torvalds	O
,	O
is	O
probably	O
right	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
after	O
an	O
initial	O
design	O
suggestion	O
made	O
by	O
Alan	O
Cox	O
,	O
use	O
of	O
an	O
image	O
Torvalds	O
found	O
on	O
an	O
FTP	B-Protocol
site	O
,	O
showing	O
a	O
penguin	O
figurine	O
depicted	O
in	O
a	O
similar	O
style	O
to	O
the	O
Creature	O
Comforts	O
characters	O
created	O
by	O
Nick	O
Park	O
,	O
the	O
concept	O
for	O
Tux	B-Application
was	O
further	O
refined	O
by	O
Torvalds	O
on	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
kernel	I-Application
mailing	I-Application
list	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Torvalds	O
was	O
looking	O
for	O
something	O
fun	O
and	O
sympathetic	O
to	O
associate	O
with	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
he	O
felt	O
that	O
a	O
slightly	O
fat	O
penguin	O
sitting	O
down	O
after	O
having	O
eaten	O
a	O
great	O
meal	O
perfectly	O
fit	O
the	O
bill	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
and	O
original	O
design	O
was	O
a	O
submission	O
for	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
logo	B-Device
contest	O
by	O
Larry	O
Ewing	O
using	O
the	O
first	O
publicly	O
released	O
version	O
(	O
0.54	O
)	O
of	O
GIMP	B-Application
,	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
graphics	O
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Tux	B-Application
won	O
none	O
of	O
the	O
three	O
competitions	O
that	O
were	O
held	O
Tux	B-Application
is	O
formally	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
brand	O
character	O
and	O
not	O
the	O
logo	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
person	O
to	O
call	O
the	O
penguin	O
"	O
Tux	B-Application
"	O
was	O
James	O
Hughes	O
,	O
who	O
said	O
that	O
it	O
stood	O
for	O
"	O
(	O
T	O
)	O
orvalds	O
(	O
U	O
)	O
ni(X )	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
tux	B-Application
is	O
also	O
an	O
abbreviation	O
of	O
tuxedo	B-Application
,	O
the	O
outfit	O
which	O
bears	O
resemblance	O
in	O
appearance	O
to	O
a	O
penguin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tuz	O
,	O
a	O
Tasmanian	O
devil	O
wearing	O
a	O
fake	O
penguin	O
beak	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
brand	O
character	O
of	O
the	O
2009	O
linux.conf.au	O
conference	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
chosen	O
by	O
Linus	O
Torvalds	O
as	O
the	O
logo	B-Device
for	O
version	O
2.6.29	O
of	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
to	O
support	O
the	O
effort	O
to	O
save	O
the	O
Tasmanian	O
devil	O
species	O
from	O
extinction	B-Application
due	O
to	O
the	O
devil	O
facial	O
tumour	O
disease	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
image	O
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Andrew	O
McGown	O
and	O
recreated	O
as	O
an	O
SVG	B-Application
using	O
Inkscape	B-Application
by	O
Josh	O
Bush	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
CC	O
BY-SA	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
3.11-rc1	O
release	O
,	O
Linus	O
Torvalds	O
changed	O
the	O
code	O
name	O
from	O
"	O
Unicycling	O
Gorilla	O
"	O
to	O
"	O
Linux	B-Application
for	O
Workgroups	O
"	O
and	O
modified	O
the	O
logo	B-Device
that	O
some	O
systems	O
display	O
when	O
booting	B-Operating_System
to	O
depict	O
a	O
Tux	B-Application
holding	O
a	O
flag	O
with	O
a	O
symbol	O
that	O
is	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
the	O
logo	B-Device
of	O
Windows	B-Application
for	I-Application
Workgroups	I-Application
3.11	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
some	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
Gentoo	B-Application
,	O
Tux	B-Application
greets	O
the	O
user	O
during	O
booting	B-Operating_System
with	O
multi-processor	B-Operating_System
systems	O
displaying	O
multiple	O
images	O
of	O
Tux	B-Application
,	O
one	O
for	O
each	O
processor	O
core	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tux	B-Application
has	O
taken	O
on	O
a	O
role	O
in	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
community	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
which	O
Mario	B-Application
holds	O
in	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
character	O
has	O
been	O
featured	O
in	O
open-source	O
look-alikes	O
of	O
other	O
mainstream	O
games	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Tux	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
,	O
Extreme	O
Tux	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
,	O
SuperTux	B-Application
,	O
SuperTuxKart	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Tux	B-Language
Paint	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
games	O
that	O
star	O
Tux	B-Application
also	O
include	O
explicitly	O
female	O
penguin	O
characters	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
players	O
to	O
play	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
those	O
characters	O
instead	O
of	O
Tux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
such	O
female	O
penguin	O
is	O
Tux	B-Application
's	O
friend	O
"	O
Gown	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gown	O
is	O
variously	O
depicted	O
as	O
being	O
a	O
pink	O
version	O
of	O
Tux	B-Application
(	O
XTux	O
)	O
or	O
as	O
having	O
a	O
somewhat	O
less	O
fat	O
appearance	O
and	O
wearing	O
items	O
of	O
clothing	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
red	O
and	O
white	O
short	O
skirt	O
and	O
a	O
hair	O
bow	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
TuxKart	B-Application
and	O
A	O
Quest	O
for	O
Herring	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
SuperTux	B-Application
and	O
SuperTuxKart	B-Application
,	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
different	O
female	O
penguin	O
called	O
"	O
Penny	O
"	O
who	O
is	O
purple	O
and	O
white	O
(	O
SuperTuxKart	B-Application
once	O
had	O
Gown	O
and	O
still	O
has	O
a	O
map	O
called	O
"	O
Gown	O
's	O
Bow	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
arcade	O
game	O
Tux	B-Application
2	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
female	O
penguin	O
called	O
"	O
Trixi	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
FreeCiv	B-Application
the	O
female	O
leader	O
name	O
for	O
the	O
Antarctican	O
civilization	O
is	O
"	O
Tuxette	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
Froot	O
Loops	O
advertisement	O
,	O
Tux	B-Application
appears	O
as	O
a	O
squeaky	O
toy	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
secret	O
weapon	O
"	O
to	O
distract	O
a	O
pack	O
of	O
dogs	O
pulling	O
a	O
sled	O
containing	O
the	O
villain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
comics	O
Hellblazer	O
,	O
in	O
issue	O
234	O
"	O
Joyride	O
,	O
part	O
1	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
Tux	B-Application
plush	O
toy	O
makes	O
an	O
appearance	O
,	O
set	O
on	O
the	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
road	O
where	O
a	O
little	O
girl	O
was	O
killed	O
in	O
a	O
hit-and-run	O
accident	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tux	B-Application
appeared	O
as	O
a	O
character	O
during	O
one	O
arc	O
in	O
the	O
webcomic	O
User	B-General_Concept
Friendly	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
,	O
Corel	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
Deluxe	O
included	O
a	O
free	O
Linux	B-Application
Penguin	I-Application
(	O
Tux	B-Application
)	O
toy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
around	O
2001	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
a	O
Linux-based	O
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
named	O
TUX	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
deprecated	O
around	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
Tux	B-Application
had	O
an	O
uncredited	O
use	O
in	O
the	O
Al	O
Gore	O
's	O
Penguin	O
Army	O
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
Tux	B-Application
was	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
German	O
cutlery	O
producer	O
WMF	O
in	O
the	O
Sealion	O
set	O
for	O
children	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
Tux	B-Application
has	O
also	O
been	O
made	O
as	O
a	O
virtual	O
pet	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Tux	B-Application
Droid	I-Application
by	O
Kysoh	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Windows	O
,	O
has	O
many	O
features	O
including	O
reading	O
tweets	O
from	O
Twitter	B-Application
and	O
checking	O
the	O
weather	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2009	O
,	O
TuxGuitar	B-Language
,	O
a	O
free	O
guitar	O
tab	O
reading/editing	O
program	O
,	O
features	O
Tux	B-Application
holding	O
a	O
guitar	O
as	O
its	O
brand	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
a	O
prototype	O
of	O
a	O
Tux	B-Application
monument	O
with	O
wings	O
was	O
presented	O
in	O
the	O
Russian	O
city	O
of	O
Tyumen	O
by	O
the	O
local	O
Linux	B-Application
user	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
avatar	O
of	O
Electronica	O
artist	O
Ephixa	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Tux	B-Application
(	O
around	O
2011	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2016	O
,	O
Tux	B-Application
was	O
adapted	O
to	O
a	O
designer	O
toy	O
called	O
a	O
Gwin	O
and	O
was	O
distributed	O
by	O
October	O
Toys	O
.	O
</s>
