Why Linux is portrayed as a Penguin?

  • TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    GNU/Linux is the more technically accurate term, but in practice, most people say “Linux” so that others know what they’re talking about.

    And the reason for Tux is because Linus Torvalds was once bitten by a penguin.

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      1 year ago

      It’s not more accurate with distros like gokrazy, alpine, or chimera which aren’t necessarily based on GNU software (the last of which specifically advertises itself as „non-gnu Linux”)

      • Adanisi
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        1 year ago

        Most people don’t use them. And nobody is calling them GNU/