Linux's symbol shouldn't be a penguin...

[Legendary_Bibo]

Eh, still like the penguin personally. But wouldn't some type of bird symbolise freedom? (Penguin!)

Or a pegasus.

[Thewhistlingwind]

Or a pegasus.

Gryffin > Pegasus

Seriously though, the penguin is fine. (I like it, a lot, personally.)

EDIT: Let me put it this way, I want a tux plushie, not necessarily so one for a different animal.

[hhh]

From: Linus Torvalds
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Ok, short version:
I've always liked penguins, and when I was in Canberra a few years
ago we went to the local zoo with Andrew Tridgell (of samba fame). There
they had a ferocious penguin that bit me and infected me with a little
known disease called penguinitis. Penguinitis makes you stay awake at
nights just thinking about penguins and feeling great love towards them.
So when Linux needed a mascot, the first thing that came into my mind
was this picture of the majestic penguin, and the rest is history.
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Slightly more accurate version:
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Yes, I was bitten by a penguin, but it wasn't actually very
ferocious. It was really just a pigmy penguin about 6 inches tall or
something, and it was more of a timid nibble ("is this finger a see
before me a small fish, or what?"). Even so, I like penguins a lot.
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More down-to-earth version:

All the other logos were too boring - I wasn't looking for the
"Linux Corporate Image", I was looking for something _fun_ and
sympathetic to associate with Linux. A slightly fat penguin that sits
down after having had a great meal fits the bill perfectly.
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Final comment:

Don't take the penguin too seriously. It's supposed to be kind of
goofy and fun, that's the whole point. Linux is supposed to be goofy
and fun (it's also the best operating system out there, but it's goofy
and fun at the same time!).

re: Linux logo
linus torvalds (torvalds@xx.helsinki.xx)
sun, 12 may 1996 09:39:19 +0300 (eet dst)
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Umm.. You don't have any gap to fill in.
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"linus likes penguins". That's it. There was even a headline on it in
some linux journal some time ago (i was bitten by a killer penguin in
australia - i'm not kidding). Penguins are fun.
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As to why use a penguin as a logo? No good reason, really. But a logo
doesn't really ave to _mean_ anything - it's the association that counts.
And i can think of many worse things than have linux being associated
with penguins.
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Having a penguin as a logo also gives more freedom to people wanting to
use linux-related material: Instead of being firmly fixed with a specific
logo (the triangle, or just "linux 2.0" or some other abstract thing),
using something like a penguin gives people the chance to make
modifications that are still recognizable.
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So you can have a real live penguin on a cd cover, for example, and
people will get the association. Or you can have a penguin that does
something specific (a penguin writing on wordperfect for the wp linux cd,
whatever - you get the idea).
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Compare that to a more abstract logo (like the windows logo - it's not a
bad logo in itself). You can't really do anything with a logo like that.
It just "is".
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Anyway, go to "http://www.isc.tamu.edu/~lewing/linux/" for some nice examples..
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Linus

Source...
http://www.sjbaker.org/wiki/index.ph..._Linux_Penguin

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

[ilovelinux33467]

I like the penguin.

[ctrlmd]

McDonald's oO

actually it should be a penguin since they live together as a group which represent the community

[Legendary_Bibo]

McDonald's oO

It is the greatest symbol of America freedom.

[hhh]

FTFY

[hhh]

McDonald's oO

It is the greatest symbol of America freedom.

kbai

[undecim]

It just doesn't signify freedom enough. Maybe we could make it a McDonald's supersized order of french fries (aka freedom fries) so that it's like when someone tries out Linux they'll understand the analogy of the taste of freedom they're experiencing.

Anyone else reminded of the "Linux is Overweight/Bloated" debate?

[andymorton]

We can't get rid of Tux!