stackyFACTSOpen-source branding is fueled by pure zoological trauma. While visiting an Australian zoo, the creator of Linux was aggressively nipped by a fairy penguin. Torvalds found the incident hilarious and decreed that the mascot for his wildly complex operating system should be a chubby, satisfied-looking penguin named Tux.
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