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tux![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 ![]() tux \tux\ Shortened form of tuxedo. [informal] [PJC] Tuxedo ![]() ![]() Source: WordNet (r) 2.0 ![]()
tux
n : semiformal evening dress for men [syn: dinner jacket, tuxedo,
black tie]
![]() ![]() Source: Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) ![]() Tux Tux the Penguin is the official emblem of Linux, This eventuated after a logo contest in 1996, during which Linus Torvalds endorsed the idea of a penguin logo in a couple of famously funny postings (http://www.woodsoup.org/~sbaker/tux/doc/). Linus explained that he was once bitten by a killer penguin in Australia and has felt a special affinity for the species ever since. (Linus has since admitted that he was also thinking of Feathers McGraw, the evil-genius penguin jewel thief who appeared in a Wallace & Grommit feature cartoon, "The Wrong Trousers".) Larry Ewing designed (http://www.isc.tamu.edu/~lewing/linux/) the official Tux logo. It has proved a wise choice, amenable to hundreds of recognizable variations used as emblems of Linux-related projects, products, and user groups. In fact, Tux has spawned an entire mythology, of which the Gospel According to Tux (http://www.ao.com/~regan/penguins/tux.html) and the mock-epic poem "Tuxowolf" are among the best-known examples. There is a `real' Tux - a black-footed penguin resident at the Bristol Zoo. Several friends of Linux bought a zoo sponsorship for Linus as a birthday present in 1996. Matching Word(s) Dux ![]() Lux ![]() Mux ![]() yux ![]() Tax ![]() Tub ![]() Tue ![]() Tug ![]() Tun ![]() tup ![]() Tur ![]() Tut ![]() Tuz ![]() ux ![]() TX ![]() lux ![]() tax ![]() tub ![]() tug ![]() tum ![]() tun ![]() tmux ![]() rtux ![]() aux ![]() mux ![]() tsx ![]() tuc ![]() tui ![]() tut ![]() qux ![]() TeX ![]() tex ![]() tnx ![]() tpx ![]() TUB ![]() TUN ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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