A stand-in mascot that has appeared in the latest Linux kernel isn’t intended to push out the traditional penguin named Tux but to benefit the plight of the Tasmanian devil. A stand-in mascot that has ...

Linus Torvalds, the creator of the open-source Linux kernel, was once mauled by a very small penguin while on a trip in Australia. The experience had a lasting impact on him and later inspired him to ...

FreeGeek's front windows are decorated with a tableau of Linux penguins--Tux and his comrades?--frolicking in the snow. Inside the sprawling warehouse, piles of equipment lie helter-skelter on ...

The Linux albatross just wouldn’t sell. And the Linux platypus, well, who’d buy anything from him? Ah, but the Linux penguin, there’s a bird that could really drive an industry. “The little guy hasn’t ...

The open source Linux operating system is arguably a major force in the mobile and embedded space and can be found on a growing number of popular devices ranging from the TiVo to Amazon's Kindle. It's ...

Ever the prankster, Linus Torvalds has paid homage to Windows 3.11 by naming Linux 3.11 "Linux for Workgroups." Tux, Linux's penguin mascot that appears during boot-up, is now holding a Windows flag ...