sanitation@lemmy.radio to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agoLinux mascot Tux the penguin hits 30 years old — Linus Torvalds outlined the design of the 'slightly overweight penguin' on May 9, 1996www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1225cross-posted to: linux@programming.dev
arrow-up1225external-linkLinux mascot Tux the penguin hits 30 years old — Linus Torvalds outlined the design of the 'slightly overweight penguin' on May 9, 1996www.tomshardware.comsanitation@lemmy.radio to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: linux@programming.dev
minus-squaretwinnie@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·25 days agoI really wish Linux would drop it with the animal mascots thing, it so dated. Most everything else moved away from the concept when the 90s ended.
minus-squareCubitOom@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·25 days agoHow else would we have characters for SuperTuxKart?
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-225 days agoI remember when Mac OS stopped using animal mascots right after the 90s ended… in 2012.
minus-squareyistdaj@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·24 days agoI really like the animal mascots, I think more projects should have them again.
minus-squareparaphrand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·25 days agoEh, it’s ok. And not as pervasive as you imply. Isn’t one of them a hat? And another a plant? And another three people holding hands?
minus-squareQuandaleDingle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·24 days agoNah, the Penguin is iconic at this point. Tux IS Linux!
minus-squareatopi@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agothe most used server OS is using an animal mascot and its working for them
I really wish Linux would drop it with the animal mascots thing, it so dated. Most everything else moved away from the concept when the 90s ended.
How else would we have characters for SuperTuxKart?
I remember when Mac OS stopped using animal mascots right after the 90s ended… in 2012.
I really like the animal mascots, I think more projects should have them again.
Eh, it’s ok. And not as pervasive as you imply. Isn’t one of them a hat? And another a plant? And another three people holding hands?
Nah, the Penguin is iconic at this point. Tux IS Linux!
the most used server OS is using an animal mascot and its working for them