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[[Image:Linux.jpg|left|Linux-tan]]
{| class=infobox bordered align = right style=width: 25em; text-align: left; font-size: 95%;
[[Image:Tux.jpg|right|Tux-kun]]
|+ style=font-size: larger; | '''Linux-tan'''
|-
| colspan=2 style=text-align:center; | [[Image:Linux.jpg]] [[Image:Tux.jpg]]
|- 
! Also Known As:
| The penguingirl
|- 
! Original Creator:
| Unknown
|- 
! First appearance:
| Unknown
|- 
! OS Personified:
| Linux (generic)
|- 
! OS Developer:
| Open Source community, kernel-maintainer: Linus Torvalds
|- 
! First Released:
| 17 September 1991
|-
! Latest Stable Release:
| kernel: 2.6.20.1
|}
Originally seen as a bearded penguin (a reference to Tux, the penguin mascot of the kernel program Linux), the more friendly image of a girl with helmet and flippers was chosen as a human alternative. Her helmet usually has horns on it, likely a reference to the GNU operating system whose components usually combine the system programs in Linux systems (hence GNU/Linux). The gear-teeth on the helmet is a reference to KDE, a common desktop environment used with GNU/Linux. Also, the foot symbol on her shirt is a reference to GNOME, another common desktop environment. She is often seen with a spear that has flags attached representing GRUB (GRand Unified Bootloader: a bootmanager, which is most commonly used on Linux-systems), LILO (the traditional LInux-Loader) and GCC (the GNU Compiler Collection, which includes the C-compiler with which most of the Operating System was written) -- rather important applications on every  GNU/Linux-system. The helmet and spear most likely reference the high level of attention to security (defensive helmet) and hacking (offensive spear) found in Linux applications.
Originally seen as a bearded penguin (a reference to Tux, the penguin mascot of the kernel program Linux), the more friendly image of a girl with helmet and flippers was chosen as a human alternative. Her helmet usually has horns on it, likely a reference to the GNU operating system whose components usually combine the system programs in Linux systems (hence GNU/Linux). The gear-teeth on the helmet is a reference to KDE, a common desktop environment used with GNU/Linux. Also, the foot symbol on her shirt is a reference to GNOME, another common desktop environment. She is often seen with a spear that has flags attached representing GRUB (GRand Unified Bootloader: a bootmanager, which is most commonly used on Linux-systems), LILO (the traditional LInux-Loader) and GCC (the GNU Compiler Collection, which includes the C-compiler with which most of the Operating System was written) -- rather important applications on every  GNU/Linux-system. The helmet and spear most likely reference the high level of attention to security (defensive helmet) and hacking (offensive spear) found in Linux applications.


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