Tux

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  tux \tux\
     Shortened form of {tuxedo}. [informal]
     [PJC] Tuxedo

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  tux
       n : semiformal evening dress for men [syn: {dinner jacket}, {tuxedo},
            {black tie}]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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.