The Oregonian (Oregon being the state where Linus Torvalds - the creator of Linux - lives and works) ran a small little article with some random thoughts of Linus’ in it. It’s whimsical and gives you a little insight into Linus’ mind.

The most important question answered in my mind is why Linus picked Tux the Penguin as a mascot:

“The reason for the penguin is that if you’re going to have a logo you need to have something that’s exciting. I mean, you can’t have a cat or a dog as a logo. Because it’s too everyday.”

Link to the article here.

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