sanitation@lemmy.radio to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours 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-square16fedilinkarrow-up1171arrow-down11
arrow-up1170arrow-down1external-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 · 23 hours agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squaretwinnie@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down35·21 hours 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-squareyistdaj@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·15 hours agoI really like the animal mascots, I think more projects should have them again.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-218 hours agoI remember when Mac OS stopped using animal mascots right after the 90s ended… in 2012.
minus-squareCubitOom@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·21 hours agoHow else would we have characters for SuperTuxKart?
minus-squareparaphrand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·20 hours 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?
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.
I really like the animal mascots, I think more projects should have them again.
I remember when Mac OS stopped using animal mascots right after the 90s ended… in 2012.
How else would we have characters for SuperTuxKart?
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?