Quoting Benjamin Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Where's the penguin flown to ? That I would be inclined to use. >> > > The site's owners don't really like Tux, from what I've heard - they > think it makes the Operating System look too amateurish.
Interesting perspective. At work recently, whenever I've mentioned Linux to anyone (I work in an all-MS shop), a lot of them have said "Linux, isn't that the thing with the penguin?". My personal view is that the penguin is the Linux Brand. I don't refer to Linux as GNU/Linux because it's too clumsy in my opinion - maybe it's a similar feeling that the people at getgnulinux have towards Tux - the market is starting to know Linux as "the free thing with the penguin", very rarely do you see a press release or announcement about Linux refering to GNU/Linux and I think that there's a very valid reason for that - people just don't call it GNU/Linux. Personally, I'd keep Tux and drop the GNU. The GNU foundation are an excellent organisation and have a very important part to play in developing F/OSS software and the environment around it, however in the same way the the Six Nations is referred to as a Rugby Tournament and not a Rugby Football Tournament, I think that we should refer to Linux either by distro name or by the simple word "Linux". Cheers, M. (supporting the penguin!) -- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodies?" -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
