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For context, here is the semi-official Linux logotype that preceded the penguin: https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/logos/platypus/llogo.gif https://www.ibiblio

For context, here is the semi-official Linux logotype that preceded the penguin: https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/logos/platypus/llogo.gif https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/logos/platypus/llogo.gif I think the idea was that platypuses give the idea of being put together by disparate parts. Once the cute penguin showed up on the scene it quickly took over however.

nineteen999 6y ago
> I think the idea was that platypuses give the idea of being put together by disparate parts. Once retired, the platypus was handed down to the Darwin people of course, to go with their Frankenstein NEXTSTEP/Mach/BSD kernel. http://www.hexley.com/ http://www.hexley.com/
- deburo 6y ago
  Haha. I don't know what it is with open software projects and cute animals. There's also Golang's. I find them out of place (mixing cute things with technical matters), but I shouldn't complain.
  - ruph123 6y ago
    Don’t forget Ferris!
  - enw 6y ago
    > I find them out of place (mixing cute things with technical matters) I love beautifully engineered software that's represented by a whimsical cartoon character or other non-vector-perfect hand-drawn art.
zorked 6y ago
I thought the platypus was Slackware's, not Linux's, mascot at some point. As in the old Walnut Creek CD-ROM releases: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLV_JkEWgAAOcdU?format=jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLV_JkEWgAAOcdU?format=jpg
saul_goodman 6y ago
I vaguely remember the Linux logo hunting phase and the platypus. The platypus made sense to me, but I get the appeal of Tux. And it's funny that it would be more than a decade from the first time I used Slackware before I realized what Slackware was named for, lol.