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30 Coolest and Funniest Tux Icons

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Tux is the world famous and endearing symbol of Linux. I don’t know any other software mascot that is so loved and venerated other than Tux. There are plenty of reasons for this phenomenon, but I won’t try to enumerate it here. Perhaps seeing my collection of "30 Coolest and Funniest Tux Icons" can somehow help explain why Tux is so adored. But first, some brief Tux facts:

The concept of the Linux mascot being a penguin came from Linus Torvalds. Tux was created by Larry Ewing in 1996 after an initial suggestion made by Alan Cox and further refined by Linus Torvalds on the Linux kernel mailing list. Linus took his inspiration from a photograph he found on an FTP site, showing a penguin figurine looking strangely like the Creature Comforts characters made by Nick Park. The first person to call the penguin "Tux" was James Hughes, who said that it stood for "(T)orvalds (U)ni(X)". However, many people observe that Tux is also an abbreviation of tuxedo, the outfit which springs to mind when they see a penguin.

Over the years, several versions (shown below) of Tux have been created:










Now, enough about the facts; I'm supposed to be showing you the "30 Coolest and Funniest Tux Icons", right? So without further delay, here they are:

30 Coolest and Funniest Tux Icons

30. Rambo Tux By Santang

29. Naruto Tux By Unknown

28. Harrux Potter By Santang

27. Charlie Chaplin Tux By Brunocb

26. Crazy Tux By Barbecue

25. Batman By La fouine

24. Zombie Tux By superstar

23. Tux iPod By k-net

22. Tux Rapper By Dirpok

21. Luke Tuxwalker By Wyvern

20. Tux Croft By Santang

19. Alien Tux By Santang

18. Tortux Ninja By Novadk

17. Tux Kenny By Cisoun


16. Tux Spiderman By Overlord59
15. Tux Bart Simpson By La fouine


14. Freddy Krueger Tux By FreddyArt


13. JamaicanTux By Seyv


12. Tux Mario By opensec


11. Mona lisa Tux By Brunocb


10. Tux Homer Simpson By Batux


9. Tux Lee By Santang

8. Tux N'Roses By Brunocb


7. Mickey TUX By jrov


6. TUX Geisha By manuoceane


5. Tux Barracuda - Mr T. By Brunocb


4. Tux Shrek By fcys14


3. Patrick Star Tux By abney317

2. Elvis Prestux By Laurwin



1. Smart Tux By sosoe222


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16 comments

  1. Thanks for these cool icons. They're very funny indeed. I'm gonna use some of them on my desktop. I especially like #26 and ofcourse #1 :)

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  2. Re: Tux #1, the book has a typo; it should be "plague" not "pleague".

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  3. very very cool. I got a good laugh. Thanks :)

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  4. Thanks for the collection - I might actually have an use for a few of these icons.

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  5. They are really cool! Thanks a lot!

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  6. AnonymousJune 27, 2008

    Thanks,

    I have made a small facebook app based on your selections.

    http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=21330926282

    Of course credits have been given :)

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  7. very very funny! and very cute! tux chaplin takes the cake here. hoping to contribute to the above list soon. :)

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  8. JAJAJAJAJ, estas muy buenos... gracias!!!1rh

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  9. this post rocks man! Exactly what I needed. salamat pre!

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  10. HAy que lindos... Ador a los tux...

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  11. AnonymousJuly 18, 2009

    Uhh...... "Smart" Tux has 2 spelling errors in 1 sentence. =)

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  12. haha... awesome... I got #3

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  13. huahuahu massa, o do Patrick e do Sherk ficaram rox.

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  14. UOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, amazing

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  15. super,incredible

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  16. AnonymousMay 09, 2011

    very very funny,

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