How many little penguins are there when your Linux starts up? | Linux China

Introduction: Most people who have used Linux have seen the little penguin displayed on the screen when Linux loads the kernel.　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　

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(This is an old article, which was suddenly turned up by readers today, I think I can share it with you again)

Most people who have used Linux have seen the little penguins displayed on the screen when Linux loads the kernel. Do you know this little penguin?

This little penguin is the mascot of Linux. It was compared to the Linux kernel 2.0. Its name is Tux 🔗 en.wikipedia.org. Most people believe that the name " Tux " comes from Torvalds U ni X. The picture above is drawn by Larry Ewing, who was selected in the competition at the time. It has several common deformation styles, I like the more textured crystal version 🔗 en.wikipedia.org :

Different versions of the Linux kernel have had some variants, such as:

In Linux kernel 2.6.29 , Tux was temporarily replaced with Tuz 🔗 en.wikipedia.org in support of the Save the Tasmanian Devil 🔗 en.wikipedia.org campaign.

In the 3.11 version of the Linux kernel, in order to commemorate windows for workgroups 3.11, Linus named the version of the kernel Linux for workgroups 🔗 linux.cn , Tux played a Windows flag :D .

Even if you install Linux on PS3, it will show different little penguins:

The number of little penguins displayed when Linux starts up is the number of CPUs you have. How many have you seen at most? Welcome to share with us.

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