This famous penguin Tux symbolizes the Linux Project.
Linux an operating system developped by a worldwide community: not a company,
This is a famous project in computer science because it's free. Understand free as "open source". No need to pay exorbital prices to any damn big company. You can use it as it is and freely modify it to fit your needs. You can even share your upgrades with the community, let Linux evolving along.
The name of this program is based on his inventor's name Linus Torvalds. With a X like in UNIX (another famous Operating system in industry). It was conceved in Finland university. I defacto assumed that Tux is finnish too! :)
In order to commemorate this project that has changed our lifes (yes, you even have Linux in your phones, most probably in your TV as well, everywhere...) by sharing a serie of funny pictures taken with Tux in Helsinki summer 2011.
