embrace the penguin

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English

Linux's huggable mascot, Tux

Etymology

A reference to Linux's official mascot, Tux the penguin.

Pronunciation

Verb

embrace the penguin (third-person singular simple present embraces the penguin, present participle embracing the penguin, simple past and past participle embraced the penguin)

  1. (computing, slang) To switch one's operating system to Linux.
    • 1999 October 23, Rohana Rezel, “Re: Thinking Linux”, in alt.linux‎ (Usenet), message-ID <[email protected]>:
      Good idea to embrace the penguin and let go of the Bill.
    • 2002 September 23, tucansam <[email protected]>, “Re: Sun Linux desktops”, in comp.sys.sun.misc‎ (Usenet), message-ID <[email protected]>:
      I have tried gnome on a 440Mhz Ultra10 and a dual 450Mhz Ultra60, and if a P5-200 […] will run it any better I'll throw all of my Suns away tomorrow and embrace the penguin.
    • 2004 January 8, Peter B. Steiger, “Fastrack, 12/25/03”, in rec.arts.comics.strips‎ (Usenet), message-ID <[email protected]>:
      Patina is smart enough to know better... it's way past time for her to turn from the dark side and embrace the Penguin.
    • 2004 November 29, Chris Keall, “Meet the parents”, in New Zealand PC World‎:
      Linux continues to look spiffier and spiffier. That's good news whether you're ready to embrace the penguin, or just like Microsoft getting a little motivation to improve its own software […]
    • 2005 February 14, Anand Parthasarathy, “Smart phones embrace the Penguin”, in The Hindu‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 18 March 2010:
    • 2012, “Hood River's libraries embrace the penguin: public computers now running on Linux”, in Hood River County Library District‎:
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