Is the Linux Mascot Really a Penguin?
Figure 1-1 shows the penguin logo that Linus Torvalds approved as the official Linux mascot. His
name is Tux. Use of this logo is freely available, and you find it everywhere on Linux Web sites,
magazines, and other Linux venues. (I used it in my book Linux Toys II and on the Linuxtoys.net
Web site, for example.)
FIGURE 1-1
Tux, a gentle and pleasant penguin, is the official Linux mascot.
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Starting with Linux 1
Tux was created by Larry Ewing. Find out more about Tux from the Linux Online Logos and
Mascots page (www.linux.org/info/logos.html). Refer to the Why Linux Chose a Penguin
page (www.linux.org/info/penguin.html) if you would like Linus??™s take on the penguin
mascot.
Getting Started with Linux
Although I??™ve gone on a bit about Linux history and what Linux does, the primary goal of this
book is to get you using it. To that end, I??™d like to describe some things that might help you get
started with Linux.
While Linux will run great on many low-end computers (even some old 486s and early Pentiums),
if you are completely new to Linux, I recommend that you start with a PC that has a little more
muscle. Here??™s why:
Full-blown Linux operating systems with complete GNOME or KDE desktop environments
perform poorly on slow CPUs and less than the recommended amount of RAM.
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