Etymology

tux

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The story

Coined by James Hughes as a short form of Torvalds Unix (after Linus Torvalds), perhaps also influenced by tux, referring to the tuxedo that penguins are sometimes humorously said to be wearing.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.