embrace the penguin

See also: embrace the Penguin

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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. (slang, idiomatic, computing) To switch one's operating system to Linux.
    • 1999 October 23, Rohana Rezel, “Re: Thinking Linux”, in alt.linux‎[1] (Usenet), message-ID <38121C6F.864D48E2@stud.umist.ac.uk>:
      Good idea to embrace the penguin and let go of the Bill.
    • 2002 September 23, tucansam <tucansam@whodis.org>, “Re: Sun Linux desktops”, in comp.sys.sun.misc‎[2] (Usenet), message-ID <an8u3q$ep5$3@reader1.panix.com>:
      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 November 29, Chris Keall, “Meet the parents”, in New Zealand PC World‎[3]:
      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 […]
    • 2012, “Hood River's libraries embrace the penguin: public computers now running on Linux”, in Hood River County Library District‎[4]:
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