I'm thankful for the Linux Penguin

[yesthattom]

Until Linus starting using the Penguin as a symbol, all the images around Unix were a wizard. This required people to explain that Unix was so completely complicated that only wizards understood it. The perception of the “Unix Wizard” eventually became more of a hindrance than a badge of pride. It was brilliant for Linus to adopt the Penguin, which is friendly, cute, and cuddly. Changing the symbol from a Wizard to a Penguin may have done more for the marketing of *nix systems than years of corporate efforts by AT&T/USL, HP, Sun, and so on.

The first “Unix Wizard” picture I remember.