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Tbh, I thought the original article would be another tech journalist rediscoveting the history of Tux.

More ; https://web.archive.org/web/20040401161253/http://www.linux....

at the risk of sounding dumb, does that article even actually answer why Tux? I know it asks it at the top but I didn't see an answer. I read it 3x and couldn't figure it out.

You're right, besides the reference to the logo competition there isn't much info on why Tux is a penguin. Wikipedia is better at recording the lore https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tux_(mascot)#Origins

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