\"By the way here in Canada hermaphrodites are relatively rare are tranvestites a bit less rare.\" - Yeah, I know! What the heck is going on here in the US??
\"Kluger, The linux mascot was originally drawn by tigerr, I believe, (sorry can\'t remember his real name off the top of my head) and popular opinion renders him as a male penguin. Most of the times he pops up it is in a male persona. Take the game tuxedo t. penguin, tux racer, and so on.\" - Well, I know Linus has his own rendition. I don\'t know who first made it, but in the GPL Art world, Linus\' looks like it\'s the most commonly used.
\"I\'m not sure about the story you referred to.\" - Here\'s the story as it\'s most often described
The logo of Linux is a penguin. Unlike other commercial products of computer operating systems, Linux doesn\'t have a formidable serious looking symbol. Rather Tux, as the penguin is lovingly called, symbolizes the care-free attitude of the total movement. This cute logo has a very interesting history. As put forward by Linus, initially no logo was selected for Linux. Once Linus went to the southern hemisphere on a vacation. There he encountered a penguin, not unlike the current logo of Linux. As he tried to pat it, the penguin bit his hand. This amusing incident led to the selection of a penguin as the logo of Linux sometime later.
I had read it with a specific gender before, but now I think that that story was made up...