Larry Ewing | |
|---|---|
 Larry Ewing at LinuxTag 2007 in Berlin | |
| Alma mater | Texas A&M University |
| Occupation | Image designer |
| Spouse | Kristy Anderson |
| Children | Eva Ewing, Hazel Ewing |
Larry Ewing is an American computer programmer who is known as the creator of the Linux mascot, Tux. The artwork was created in 1996,[1][2][3] while Ewing was a student at Texas A&M University, originally as a submission for a contest to create the Linux logo. Though Ewing's submission didn't win, his artwork was adopted as the Linux "brand character".[4][5] Ewing also created the Ximian and Mono monkey logos and is involved in:
- F-Spot: a project aiming to "manage all your digital photography needs."
- GtkHTML: a fast and dirty HTML renderer and editor used in several free software projects.
- Novell Evolution: a mailer, a calendar and a contact manager, all in one.
- GIMP: an image manipulation program.
- Moonlight: an open source implementation of Silverlight for Unix systems.
- Mimekit: A C# MIME creation and parser library with support for S/MIME, PGP, TNEF and Unix mbox spools.
- .NET Foundation: an independent organization, incorporated to improve open-source software development and collaboration around the .NET Framework.
He lives in Austin with his wife Kristy and his daughters Eva and Hazel.
References
edit- ^ Larry Ewing. "Notes on creation". Retrieved 31 July 2007.
- ^ Bunks, Carey (2000). Grokking the GIMP. New Riders. ISBN 0-7357-0924-6.
- ^ Larry Ewing. "Linux 2.0 Penguins". Retrieved 25 June 2006.
- ^ Re: Linux logo. Ussg.iu.edu (2 May 1996). Retrieved 4 July 2013.
- ^ The History of Tux the Linux Penguin Archived 2018-09-12 at the Wayback Machine. Sjbaker.org. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
External links
edit- Larry Ewing's Home Page
- Larry Ewing's Tux Page
- Article discussing the creation of Tux
- Larry Ewing's Github Page
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