Why Linux is portrayed as a Penguin?
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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
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I always pronounced it guh-new as in “Gary Gnu”.
How is it supposed to be pronounced?
I think you're right. I think some people say G-N-U.
same one's that say "ess queue elle" when they mean squirrel probably.
G-N-U, like spelling it out?
I think there a bunch of mispronunciations. OP seems to be referring to the "new" mispronounciation, while I was referring to the spelling out mispronunciation.
I was contrasting it with the animal "gnu", otherwise known as the wildebeest, which is pronounced more similar to the word "new". I suspect more people know the animal gnu than know the organization GNU.