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"etymology_text": "Reference to Linux's official mascot, Tux the penguin.",
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"ref": "1999 October 23, Rohana Rezel, “Re: Thinking Linux”, in alt.linux (Usenet), message-ID <38121C6F.864D48E2@stud.umist.ac.uk>",
"text": "Good idea to embrace the penguin and let go of the Bill.",
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"ref": "2002 September 23, tucansam <tucansam@whodis.org>, “Re: Sun Linux desktops”, in comp.sys.sun.misc (Usenet), message-ID <an8u3q$ep5$3@reader1.panix.com>",
"text": "I have tried gnome on a 440Mhz Ultra10 and a dual 450Mhz Ultra60, and if a P5-200 […] will run it any better I'll throw all of my Suns away tomorrow and embrace the penguin.",
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"ref": "2004 January 8, Peter B. Steiger, “Fastrack, 12/25/03”, in rec.arts.comics.strips (Usenet), message-ID <pan.2004.01.08.16.18.08.865547@bresnan.net>",
"text": "Patina is smart enough to know better... it's way past time for her to turn from the dark side and embrace the Penguin.",
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"ref": "2004 November 29, Chris Keall, “Meet the parents”, in New Zealand PC World",
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"text": "2005 February 14, Anand Parthasarathy, “Smart phones embrace the Penguin”, in The Hindu, →ISSN, archived from the original on 2010-03-18:",
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"text": "2012, “Hood River's libraries embrace the penguin: public computers now running on Linux”, in Hood River County Library District:",
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