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Larry Ewing

1978 - Today

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Larry Ewing is an American computer programmer who is known as the creator of the Linux mascot, Tux. The artwork was created in 1996, 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". 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Larry Ewing is the 232nd most popular computer scientist (up from 235th in 2019). (up from 5,053rd in 2019)

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Among computer scientists, Larry Ewing ranks 232 out of 245. Before him are Daniel Domscheit-Berg, Shawn Fanning, Mihalis Yannakakis, Mark Overmars, Dariusz Jemielniak, and Jenova Chen. After him are Theodore Ts'o, Jon Lech Johansen, Rosalind Picard, Denny Vrandečić, David Heinemeier Hansson, and Hamza Bendelladj.

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Among people born in 1978, Larry Ewing ranks 809. Before him are Joan Lino Martínez, Destin Daniel Cretton, Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová, Pablo Amo, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, and Charlotte Roche. After him are Aleksey Frosin, Mauricio Sabillón, Ian Brennan, Pablo Chinchilla, José Antonio Hermida, and Karen O.

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