May have been obvious to others, but I only caught this detail recently after using Linux for over 15 years.

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[–] 10 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

Back when the original Tux drawing was made, we didn't have boot partitions. In LILO days, the bootloader barely fit in the MBR and the kernel was located and loaded with sheer magic incomprehensible to most mortals. So that's why Tux has no shoes.

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