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== In popular culture == The [[Linux]] distribution [[Gentoo Linux]] is named after the gentoo penguin. This is a nod to the fact that the penguin is the fastest swimming penguin, as Gentoo Linux aims to be a high-performance [[operating system]].<ref name="Negus2008">{{cite book|author=Negus, Christopher |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gqXiuPySGg8C&pg=PA389|title=Linux Bible: Boot Up to Ubuntu, Fedora, KNOPPIX, Debian, openSUSE, and 11 Other Distributions|date=5 May 2008|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-28706-4|pages=389β}}</ref>{{rp|383}} The mascot for Linux in general is a penguin. The [[Mr. Popper's Penguins (film)|2011 film adaption]] of [[Mr. Popper's Penguins]] features six gentoo penguins named Captain, Lovey, Loudy, Bitey, Stinky, and Nimrod.
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