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[[Image:SuxCucumber.png|thumb|Eunux's mascot]]
[[Image:SuxCucumber.png|thumb|Eunux's mascot]]


'''Eunux''' is an operating system that parodies [[wp:Linux|Linux]] that is present in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]]. Though not much is known about the OS, and it is not seen in-game, what can be gathered is that it proclaims to be a better browser than the others, and that Eunux's mascot is Sux the Sea Cucumber. Like the real-life OS, Eunux is available in several distributions, including RedTwat, Ucuntu, Slackcrack, and Knobbix, which are parodies of [[wp:Red_Hat_Linux|Red Hat Linux]], [[wp:Ubuntu_(operating_system)|Ubuntu]], [[wp:Slackware|Slackware]], and [[wp:Knoppix|Knoppix]], respectively. Eunux is considered the male-only world of open source software and discourages females from using the OS. Eunux is also a word pun on "eunuchs", or castrated individuals.
'''Eunux''' is an operating system that parodies [[wp:Linux|Linux]] that is present in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]]. The OS was created in the early 1990s by a Scandinavian teenager named Eunus, a play on the Linux kernel author [[wp:Linus Torvalds|Linus Torvalds]]. Eunux's mascot is Sux the Sea Cucumber, which parodies [[wp:Tux|Tux the Penguin]]. Like the real-life OS, Eunux is available in several distributions, including RedTwat, Ucuntu, Slackcrack, and Knobbix, which are parodies of [[wp:Red_Hat_Linux|Red Hat Linux]], [[wp:Ubuntu_(operating_system)|Ubuntu]], [[wp:Slackware|Slackware]], and [[wp:Knoppix|Knoppix]], respectively. The website makes fun of the misconception that Linux is a difficult operating system to learn. Eunux is considered the male-only world of open source software and discourages females from using the OS. Eunux is also a word pun on "eunuchs", or castrated individuals.


There are internet news articles talking about a young woman in [[Alderney City]] that was discovered to have installed the open source operating system. The Eunux community has launched a hate campaign against her.
There are internet news articles talking about a young woman in [[Alderney City]] that was discovered to have installed the open source operating system. The Eunux community has launched a hate campaign against her.