Linus

This is Linus Van Pelt. He's one of the characters in the Peanuts cartoon. When I was little, I had a doll of this guy that I used as a pillow to sleep. I think Linus and I have a lot of brain faults in common. Other than the Linus figure, I'm not fond of the Peanuts cartoon.

Linus Van Pelt

"Linus Van Pelt is Charlie Brown's younger best friend in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts. Though very young, Linus is very wise, and he acts as the strip's philosopher and theologian, often quoting the Gospels. He also invented his own quasi-religious being, The Great Pumpkin, who, like Santa Claus mysteriously appears every year, bringing presents. The Great Pumpkin, however, appears on Halloween and only at the most sincere pumpkin patch, which Linus invariably believes is his own. Linus is the only one who believes in the Great Pumpkin. Though he occasionally convinces other characters the Great Pumpkin is real, they always change their mind with the lack of results.

Linus is never wihout his blue blanket (or one of several), which he holds over his shoulder while sucking his thumb. It was in fact he who coined the term 'security blanket'. Charlie Brown's little sister, Sally, is in love with Linus and calls him her "sweet baboo". Linus in turn has an innocent crush on his teacher, Miss Othmar.

Linus is meekly dominated by his older sister Lucy, who has been known to clobber him at the drop of a hat. Later in the strip, they got a younger brother Rerun, who looks nearly identical to Linus, but smaller."

--Wikipedia

Linus and Linux, should we open up an X file for that?

The fact that Linus and Linux are very similar, and that I really love the cartoon character and the operating system, is a pure coincidence. I don't believe in shrink-crap like that.

The name of the operating system, Linux, however, is indeed derived from the OS' original developer's name, Linus Torvalds. But then again, Linus Van Pelt and Linus Torvalds have (as far as I know) nothing in common but their first name.