We got Linus in March 2001 when he was about 12 weeks old. Every time I went past the pet store he kept coming over to see me so I just had to get him. He's named Linus after Linus Torvalds (the creator of the Linux Operating System) because he looks like the Linux penguin. Also our friends had a dog named snoppy at the times so theres also a peanuts connection.