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OS-tan Fan-Fics, Comics and Fan-Stuff / Re: Bella's OS-tan Artwork Thr...

Last post by Goujer - Yesterday at 10:28:29 PM

Bella making us a delicous dish, we are blessed ♡♡♡

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OS-tan Fan-Fics, Comics and Fan-Stuff / Re: teku-a-fool's collection

Last post by Bella - Yesterday at 09:16:23 PM

Yes! that'd be absolutely cool. If you want to do anything with my OS-tan designs/characters go ahead. I don't mind since I treat these characters like ME-tan (just let me know if you do end up making something with them!).

Absolutely! ^^

Also, I kinda suck at giving my characters extensive stories or proper descriptions. I lean more towards visuals and I've seen that you describe my designs better than I could, heh

I definitely think I'm an outlier when it comes to writing backstories. ^_^;; Even then it depends on the character, some lend themselves better to full characterizations and others mostly exist in visuals.

That said, I think OS-tans in general are carried on their visuals and yours have great visual identity, IMO!

Haha, all according to plan I suppose. I was only capable of designing her that way because of the way Windows 11 is perceived recently (Copilot, online only user creation and such). I should add that she has a fear of penguins with the joke being primarily that Linux is getting more popular and she is afraid her users are going to leave (not sure If I'm biased tho).

W11 has fantastic meme potential so I'm glad you've leaned into that! I'm also considering the potential of a Linux-tan vs. W11-tan rivalry now...

Awesome!! I've been meaning to ask you if I could draw them so these are excellent news ^^. I wanted to but I don't often comment much since, again, I'm bad at describing things.

Of course! I will say that OSC has always had a communal ethos when it comes to "homebrew" designs, so pretty much anything found here by a member is fair game for art.

Right now, I'm working on my designs for Big Sur to Tahoe (and whatever MacOS version gets announced next). I'll eventually share them here.

I look forward to seeing them!

#3

OS-tan Fan-Fics, Comics and Fan-Stuff / Re: Bella's OS-tan Artwork Thr...

Last post by stewartsage - Yesterday at 08:54:28 PM

If you make her more MADDIDA she's a California girl.  Mark IV is a truly bizarre creature, I love her.

Ooooh, MTC-tan is lovely!  I like all the peaks of color beneath her dress.  The core memory ribbons and gloves may be my favorite.

That's so many descendants for Whirlwind-sama!  Good for her!  Happy birthday to the grand old lady.

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OS-tan Fan-Fics, Comics and Fan-Stuff / Re: Bella's OS-tan Artwork Thr...

Last post by Bella - Yesterday at 08:36:28 PM

Fullview

Whirlwind and her family for her 75th birthday~

Clockwise, from left: PDP-7, PDP-1, PDP-11, LINC, PDP-5, PDP-8, PDP-10, DECSYSTEM-20, Data General Nova, PDP-6, LINC-8, PDP-12, PDP-14 & 16, PDP-15, PDP-9, SAGE, PDP-4, and MTC.

#5

General Computers and Gaming / Re: Computers General

Last post by VonDaab - April 20, 2026, 04:19:02 PM

Well, took the risk of powering it on without the cooler.
No picture and a very long beep on boot.
Checking ram, noticed oxidation on the pins and slot. Not a huge amount, but looks like the system needs a full tear-down and de-oxit after all. Otherwise a very clean system.

the AGP slot has also something that looks like oxidation.

PSU fan and HDD do spin up. But might need to take out the PSU and test it's voltages.

Also realised the chipset does only support 512mb Ram sticks at max, so in total can only get 1.5gb of ram on it, if all slots are functional.

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OS-tan Fan-Fics, Comics and Fan-Stuff / Re: teku-a-fool's collection

Last post by tekuafool - April 20, 2026, 10:48:39 AM

Thank you, both!

Your Blackcomb, Whistler & Longhorn designs are phenomenal! Blackcomb in particular is my favorite, she's so dang elegant in a cyberpunk kind of way. I love Longhorn's mech-y elements and Whistler is just as beautiful as Saseko while looking visually distinct from her. They also fit in well with the existing prototype windows OS-tans... actually you've got me thinking up story reasons for why this might be.

Yes! that'd be absolutely cool. If you want to do anything with my OS-tan designs/characters go ahead. I don't mind since I treat these characters like ME-tan (just let me know if you do end up making something with them!). Also, I kinda suck at giving my characters extensive stories or proper descriptions. I lean more towards visuals and I've seen that you describe my designs better than I could, heh

I've been meaning to comment on your W11-tan! I love how bratty she looks, while having to begrudgingly admit she's quite cute, and imo the most fitting W11-tan I've seen in terms of references to the OS itselg. Gah! I'm having my first charitable emotion about anything related to W11...

Haha, all according to plan I suppose. I was only capable of designing her that way because of the way Windows 11 is perceived recently (Copilot, online only user creation and such). I should add that she has a fear of penguins with the joke being primarily that Linux is getting more popular and she is afraid her users are going to leave (not sure If I'm biased tho).

I look forward to seeing what you draw next! As as aside, if you ever want to take a stab at any of my designs/my 'adoptees' (the ones I co-designed with former members) please feel free to. (Your take on Plan 9-tan is one of my favorite depictions of her ever tbh)

Awesome!! I've been meaning to ask you if I could draw them so these are excellent news ^^. I wanted to but I don't often comment much since, again, I'm bad at describing things.

Right now, I'm working on my designs for Big Sur to Tahoe (and whatever MacOS version gets announced next). I'll eventually share them here.

#7

OS-tan Fan-Fics, Comics and Fan-Stuff / Re: teku-a-fool's collection

Last post by Lily1027 - April 20, 2026, 10:48:20 AM

Really awesome! I love your art and also your personal designs of some OS-tans!

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General Computers and Gaming / Re: Computers General

Last post by VonDaab - April 20, 2026, 02:28:55 AM

Nifty, have you got any plans for it?

If the CPU is still good, I've got a cooler ordered for it. If not good, I've seen Pentiums and Celerons for same socket for cheap here.

I guess end goal is a XP gaming machine, as the Matrox gpu can do basic 3D games, but should be good for stuff like Aoe2 and HoMM3. NOLF would be nice to run too. Radeon 9600 wouldnt be an excessive investment either, and thats a card that can already run HL2.

Might have to get an IDE to Sata adapter, as I dont expect its HDD being in that fresh shape. It does have a burning CDRom drive though, which is neat.

Its MB can handle 1Gb ram per slot (has 3 slots), so might put a decent amount of it, even if its slow as molasses PC133. At least that ram is cheap. Seen 256mb sticks go for less than 10bucks.

Though a fully kitted out Saseko with 3Gb ram would be funny.

#9

Forum Games and Role-Playing / Re: Forum Games: World City Co...

Last post by Bella - April 19, 2026, 09:57:21 PM

Indianapolis, US

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General Computers and Gaming / Re: Games General

Last post by Bella - April 19, 2026, 09:50:26 PM

Please keep the updates coming, I'm digging the designs you've made!