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Internet Explorer-tan

2013-11-25T12:45:31Z

NejinOniwa: /* Inori Aizawa */

{{Construction}}
{{OSBasicinfobox
|tanname = Inori Aizawa
|image = Inori Article Thumb.png

|cname = Inori Aizawa
|alias = Inori, Internet Explorer-tan, IE-tan
|debut = 2013
|haircolor= Blonde/Brunette
|eyecolor= Blue
|apfaction = [[Windows Family]]
|lineage= [[WinNT]]

|osper = Internet Explorer
|osdev = Microsoft
|reldate = August 16, 1995
|lastrel = 11.0.1
}}

''For IE-tan, see [[IE-tan]]''

==Inori Aizawa==
Inori Aizawa is Microsoft Singapore's official mascot character for Internet Explorer. She has dark blonde hair, and her character more or less fits into the magical girl archetype.

===About===

• Born on August 16, 1995

• Female

• Height: 1.62m

• Weight: ?

• Hikaru Aizawa, who represents Silverlight, is her cousin

• Is close personal friends with Yu (RT) and Ai (8) Madobe

• Enjoys surfing the Internet, HTML5, karaoke, cats, mint-flavored ice cream

• Hates malware, viruses, online bullies, and trolls

===Creation===
Like most other OS-tans, Inori Aizawa was not created by Microsoft, being the creation of Collateral Damage Studios as a response to existing -tans for Firefox, Chrome, and Safari. After posting an early design[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=568766473141173] on facebook and getting numerous positive feedback, CDS fleshed out her design and Inori was born[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=595517983799355]. She saw a swift rise to popularity, drawing more than 20,000 likes and comments and close to 2,000 shares across all of Facebook.

''"This initial success led to an extended partnership between Microsoft Singapore and the Studio to officially adopt the character as a mascot for Internet Explorer. Additionally, Microsoft also partnered with Nanyang Technological University’s CACANi Animation to develop a short two-minute promotional video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHTUlF7NA2o] introducing Inori."[http://komicer.tumblr.com/post/66193939726/and-it-is-completed-finally-after-two-months-of]''

==Links==
*[http://internetexplorertan.com Inori's Facebook (English)]
*[http://www.internetexplorertan.com/home/ Inori's Homepage]
*[https://twitter.com/inori_Aizawa Inori's Twitter (English)]
*[http://sdrv.ms/internetexplorertan Inori's Skydrive]
*[https://app.box.com/s/ptcm66w8wedlho2shn5i Inori Windows 8 Desktop Theme]

[[Category:Software]][[Category: Under Construction]]

Internet Explorer-tan

2013-11-25T12:39:09Z

NejinOniwa: /* Inori Aizawa */

{{Construction}}
{{OSBasicinfobox
|tanname = Inori Aizawa
|image = Inori Article Thumb.png

|cname = Inori Aizawa
|alias = Inori, Internet Explorer-tan, IE-tan
|debut = 2013
|haircolor= Blonde/Brunette
|eyecolor= Blue
|apfaction = [[Windows Family]]
|lineage= [[WinNT]]

|osper = Internet Explorer
|osdev = Microsoft
|reldate = August 16, 1995
|lastrel = 11.0.1
}}

''For IE-tan, see [[IE-tan]]''

==Inori Aizawa==
Inori Aizawa is the "official" OS-tan for Internet Explorer. She has brunette/blonde hair, and is a more or less stereotypical magical girl.

===About===

• Born on August 16, 1995

• Female

• Height: 1.62m

• Weight: ?

• Hikaru Aizawa, who represents Silverlight, is her cousin

• Is close personal friends with Yu (RT) and Ai (8) Madobe

• Enjoys surfing the Internet, HTML5, karaoke, cats, mint-flavored ice cream

• Hates malware, viruses, online bullies, and trolls

===Creation===
Like most other OS-tans, Inori Aizawa was not created by Microsoft, being the creation of Collateral Damage Studios as a response to existing -tans for Firefox, Chrome, and Safari. After posting an early design[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=568766473141173] on facebook and getting numerous positive feedback, CDS fleshed out her design and Inori was born[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=595517983799355]. She saw a swift rise to popularity, drawing more than 20,000 likes and comments and close to 2,000 shares across all of Facebook.

''"This initial success led to an extended partnership between Microsoft Singapore and the Studio to officially adopt the character as a mascot for Internet Explorer. Additionally, Microsoft also partnered with Nanyang Technological University’s CACANi Animation to develop a short two-minute promotional video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHTUlF7NA2o] introducing Inori."[http://komicer.tumblr.com/post/66193939726/and-it-is-completed-finally-after-two-months-of]''

==Links==
*[http://internetexplorertan.com Inori's Facebook (English)]
*[http://www.internetexplorertan.com/home/ Inori's Homepage]
*[https://twitter.com/inori_Aizawa Inori's Twitter (English)]
*[http://sdrv.ms/internetexplorertan Inori's Skydrive]
*[https://app.box.com/s/ptcm66w8wedlho2shn5i Inori Windows 8 Desktop Theme]

[[Category:Software]][[Category: Under Construction]]

VMS

2013-11-24T08:41:40Z

NejinOniwa: /* Fanfiction */

{{WIP}}

{{OSinfobox
|image = OpenVMSavi.png

|cname = VMS-tan
|alias = OpenVMS, Virtual Memory System
|hname = Vanessa Cutler
|debut = 2007
|height = 5'8" (173 cm)
|haircolor= Navy w/ silver streaks
|eyecolor= Lilac
|weapon= Broadsword/cleaver hybrid, knives, sabre
|apfaction = Formerly of the [[DEC Military]], currently [[CIOST]]
|lineage= DEC, PDP-11/VAX line
|rival= Computer criminals

|osper = VMS (OpenVMS)
|osdev = Digital Equipment Corporation (1977-1998), HP
|reldate = Oct 1977
|lastrel = OpenVMS 8.4 (21 Jun 2010)
}}

==Technical details==
[[wikipedia:OpenVMS|OpenVMS]] – popularly shortened to VMS – is a server, mainframe and (super)minicomputer OS that runs on the VAX, Alpha and Itanium architectures. Originally released by DEC in 1977, VMS is notable for having among the best security, stability, clustering/networking and fault-tolerance features of any modern operating system. It maintains a small but dedicated userbase in the high-end server, commercial, scientific and hobbyist markets.

==Character details==
OpenVMS-tan is depicted as a somewhat tall, athletically-built woman, perhaps late 20s or early 30s in apparent age. She has light skin, numerous fencing scars, has lilac-colored eyes and long navy blue hair, usually tied in a high ponytail, and two long silver forelocks (bangs). She tends to be on the expressionless side - shows of strong emotion are rare, and because of this the smallest of smiles, shows of sadness or anger are usually treated as a serious event by her companions. In public, she typically wears a light gray half-mask to keep her identity hidden and her usual attire is dark in color and utilitarian in nature. She is often depicted wearing a high-collared, black button-up shirt, waistcoat, cargo-type pants, knee-high, strapped leather boots, fingerless gloves and a trenchcoat, as well as a leather belt and leg-holsters for her throwing knives. She carries a few knives at all time and also wields a large, silvery-colored broadsword - cleaver hybrid, its blade covered in a row of razor-sharp "shark's teeth". Her current style of grooming and dress is a far departure from the fashion of her youth; during her time in the [[DEC Military | DEC Faction]] (the late 1970s to late 1990s) she dressed in a slightly modified DEC Military uniform and kept her hair shorter.

VMS-tan is clear-minded and quick-witted, although she received little of the education afforded to the Unix-tans with whom she competes (although this wasn't exactly atypical among the native DEC OS-tans). In spite of this, she gets by quite well with her inborn intellect and is considered one of the finest self-defense and survival experts in the OS-tan community. Although she has good common sense, she is also prone to her own special brand of survivalist-related extravagance and it is thus debatable whether or not she is a pragmatist in the truest sense of the term.

Her demeanor is outwardly emotionless and personality likewise stoic, composed and attentive. Because of this, she is often mistaken as sociopathic or psychopathic, however her mind is perfectly sound and she is not lacking in conscience. Although she has a "hard shell", VMS-tan does indeed posses a warmer side known mostly to her friends and family. She has a fine - albeit rather caustic - sense of humor and a good capacity for recreation and fun. She is a lifelong lover of the outdoors, particularly the ocean, and had been involved in sailing since her youth; she started off sailing for sport, but has more recently taken to boating as a means of transportation and has sailed all over the world. As well, she is also involved in scuba-diving and especially enjoys swimming with sharks, her favorite animal.

VMS-tan has a strong sense of justice and feels a duty to keep others safe. Because of this, she hunts down malware and other security threats whenever possible (or practical), a pastime that has secured her a rather unfortunate status as "vigilante". Although she is a capable and brave fighter, she is not without her fears - although the majority of hers center on trivial subjects rather than anything truly terrifying.

====Powers====
Like many other high-end server and mainframe OS-tans, VMS-tan has been depicted as having supernatural powers - in her case, practicing a brand of geomancy that gives her power over water. However, she eschews magic for the most part, instead favoring the tangible and tactile nature of physical weaponry. As with many of her DEC-tan peers, she is a classically-trained fencer and used a variety of swords during her youth, becoming especially skilled with the rapier and sabre.

====Family and Relationships====
VMS-tan had a somewhat starchy relationship with her DEC peers. At the faction, she was closest with her mother [[RSX]], step-sister VAX, as well as [[RSTS]]-tan and the eternally-affectionate [[PDP-1]]. She has a younger sister, [[VAXELN]], but they rarely see each other due to differences of social circles and geography.

Her relationship with the Unices is mixed. While generally antagonistic toward the family, she and [[UNIX]]-tan started a rather decorous, but also vitriol-soaked friendship in the late 1970s. While she and [[Ultrix]]-tan started off as enemies, they later found common ground as "outcasts" within the faction and warmed to each other.

As leader of the CIOST, VMS-tan commands a rather large but disorganized and somewhat disparate following of OS-tans. She gets along best with [[VME]], [[Primos]] and [[Stratus_VOS | VOS]]-tan, although they are more akin to "comrades-in-arms" than friends in the traditional sense of the word. Although they were rivals for many years, [[TOPS-20]]-tan is a part of her faction, and she and VMS-tan have reconciled for the most part.

VMS-tan has few close friends but those she does have tend to be loyal and affectionate in their own unique ways. She and VAX-tan are still close, despite drifting apart geographically in recent years. [[eCOS]]-tan is her companion and self-proclaimed body-guard. She has two "adopted" children - [[FreeVMS]] and OZONE-tan - although she is rather clueless about raising kids and leaves the majority of the work to RED-kun - her personal text editor and long-time friend. It is implied that RED-kun at one point had romantic feelings for VMS-tan, although she didn't reciprocate his affection due to a differences of personality and a chronic lack of interest in romance or dating. His feelings seem to have dissipated in recent years and they now maintain a close platonic relationship.

==History and background==
===Early life and rise to power===
OpenVMS-tan debuted 1977, under the name VMS. Born to RSX-11 during the golden era of the DEC society, she was a reserved and responsible with a dry sense of humour – and a habit of snarking. Trained extensively in swordfighting (by her mother) and the art of geomancy (by [[Multics | Multics]]), she was inducted into the DEC military that year as a colonel. By 1988, she was a major general.

Her meteoric rise through the ranks ruffled the feathers of several of her coworkers and endangered the livelihoods of a few others, notably [[TOPS-20 | Tenex]]; outside of DEC, her popularity led to [[ITS | ITS]]'s eventual deposal from MIT. While she viewed these “betrayals” as strictly a matter of business and something not in her own control, her rivals weren't as understanding; although recently she has made good with her old coworkers.

During the early 1980s VMS and unix became locked in fierce rivalry, one that continues to this day through [[BSD | BSD]] and her children. Unlike many rivals, VMS and Unix don't hate each other; their relationship is marked by good-natured, if not somewhat antagonistic, jousting.

===Witnessing DEC's decline===
Her name was changed to OpenVMS is 1992, but she continued to use her old moniker out of convenience. The first major trauma in her life occurred in 1993 when [[NT-tan | Windows NT]] was born and VMS subsequently discovered that she was, in part, a genetic copy of herself. The cloning was purported by VMS' creator who, after leaving DEC, was hired by the rising Microsoft empire to create their next generation of OS-tan – one capable of seizing the then-elusive server and minicomputer market. Taking advantage of the disarray of the Unix and OS Wars, NT was able to conquer already divided nations and secure the Windows empire in the professional market.

One of NT's targets was the already-weakened DEC empire; she faced off against VMS in a duel, completely unaware that her opponent was her mother. VMS, holding back for fear of injuring her daughter, was defeated; this experience made her rethink her life and pushed her toward her current-day mentality.

===Post-DEC years===
In 1998 the tattered DEC society was conquered by HP, and its -tans scattered to all corners of the earth. VMS, too powerful to be let go of, was kept on; she was one of only two ex-DEC officers not deposed of. Their stepsister is [[HP-UX]], whom VMS doesn't get along with.

Feeling no allegiance to her new company, VMS set to wandering the world, gathering disparate OS-tans of all cultures and races together to fight the mainstream powers. This was the beginning of the [[CIOST | Confederation of independent OS-tans]], an underground group of technologically-advanced, but largely unknown OS-tans.

VMS's mother is RSX, has one sister, VAXELN, and two adopted children – OZONE and FreeVMS. She occasionally meets with her old DEC comrades, but lives on her own for the most part.

==Theories and notes==
====General====
VMS-tan's asexuality (and likely, aromanticism) has been more or less confirmed, in various comics, proposed storylines as well as two character interviews. While most of VMS' coworkers and friends know of - and accept - her orientation, her text editor assistant [[RED]]-kun tried for many years to win her affection, to no avail.

It has been speculated that VMS-tan was the most psychologically-affected of all the DEC-tans by the breakup of her company. In fear of becoming without a house or homeland once again, she took up residence on her ship - an old military vessel named DECADE - knowing that nobody would ever be able to put her out of her home again if she made a life on the sea.

====Fanfiction====
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Far-From-Home-pt-I-170720342 Far From Home, pt. I]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Far-From-Home-pt-II-182492007 Far From Home, pt. II]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Far-From-Home-pt-III-182492734 Far From Home, pt. III]
*[http://nejinoniwa.deviantart.com/art/Enter-the-Dead-Hand-182027812?q=gallery%3ANejinOniwa%2F30378202&qo=8 Mertvaya Ruka@STORY, chapters 7 and onwards]

====Fanart====
*[http://c-quel.deviantart.com/art/OpenVMS-tan-Portraiture-109960791 C-chan's OpenVMS Portrait]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Street-Spirit-254947851 "Street Spirit", VMS-tan Portrait]
*[http://nejinoniwa.deviantart.com/art/Birthday-gift-for-BellaCielo-194377280 NejinOniwa's VMS-tan Birthday Drawing]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/VMS-and-eCOS-tan-104126108 VMS and eCOS-tan]

[[Category:DEC]]

VMS

2013-11-24T08:40:04Z

NejinOniwa: /* General */

{{WIP}}

{{OSinfobox
|image = OpenVMSavi.png

|cname = VMS-tan
|alias = OpenVMS, Virtual Memory System
|hname = Vanessa Cutler
|debut = 2007
|height = 5'8" (173 cm)
|haircolor= Navy w/ silver streaks
|eyecolor= Lilac
|weapon= Broadsword/cleaver hybrid, knives, sabre
|apfaction = Formerly of the [[DEC Military]], currently [[CIOST]]
|lineage= DEC, PDP-11/VAX line
|rival= Computer criminals

|osper = VMS (OpenVMS)
|osdev = Digital Equipment Corporation (1977-1998), HP
|reldate = Oct 1977
|lastrel = OpenVMS 8.4 (21 Jun 2010)
}}

==Technical details==
[[wikipedia:OpenVMS|OpenVMS]] – popularly shortened to VMS – is a server, mainframe and (super)minicomputer OS that runs on the VAX, Alpha and Itanium architectures. Originally released by DEC in 1977, VMS is notable for having among the best security, stability, clustering/networking and fault-tolerance features of any modern operating system. It maintains a small but dedicated userbase in the high-end server, commercial, scientific and hobbyist markets.

==Character details==
OpenVMS-tan is depicted as a somewhat tall, athletically-built woman, perhaps late 20s or early 30s in apparent age. She has light skin, numerous fencing scars, has lilac-colored eyes and long navy blue hair, usually tied in a high ponytail, and two long silver forelocks (bangs). She tends to be on the expressionless side - shows of strong emotion are rare, and because of this the smallest of smiles, shows of sadness or anger are usually treated as a serious event by her companions. In public, she typically wears a light gray half-mask to keep her identity hidden and her usual attire is dark in color and utilitarian in nature. She is often depicted wearing a high-collared, black button-up shirt, waistcoat, cargo-type pants, knee-high, strapped leather boots, fingerless gloves and a trenchcoat, as well as a leather belt and leg-holsters for her throwing knives. She carries a few knives at all time and also wields a large, silvery-colored broadsword - cleaver hybrid, its blade covered in a row of razor-sharp "shark's teeth". Her current style of grooming and dress is a far departure from the fashion of her youth; during her time in the [[DEC Military | DEC Faction]] (the late 1970s to late 1990s) she dressed in a slightly modified DEC Military uniform and kept her hair shorter.

VMS-tan is clear-minded and quick-witted, although she received little of the education afforded to the Unix-tans with whom she competes (although this wasn't exactly atypical among the native DEC OS-tans). In spite of this, she gets by quite well with her inborn intellect and is considered one of the finest self-defense and survival experts in the OS-tan community. Although she has good common sense, she is also prone to her own special brand of survivalist-related extravagance and it is thus debatable whether or not she is a pragmatist in the truest sense of the term.

Her demeanor is outwardly emotionless and personality likewise stoic, composed and attentive. Because of this, she is often mistaken as sociopathic or psychopathic, however her mind is perfectly sound and she is not lacking in conscience. Although she has a "hard shell", VMS-tan does indeed posses a warmer side known mostly to her friends and family. She has a fine - albeit rather caustic - sense of humor and a good capacity for recreation and fun. She is a lifelong lover of the outdoors, particularly the ocean, and had been involved in sailing since her youth; she started off sailing for sport, but has more recently taken to boating as a means of transportation and has sailed all over the world. As well, she is also involved in scuba-diving and especially enjoys swimming with sharks, her favorite animal.

VMS-tan has a strong sense of justice and feels a duty to keep others safe. Because of this, she hunts down malware and other security threats whenever possible (or practical), a pastime that has secured her a rather unfortunate status as "vigilante". Although she is a capable and brave fighter, she is not without her fears - although the majority of hers center on trivial subjects rather than anything truly terrifying.

====Powers====
Like many other high-end server and mainframe OS-tans, VMS-tan has been depicted as having supernatural powers - in her case, practicing a brand of geomancy that gives her power over water. However, she eschews magic for the most part, instead favoring the tangible and tactile nature of physical weaponry. As with many of her DEC-tan peers, she is a classically-trained fencer and used a variety of swords during her youth, becoming especially skilled with the rapier and sabre.

====Family and Relationships====
VMS-tan had a somewhat starchy relationship with her DEC peers. At the faction, she was closest with her mother [[RSX]], step-sister VAX, as well as [[RSTS]]-tan and the eternally-affectionate [[PDP-1]]. She has a younger sister, [[VAXELN]], but they rarely see each other due to differences of social circles and geography.

Her relationship with the Unices is mixed. While generally antagonistic toward the family, she and [[UNIX]]-tan started a rather decorous, but also vitriol-soaked friendship in the late 1970s. While she and [[Ultrix]]-tan started off as enemies, they later found common ground as "outcasts" within the faction and warmed to each other.

As leader of the CIOST, VMS-tan commands a rather large but disorganized and somewhat disparate following of OS-tans. She gets along best with [[VME]], [[Primos]] and [[Stratus_VOS | VOS]]-tan, although they are more akin to "comrades-in-arms" than friends in the traditional sense of the word. Although they were rivals for many years, [[TOPS-20]]-tan is a part of her faction, and she and VMS-tan have reconciled for the most part.

VMS-tan has few close friends but those she does have tend to be loyal and affectionate in their own unique ways. She and VAX-tan are still close, despite drifting apart geographically in recent years. [[eCOS]]-tan is her companion and self-proclaimed body-guard. She has two "adopted" children - [[FreeVMS]] and OZONE-tan - although she is rather clueless about raising kids and leaves the majority of the work to RED-kun - her personal text editor and long-time friend. It is implied that RED-kun at one point had romantic feelings for VMS-tan, although she didn't reciprocate his affection due to a differences of personality and a chronic lack of interest in romance or dating. His feelings seem to have dissipated in recent years and they now maintain a close platonic relationship.

==History and background==
===Early life and rise to power===
OpenVMS-tan debuted 1977, under the name VMS. Born to RSX-11 during the golden era of the DEC society, she was a reserved and responsible with a dry sense of humour – and a habit of snarking. Trained extensively in swordfighting (by her mother) and the art of geomancy (by [[Multics | Multics]]), she was inducted into the DEC military that year as a colonel. By 1988, she was a major general.

Her meteoric rise through the ranks ruffled the feathers of several of her coworkers and endangered the livelihoods of a few others, notably [[TOPS-20 | Tenex]]; outside of DEC, her popularity led to [[ITS | ITS]]'s eventual deposal from MIT. While she viewed these “betrayals” as strictly a matter of business and something not in her own control, her rivals weren't as understanding; although recently she has made good with her old coworkers.

During the early 1980s VMS and unix became locked in fierce rivalry, one that continues to this day through [[BSD | BSD]] and her children. Unlike many rivals, VMS and Unix don't hate each other; their relationship is marked by good-natured, if not somewhat antagonistic, jousting.

===Witnessing DEC's decline===
Her name was changed to OpenVMS is 1992, but she continued to use her old moniker out of convenience. The first major trauma in her life occurred in 1993 when [[NT-tan | Windows NT]] was born and VMS subsequently discovered that she was, in part, a genetic copy of herself. The cloning was purported by VMS' creator who, after leaving DEC, was hired by the rising Microsoft empire to create their next generation of OS-tan – one capable of seizing the then-elusive server and minicomputer market. Taking advantage of the disarray of the Unix and OS Wars, NT was able to conquer already divided nations and secure the Windows empire in the professional market.

One of NT's targets was the already-weakened DEC empire; she faced off against VMS in a duel, completely unaware that her opponent was her mother. VMS, holding back for fear of injuring her daughter, was defeated; this experience made her rethink her life and pushed her toward her current-day mentality.

===Post-DEC years===
In 1998 the tattered DEC society was conquered by HP, and its -tans scattered to all corners of the earth. VMS, too powerful to be let go of, was kept on; she was one of only two ex-DEC officers not deposed of. Their stepsister is [[HP-UX]], whom VMS doesn't get along with.

Feeling no allegiance to her new company, VMS set to wandering the world, gathering disparate OS-tans of all cultures and races together to fight the mainstream powers. This was the beginning of the [[CIOST | Confederation of independent OS-tans]], an underground group of technologically-advanced, but largely unknown OS-tans.

VMS's mother is RSX, has one sister, VAXELN, and two adopted children – OZONE and FreeVMS. She occasionally meets with her old DEC comrades, but lives on her own for the most part.

==Theories and notes==
====General====
VMS-tan's asexuality (and likely, aromanticism) has been more or less confirmed, in various comics, proposed storylines as well as two character interviews. While most of VMS' coworkers and friends know of - and accept - her orientation, her text editor assistant [[RED]]-kun tried for many years to win her affection, to no avail.

It has been speculated that VMS-tan was the most psychologically-affected of all the DEC-tans by the breakup of her company. In fear of becoming without a house or homeland once again, she took up residence on her ship - an old military vessel named DECADE - knowing that nobody would ever be able to put her out of her home again if she made a life on the sea.

====Fanfiction====
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Far-From-Home-pt-I-170720342 Far From Home, pt. I]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Far-From-Home-pt-II-182492007 Far From Home, pt. II]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Far-From-Home-pt-III-182492734 Far From Home, pt. III]

====Fanart====
*[http://c-quel.deviantart.com/art/OpenVMS-tan-Portraiture-109960791 C-chan's OpenVMS Portrait]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Street-Spirit-254947851 "Street Spirit", VMS-tan Portrait]
*[http://nejinoniwa.deviantart.com/art/Birthday-gift-for-BellaCielo-194377280 NejinOniwa's VMS-tan Birthday Drawing]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/VMS-and-eCOS-tan-104126108 VMS and eCOS-tan]

[[Category:DEC]]

Linux

2013-11-04T15:03:12Z

NejinOniwa: /* Writings */

{{WIP}}

{{OSinfobox
|image = GNULinux.png‎

|cname = Linux
|alias = GNU/Linux
|hname = Lina Torvalds
|debut = Unknown
|height = 5 foot 6 inches
|haircolor= Moderate Mulberry; blue or brown in some variants
|eyecolor= Mulberry; red or orange in variants
|weapon = Spear, halberd, sorcery
|apfaction = [[Linux Unix Consortium]]
|lineage= Unix-like
|rival= Various

|osper = GNU/Linux
|osdev = Various developers
|reldate = 17 September 1991
|lastrel = Kernel: 3.1, 24 October 2011
}}

==Technical Details==
GNU/Linux is the name given to a family of open source Unix-like operating systems. One of the most famous and successful implementations of open source software, Linux distrubutions can be found in every sector of the computer industry and on every modern architecture– from the largest mainframes to the fastest supercomputers to PCs and cell phones.

Created in 1991 by Linus Torvalds, the original Linux kernel source was posted to a usenet group, where people the world over began modifying and improving its construction. Soon thereafter the kernel was coupled with the GNU Project's collection of libraries and utilities, making a viable operating system – by 1992, the first Linux distros appeared. Since then GNU/Linux has continually evolved, with various distros created and funded by corporations, institutions, communities and individuals.

==Character details==
Due to the relative high-profile nature of GNU/Linux, several Linux-tan characterizations exist. This article will detail several of the best-known ones.

====Outside designs====
[[File:Linux.jpg|left|thumb|100px|Futaba Linux-tan]]One of the earliest known Linux-tan designs, originating from the Futaba image board, was that of Kami-Tux - a large bearded penguin with horns (a reference to the GNU GPL), a row of gear-teeth running down the top of his head (most likely alluding to the gear-based KDE logo) and a spear. Also originating on Futaba was a humanoid Linux-tan personification depicted as a young girl with light skin, long, hime-cut blueish or purple hair, red or pinkish eyes, a loose, sleeveless blue dress with gold accenting, flipper-shaped shoes, a spear with multiple ribbons attached near the spearhead and a large helmet with a penguin bill-like visor, gnu horns and a row of gear's teeth running down the middle. This design varied somewhat from artist to artist, but it often incorporated logos from Linux-related projects: for instance, the KDE "K" stamped on her helmet, the GNOME footprint logo printed on her dress, and the names of different Linux bootloaders emblazoned on the spear's ribbons.

In early 2005, the Italian artist Juzo-kun designed another Linux humanization [http://juzo-kun.deviantart.com/art/OS-tan-fanart-Linux-tan-15714339]. This design was depicted as a fair-skinned woman with long brown hair and orange eyes. She wears a black-and-white military-style jacket with gold accents, white tights and gloves, golden boots and body armor on her shoulders, forearms and shins, as well as a geared helmet and carries a spear (both of which are references to the earlier Futaba design). Many subsequent Linux personifications are either based on, or incorporate features from, Juzo-kun's Linux-tan.

====OSC designs====
[[File:Cchanlinux.png‎|right|thumb|100px|C-chan's Linux-tan]]OS-tan Collection's first and possibly only in-house Linux-tan originated with the artist C-Chan. This 2007 personification is not so much an original character as an amalgamation of both Juzo-kun's and Futaba's Linux-tans - like the Japanese design, she is depicted with purple hime-cut hair, a blue and gold billed-and-horned helmet, and ribbon-covered spear; however, she is wearing an outfit based on Juzo-kun's characterization, albeit with a modified color scheme (blue and white instead of black and white). As well, the eye color of this design is purple instead of the previously-featured orange or pink. Although this Linux-tan has been modified by different OSC artists (for instance, changed hairstyles, outfits, weaponry), it remains the dominant OSC-based design.

A variation of C-Chan's original design (created by Bella for use in her comic and later adopted by C-Chan) depicts Linux-tan with rather messy, side-swept bangs, KDE logo earrings, a navy blue military-style jacket, similarly-colored knee-high boots, white short-shorts or a white miniskirt and tights, and a teal ''Compiz-Fusion'' cape. She carries a halberd covered in numerous red ribbons emblazoned with Linux utility names and possesses forcefield-based shields instead of her traditional helmet and body armor. As well, there is a ''Security Enhanced Linux'' GNU/Linux-tan variation - this version puts Linux-tan in elaborate military-style uniform, but little else is known about it. Both of these designs are considered current-day or future representations of Linux-tan rather than different characters altogether.

Further development by the artist Bella presents Linux-tan as being about 5'6" tall, of slim-average build, and roughly in her late teens - early twenties in apparent age.

This design is also used by author NejinOniwa in his series of [[OSC Literature and Manga Guide | stories]], with rather minimal alterations.

====OSC Notes====
In most OSC-proposed stories, the Futaba Linux design is considered to be representative of Linux-tan's early self, while the various OSC designs are considered her adolescent and adult selves.

===Personality===
Linux-tan is depicted as having the intelligence and pragmatism of a Unix combined with the optimism and idealism of an Open Source disciple. She values openness and honesty above all else, and while friends tend to find her ability to "tell it like it is" refreshing, detractors call her blunt or deficient in tact. In spite of her occasionally brusque nature, she seems to be sincerely good and devoted to helping others. She is particularly vested in the plight of older and abandoned computer-tans as well as her Open Source ''brethren'' and is quick to speak out against injustices faced by their kind.

Like the majority of Open Source OS-tans, Linux is extroverted and values communality, and although she is lacking somewhat in social grace she can still command the attention and admiration of others. Although she can best be described as intelligent beyond her years, Linux-tan's psychological age is roughly equivalent to her physical one and she maintains a sense of youthful enthusiasm. Although she has historically been oriented more toward work than play, in recent years she has cultivated a better capacity for fun and recreation.

In spite of her generally good nature and inclination toward helping "the common man", historically Linux-tan has found more popularity amongst business, scientific and other high-end types than home and personal computers and users - a phenomena likely caused by her intelligence and reputation for being cryptic and verbose to those not versed in the ways of Unixkind. In recent years she has made great inroads into the home user market through her proliferation in the mobile computing sector and has befriended more non-technical types than ever before.

Although she is trained in a number of fighting techniques, Linux-tan is non-violent for the most part – believing her ideals to be a far more powerful weapon against adversaries than any spell or spear – but on the occasions that she must use force, she chooses to fight fairly and honorably.

===Powers===
The extent of Linux-tan's powers have never been fully outlined. She was born without any innate magical abilities, but her tutor [[Minix]]-sensei taught her rudimentary healing spells during her childhood, an ability she honed throughout her youth. During her training under the ''GNU Project'', she acquired a considerably broader range of sorcery - including specialized and general-purpose sorcery as well as self-defense magic. A true ''Open Soucerer'', she has developed many spells of her own and shares them freely with her followers and any curious parties.

While she possesses knowledge of a number of defensive sorcery techniques, she prefers hand-to-hand combat - believing her sorcery is better put to use in constructive rather than destructive pursuits. In recent years she has deployed specialized magical armor - generally depicted as a sort of horned halo, this "armor" takes the place of her old helmet.
==History and background==

Born in Finland in 1991, Linux was soon thereafter turned over to [[Minix | Minix-sensei]] for further schooling. As per “father's” orders, in 1992 she was set out into the world so that she might find her own path in life.

Linux consciously avoided the destruction of the Unix Wars, something that allowed her to develop free of its negative influences. Born powerless, a chance encounter with [[ITS | ITS]] inspired her to approach the GNU society – practitioners of an advanced form of “open sourcery” who sought an OS-tan to wield the power they has created. At their headquarters in Boston she learnt the secrets of their sorcery and most of her strategic skills.

Since her source code (analogous to gene sequence) was made freely available, she could stay extremely healthy, and furthermore, have many children created. Her powers, growing family and band of followers, and alliance with the scrappy young Apache Server-tan made Linux stronger than ever – and made her a prime target for the Unix-tans, who were terrified that her rising popularity would further destabilize their already crumbling society. In an attempt to pacify those calling for Linux's capture (or assassination), [[UNIX | Unix]] ordered some of her daughters to capture and deliver to her Linux, unharmed; orders which they begrudgingly carried out. Linux initially feared that Unix would kill her, but it soon became clear that Unix meant no harm.

Their discussion turned to matters of family and conflict, during which Unix revealed her fear that Linux would destroy the old Unix society and replace it with her own, much as Unix herself had done to the generation proceeding her own. Linux was smart enough to draw a parallel between Unix's story and her own rise to power; not wanting to encounter a similar fate, Linux agreed to Unix's suggestion that they work together instead of fighting.

While their cultures have been largely integrated, their treatment of each other is uneasy at best and Linux remains the point of much suspicion – especially with the looming possibility that she could inherit the Unix throne.

==Family and relationships==

===Unix===

===Minix===

===Others===

Important to note is her close relations to her creator and "father", Linus Torvalds, him being solely responsible for her initial codebase - due to this she has a much closer relationship with him than most corporate OS-tans do with their respective makers.

==Fanworks==
====OSC Linux====
*[http://c-quel.deviantart.com/art/Chibi-Linux-1999-2009-112283608 Linux chibis]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Security-Enhanced-Linux-tan-209467429 Security Enhanced Linux-tan concept sketch]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Linux-and-Unix-on-a-Ship-154026386 "Unix and Linux on a Ship"]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Unix-and-Linux-tan-FINAL-149087774 Unix and Linux-tan portrait]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/A-Very-Unix-Christmas-107585314 "Very Unix Chirstmas"]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-6719 Early Unix and Linux-tans drawing]
====Juzo-Kun's Linux====
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-7079]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-2631]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-2614]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-2632]
====Other Designs====
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-7078]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-5276]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-5842]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-8925]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-8933]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-8725]

====Comics====
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/gallery/7389585 Linux-tan Comic, Chapter 1]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/gallery/8017607 Linux-tan Comic, Chapter 2]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/gallery/8017662 Linux-tan Comic, Chapter 3]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/gallery/8033837 Linux-tan Comic, Chapter 4]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/gallery/24249739 Linux-tan Comic, Chapter 5]

====Writings====
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Unix-tan-fanfic-pt-I-164941135 Unix-tan Fanfic Part I]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Unix-tan-fanfic-pt-II-168520462 Unix-tan Fanfic Part II]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/OC-Meme-OS-tan-Edition-pt-II-155094361 OS-tan Interview featuring Linux-tan]
*[http://nejinoniwa.deviantart.com/art/Enter-the-Dead-Hand-182027812?q=gallery%3ANejinOniwa%2F30378202&qo=8 Mertvaya Ruka@STORY ( chapters 3 and onwards)]
[[Category:Linux]]

Linux

2013-11-04T15:02:57Z

NejinOniwa: /* Writings */

Linux

2013-11-04T15:00:58Z

NejinOniwa: /* Others */

Linux

2013-11-04T15:00:48Z

NejinOniwa: /* Family and relationships */

{{WIP}}

{{OSinfobox
|image = GNULinux.png‎

|cname = Linux
|alias = GNU/Linux
|hname = Lina Torvalds
|debut = Unknown
|height = 5 foot 6 inches
|haircolor= Moderate Mulberry; blue or brown in some variants
|eyecolor= Mulberry; red or orange in variants
|weapon = Spear, halberd, sorcery
|apfaction = [[Linux Unix Consortium]]
|lineage= Unix-like
|rival= Various

|osper = GNU/Linux
|osdev = Various developers
|reldate = 17 September 1991
|lastrel = Kernel: 3.1, 24 October 2011
}}

==Technical Details==
GNU/Linux is the name given to a family of open source Unix-like operating systems. One of the most famous and successful implementations of open source software, Linux distrubutions can be found in every sector of the computer industry and on every modern architecture– from the largest mainframes to the fastest supercomputers to PCs and cell phones.

Created in 1991 by Linus Torvalds, the original Linux kernel source was posted to a usenet group, where people the world over began modifying and improving its construction. Soon thereafter the kernel was coupled with the GNU Project's collection of libraries and utilities, making a viable operating system – by 1992, the first Linux distros appeared. Since then GNU/Linux has continually evolved, with various distros created and funded by corporations, institutions, communities and individuals.

==Character details==
Due to the relative high-profile nature of GNU/Linux, several Linux-tan characterizations exist. This article will detail several of the best-known ones.

====Outside designs====
[[File:Linux.jpg|left|thumb|100px|Futaba Linux-tan]]One of the earliest known Linux-tan designs, originating from the Futaba image board, was that of Kami-Tux - a large bearded penguin with horns (a reference to the GNU GPL), a row of gear-teeth running down the top of his head (most likely alluding to the gear-based KDE logo) and a spear. Also originating on Futaba was a humanoid Linux-tan personification depicted as a young girl with light skin, long, hime-cut blueish or purple hair, red or pinkish eyes, a loose, sleeveless blue dress with gold accenting, flipper-shaped shoes, a spear with multiple ribbons attached near the spearhead and a large helmet with a penguin bill-like visor, gnu horns and a row of gear's teeth running down the middle. This design varied somewhat from artist to artist, but it often incorporated logos from Linux-related projects: for instance, the KDE "K" stamped on her helmet, the GNOME footprint logo printed on her dress, and the names of different Linux bootloaders emblazoned on the spear's ribbons.

In early 2005, the Italian artist Juzo-kun designed another Linux humanization [http://juzo-kun.deviantart.com/art/OS-tan-fanart-Linux-tan-15714339]. This design was depicted as a fair-skinned woman with long brown hair and orange eyes. She wears a black-and-white military-style jacket with gold accents, white tights and gloves, golden boots and body armor on her shoulders, forearms and shins, as well as a geared helmet and carries a spear (both of which are references to the earlier Futaba design). Many subsequent Linux personifications are either based on, or incorporate features from, Juzo-kun's Linux-tan.

====OSC designs====
[[File:Cchanlinux.png‎|right|thumb|100px|C-chan's Linux-tan]]OS-tan Collection's first and possibly only in-house Linux-tan originated with the artist C-Chan. This 2007 personification is not so much an original character as an amalgamation of both Juzo-kun's and Futaba's Linux-tans - like the Japanese design, she is depicted with purple hime-cut hair, a blue and gold billed-and-horned helmet, and ribbon-covered spear; however, she is wearing an outfit based on Juzo-kun's characterization, albeit with a modified color scheme (blue and white instead of black and white). As well, the eye color of this design is purple instead of the previously-featured orange or pink. Although this Linux-tan has been modified by different OSC artists (for instance, changed hairstyles, outfits, weaponry), it remains the dominant OSC-based design.

A variation of C-Chan's original design (created by Bella for use in her comic and later adopted by C-Chan) depicts Linux-tan with rather messy, side-swept bangs, KDE logo earrings, a navy blue military-style jacket, similarly-colored knee-high boots, white short-shorts or a white miniskirt and tights, and a teal ''Compiz-Fusion'' cape. She carries a halberd covered in numerous red ribbons emblazoned with Linux utility names and possesses forcefield-based shields instead of her traditional helmet and body armor. As well, there is a ''Security Enhanced Linux'' GNU/Linux-tan variation - this version puts Linux-tan in elaborate military-style uniform, but little else is known about it. Both of these designs are considered current-day or future representations of Linux-tan rather than different characters altogether.

Further development by the artist Bella presents Linux-tan as being about 5'6" tall, of slim-average build, and roughly in her late teens - early twenties in apparent age.

This design is also used by author NejinOniwa in his series of [[OSC Literature and Manga Guide | stories]], with rather minimal alterations.

====OSC Notes====
In most OSC-proposed stories, the Futaba Linux design is considered to be representative of Linux-tan's early self, while the various OSC designs are considered her adolescent and adult selves.

===Personality===
Linux-tan is depicted as having the intelligence and pragmatism of a Unix combined with the optimism and idealism of an Open Source disciple. She values openness and honesty above all else, and while friends tend to find her ability to "tell it like it is" refreshing, detractors call her blunt or deficient in tact. In spite of her occasionally brusque nature, she seems to be sincerely good and devoted to helping others. She is particularly vested in the plight of older and abandoned computer-tans as well as her Open Source ''brethren'' and is quick to speak out against injustices faced by their kind.

Like the majority of Open Source OS-tans, Linux is extroverted and values communality, and although she is lacking somewhat in social grace she can still command the attention and admiration of others. Although she can best be described as intelligent beyond her years, Linux-tan's psychological age is roughly equivalent to her physical one and she maintains a sense of youthful enthusiasm. Although she has historically been oriented more toward work than play, in recent years she has cultivated a better capacity for fun and recreation.

In spite of her generally good nature and inclination toward helping "the common man", historically Linux-tan has found more popularity amongst business, scientific and other high-end types than home and personal computers and users - a phenomena likely caused by her intelligence and reputation for being cryptic and verbose to those not versed in the ways of Unixkind. In recent years she has made great inroads into the home user market through her proliferation in the mobile computing sector and has befriended more non-technical types than ever before.

Although she is trained in a number of fighting techniques, Linux-tan is non-violent for the most part – believing her ideals to be a far more powerful weapon against adversaries than any spell or spear – but on the occasions that she must use force, she chooses to fight fairly and honorably.

===Powers===
The extent of Linux-tan's powers have never been fully outlined. She was born without any innate magical abilities, but her tutor [[Minix]]-sensei taught her rudimentary healing spells during her childhood, an ability she honed throughout her youth. During her training under the ''GNU Project'', she acquired a considerably broader range of sorcery - including specialized and general-purpose sorcery as well as self-defense magic. A true ''Open Soucerer'', she has developed many spells of her own and shares them freely with her followers and any curious parties.

While she possesses knowledge of a number of defensive sorcery techniques, she prefers hand-to-hand combat - believing her sorcery is better put to use in constructive rather than destructive pursuits. In recent years she has deployed specialized magical armor - generally depicted as a sort of horned halo, this "armor" takes the place of her old helmet.
==History and background==

Born in Finland in 1991, Linux was soon thereafter turned over to [[Minix | Minix-sensei]] for further schooling. As per “father's” orders, in 1992 she was set out into the world so that she might find her own path in life.

Linux consciously avoided the destruction of the Unix Wars, something that allowed her to develop free of its negative influences. Born powerless, a chance encounter with [[ITS | ITS]] inspired her to approach the GNU society – practitioners of an advanced form of “open sourcery” who sought an OS-tan to wield the power they has created. At their headquarters in Boston she learnt the secrets of their sorcery and most of her strategic skills.

Since her source code (analogous to gene sequence) was made freely available, she could stay extremely healthy, and furthermore, have many children created. Her powers, growing family and band of followers, and alliance with the scrappy young Apache Server-tan made Linux stronger than ever – and made her a prime target for the Unix-tans, who were terrified that her rising popularity would further destabilize their already crumbling society. In an attempt to pacify those calling for Linux's capture (or assassination), [[UNIX | Unix]] ordered some of her daughters to capture and deliver to her Linux, unharmed; orders which they begrudgingly carried out. Linux initially feared that Unix would kill her, but it soon became clear that Unix meant no harm.

Their discussion turned to matters of family and conflict, during which Unix revealed her fear that Linux would destroy the old Unix society and replace it with her own, much as Unix herself had done to the generation proceeding her own. Linux was smart enough to draw a parallel between Unix's story and her own rise to power; not wanting to encounter a similar fate, Linux agreed to Unix's suggestion that they work together instead of fighting.

While their cultures have been largely integrated, their treatment of each other is uneasy at best and Linux remains the point of much suspicion – especially with the looming possibility that she could inherit the Unix throne.

==Family and relationships==

===Unix===

===Minix===

===Others===

Important to note is also her close relations to her creator and "father", Linus Torvalds, him being solely responsible for her initial codebase - due to this she has a much closer relationship with him than most corporate OS-tans do with their respective makers.

==Fanworks==
====OSC Linux====
*[http://c-quel.deviantart.com/art/Chibi-Linux-1999-2009-112283608 Linux chibis]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Security-Enhanced-Linux-tan-209467429 Security Enhanced Linux-tan concept sketch]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Linux-and-Unix-on-a-Ship-154026386 "Unix and Linux on a Ship"]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Unix-and-Linux-tan-FINAL-149087774 Unix and Linux-tan portrait]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/A-Very-Unix-Christmas-107585314 "Very Unix Chirstmas"]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-6719 Early Unix and Linux-tans drawing]
====Juzo-Kun's Linux====
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-7079]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-2631]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-2614]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-2632]
====Other Designs====
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-7078]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-5276]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-5842]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-8925]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-8933]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-8725]

====Comics====
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/gallery/7389585 Linux-tan Comic, Chapter 1]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/gallery/8017607 Linux-tan Comic, Chapter 2]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/gallery/8017662 Linux-tan Comic, Chapter 3]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/gallery/8033837 Linux-tan Comic, Chapter 4]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/gallery/24249739 Linux-tan Comic, Chapter 5]

====Writings====
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Unix-tan-fanfic-pt-I-164941135 Unix-tan Fanfic Part I]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Unix-tan-fanfic-pt-II-168520462 Unix-tan Fanfic Part II]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/OC-Meme-OS-tan-Edition-pt-II-155094361 OS-tan Interview featuring Linux-tan]

[[Category:Linux]]

Linux

2013-11-04T15:00:30Z

NejinOniwa: /* Family and relationships */

{{WIP}}

{{OSinfobox
|image = GNULinux.png‎

|cname = Linux
|alias = GNU/Linux
|hname = Lina Torvalds
|debut = Unknown
|height = 5 foot 6 inches
|haircolor= Moderate Mulberry; blue or brown in some variants
|eyecolor= Mulberry; red or orange in variants
|weapon = Spear, halberd, sorcery
|apfaction = [[Linux Unix Consortium]]
|lineage= Unix-like
|rival= Various

|osper = GNU/Linux
|osdev = Various developers
|reldate = 17 September 1991
|lastrel = Kernel: 3.1, 24 October 2011
}}

==Technical Details==
GNU/Linux is the name given to a family of open source Unix-like operating systems. One of the most famous and successful implementations of open source software, Linux distrubutions can be found in every sector of the computer industry and on every modern architecture– from the largest mainframes to the fastest supercomputers to PCs and cell phones.

Created in 1991 by Linus Torvalds, the original Linux kernel source was posted to a usenet group, where people the world over began modifying and improving its construction. Soon thereafter the kernel was coupled with the GNU Project's collection of libraries and utilities, making a viable operating system – by 1992, the first Linux distros appeared. Since then GNU/Linux has continually evolved, with various distros created and funded by corporations, institutions, communities and individuals.

==Character details==
Due to the relative high-profile nature of GNU/Linux, several Linux-tan characterizations exist. This article will detail several of the best-known ones.

====Outside designs====
[[File:Linux.jpg|left|thumb|100px|Futaba Linux-tan]]One of the earliest known Linux-tan designs, originating from the Futaba image board, was that of Kami-Tux - a large bearded penguin with horns (a reference to the GNU GPL), a row of gear-teeth running down the top of his head (most likely alluding to the gear-based KDE logo) and a spear. Also originating on Futaba was a humanoid Linux-tan personification depicted as a young girl with light skin, long, hime-cut blueish or purple hair, red or pinkish eyes, a loose, sleeveless blue dress with gold accenting, flipper-shaped shoes, a spear with multiple ribbons attached near the spearhead and a large helmet with a penguin bill-like visor, gnu horns and a row of gear's teeth running down the middle. This design varied somewhat from artist to artist, but it often incorporated logos from Linux-related projects: for instance, the KDE "K" stamped on her helmet, the GNOME footprint logo printed on her dress, and the names of different Linux bootloaders emblazoned on the spear's ribbons.

In early 2005, the Italian artist Juzo-kun designed another Linux humanization [http://juzo-kun.deviantart.com/art/OS-tan-fanart-Linux-tan-15714339]. This design was depicted as a fair-skinned woman with long brown hair and orange eyes. She wears a black-and-white military-style jacket with gold accents, white tights and gloves, golden boots and body armor on her shoulders, forearms and shins, as well as a geared helmet and carries a spear (both of which are references to the earlier Futaba design). Many subsequent Linux personifications are either based on, or incorporate features from, Juzo-kun's Linux-tan.

====OSC designs====
[[File:Cchanlinux.png‎|right|thumb|100px|C-chan's Linux-tan]]OS-tan Collection's first and possibly only in-house Linux-tan originated with the artist C-Chan. This 2007 personification is not so much an original character as an amalgamation of both Juzo-kun's and Futaba's Linux-tans - like the Japanese design, she is depicted with purple hime-cut hair, a blue and gold billed-and-horned helmet, and ribbon-covered spear; however, she is wearing an outfit based on Juzo-kun's characterization, albeit with a modified color scheme (blue and white instead of black and white). As well, the eye color of this design is purple instead of the previously-featured orange or pink. Although this Linux-tan has been modified by different OSC artists (for instance, changed hairstyles, outfits, weaponry), it remains the dominant OSC-based design.

A variation of C-Chan's original design (created by Bella for use in her comic and later adopted by C-Chan) depicts Linux-tan with rather messy, side-swept bangs, KDE logo earrings, a navy blue military-style jacket, similarly-colored knee-high boots, white short-shorts or a white miniskirt and tights, and a teal ''Compiz-Fusion'' cape. She carries a halberd covered in numerous red ribbons emblazoned with Linux utility names and possesses forcefield-based shields instead of her traditional helmet and body armor. As well, there is a ''Security Enhanced Linux'' GNU/Linux-tan variation - this version puts Linux-tan in elaborate military-style uniform, but little else is known about it. Both of these designs are considered current-day or future representations of Linux-tan rather than different characters altogether.

Further development by the artist Bella presents Linux-tan as being about 5'6" tall, of slim-average build, and roughly in her late teens - early twenties in apparent age.

This design is also used by author NejinOniwa in his series of [[OSC Literature and Manga Guide | stories]], with rather minimal alterations.

====OSC Notes====
In most OSC-proposed stories, the Futaba Linux design is considered to be representative of Linux-tan's early self, while the various OSC designs are considered her adolescent and adult selves.

===Personality===
Linux-tan is depicted as having the intelligence and pragmatism of a Unix combined with the optimism and idealism of an Open Source disciple. She values openness and honesty above all else, and while friends tend to find her ability to "tell it like it is" refreshing, detractors call her blunt or deficient in tact. In spite of her occasionally brusque nature, she seems to be sincerely good and devoted to helping others. She is particularly vested in the plight of older and abandoned computer-tans as well as her Open Source ''brethren'' and is quick to speak out against injustices faced by their kind.

Like the majority of Open Source OS-tans, Linux is extroverted and values communality, and although she is lacking somewhat in social grace she can still command the attention and admiration of others. Although she can best be described as intelligent beyond her years, Linux-tan's psychological age is roughly equivalent to her physical one and she maintains a sense of youthful enthusiasm. Although she has historically been oriented more toward work than play, in recent years she has cultivated a better capacity for fun and recreation.

In spite of her generally good nature and inclination toward helping "the common man", historically Linux-tan has found more popularity amongst business, scientific and other high-end types than home and personal computers and users - a phenomena likely caused by her intelligence and reputation for being cryptic and verbose to those not versed in the ways of Unixkind. In recent years she has made great inroads into the home user market through her proliferation in the mobile computing sector and has befriended more non-technical types than ever before.

Although she is trained in a number of fighting techniques, Linux-tan is non-violent for the most part – believing her ideals to be a far more powerful weapon against adversaries than any spell or spear – but on the occasions that she must use force, she chooses to fight fairly and honorably.

===Powers===
The extent of Linux-tan's powers have never been fully outlined. She was born without any innate magical abilities, but her tutor [[Minix]]-sensei taught her rudimentary healing spells during her childhood, an ability she honed throughout her youth. During her training under the ''GNU Project'', she acquired a considerably broader range of sorcery - including specialized and general-purpose sorcery as well as self-defense magic. A true ''Open Soucerer'', she has developed many spells of her own and shares them freely with her followers and any curious parties.

While she possesses knowledge of a number of defensive sorcery techniques, she prefers hand-to-hand combat - believing her sorcery is better put to use in constructive rather than destructive pursuits. In recent years she has deployed specialized magical armor - generally depicted as a sort of horned halo, this "armor" takes the place of her old helmet.
==History and background==

Born in Finland in 1991, Linux was soon thereafter turned over to [[Minix | Minix-sensei]] for further schooling. As per “father's” orders, in 1992 she was set out into the world so that she might find her own path in life.

Linux consciously avoided the destruction of the Unix Wars, something that allowed her to develop free of its negative influences. Born powerless, a chance encounter with [[ITS | ITS]] inspired her to approach the GNU society – practitioners of an advanced form of “open sourcery” who sought an OS-tan to wield the power they has created. At their headquarters in Boston she learnt the secrets of their sorcery and most of her strategic skills.

Since her source code (analogous to gene sequence) was made freely available, she could stay extremely healthy, and furthermore, have many children created. Her powers, growing family and band of followers, and alliance with the scrappy young Apache Server-tan made Linux stronger than ever – and made her a prime target for the Unix-tans, who were terrified that her rising popularity would further destabilize their already crumbling society. In an attempt to pacify those calling for Linux's capture (or assassination), [[UNIX | Unix]] ordered some of her daughters to capture and deliver to her Linux, unharmed; orders which they begrudgingly carried out. Linux initially feared that Unix would kill her, but it soon became clear that Unix meant no harm.

Their discussion turned to matters of family and conflict, during which Unix revealed her fear that Linux would destroy the old Unix society and replace it with her own, much as Unix herself had done to the generation proceeding her own. Linux was smart enough to draw a parallel between Unix's story and her own rise to power; not wanting to encounter a similar fate, Linux agreed to Unix's suggestion that they work together instead of fighting.

While their cultures have been largely integrated, their treatment of each other is uneasy at best and Linux remains the point of much suspicion – especially with the looming possibility that she could inherit the Unix throne.

==Family and relationships==

===Unix===

===Minix===

Important to note is also her close relations to her creator and "father", Linus Torvalds, him being solely responsible for her initial codebase - due to this she has a much closer relationship with him than most corporate OS-tans do with their respective makers.

==Fanworks==
====OSC Linux====
*[http://c-quel.deviantart.com/art/Chibi-Linux-1999-2009-112283608 Linux chibis]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Security-Enhanced-Linux-tan-209467429 Security Enhanced Linux-tan concept sketch]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Linux-and-Unix-on-a-Ship-154026386 "Unix and Linux on a Ship"]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Unix-and-Linux-tan-FINAL-149087774 Unix and Linux-tan portrait]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/A-Very-Unix-Christmas-107585314 "Very Unix Chirstmas"]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-6719 Early Unix and Linux-tans drawing]
====Juzo-Kun's Linux====
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-7079]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-2631]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-2614]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-2632]
====Other Designs====
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-7078]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-5276]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-5842]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-8925]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-8933]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-8725]

====Comics====
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/gallery/7389585 Linux-tan Comic, Chapter 1]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/gallery/8017607 Linux-tan Comic, Chapter 2]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/gallery/8017662 Linux-tan Comic, Chapter 3]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/gallery/8033837 Linux-tan Comic, Chapter 4]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/gallery/24249739 Linux-tan Comic, Chapter 5]

====Writings====
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Unix-tan-fanfic-pt-I-164941135 Unix-tan Fanfic Part I]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Unix-tan-fanfic-pt-II-168520462 Unix-tan Fanfic Part II]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/OC-Meme-OS-tan-Edition-pt-II-155094361 OS-tan Interview featuring Linux-tan]

[[Category:Linux]]

Linux

2013-11-04T14:56:14Z

NejinOniwa: /* OSC designs */

{{WIP}}

{{OSinfobox
|image = GNULinux.png‎

|cname = Linux
|alias = GNU/Linux
|hname = Lina Torvalds
|debut = Unknown
|height = 5 foot 6 inches
|haircolor= Moderate Mulberry; blue or brown in some variants
|eyecolor= Mulberry; red or orange in variants
|weapon = Spear, halberd, sorcery
|apfaction = [[Linux Unix Consortium]]
|lineage= Unix-like
|rival= Various

|osper = GNU/Linux
|osdev = Various developers
|reldate = 17 September 1991
|lastrel = Kernel: 3.1, 24 October 2011
}}

==Technical Details==
GNU/Linux is the name given to a family of open source Unix-like operating systems. One of the most famous and successful implementations of open source software, Linux distrubutions can be found in every sector of the computer industry and on every modern architecture– from the largest mainframes to the fastest supercomputers to PCs and cell phones.

Created in 1991 by Linus Torvalds, the original Linux kernel source was posted to a usenet group, where people the world over began modifying and improving its construction. Soon thereafter the kernel was coupled with the GNU Project's collection of libraries and utilities, making a viable operating system – by 1992, the first Linux distros appeared. Since then GNU/Linux has continually evolved, with various distros created and funded by corporations, institutions, communities and individuals.

==Character details==
Due to the relative high-profile nature of GNU/Linux, several Linux-tan characterizations exist. This article will detail several of the best-known ones.

====Outside designs====
[[File:Linux.jpg|left|thumb|100px|Futaba Linux-tan]]One of the earliest known Linux-tan designs, originating from the Futaba image board, was that of Kami-Tux - a large bearded penguin with horns (a reference to the GNU GPL), a row of gear-teeth running down the top of his head (most likely alluding to the gear-based KDE logo) and a spear. Also originating on Futaba was a humanoid Linux-tan personification depicted as a young girl with light skin, long, hime-cut blueish or purple hair, red or pinkish eyes, a loose, sleeveless blue dress with gold accenting, flipper-shaped shoes, a spear with multiple ribbons attached near the spearhead and a large helmet with a penguin bill-like visor, gnu horns and a row of gear's teeth running down the middle. This design varied somewhat from artist to artist, but it often incorporated logos from Linux-related projects: for instance, the KDE "K" stamped on her helmet, the GNOME footprint logo printed on her dress, and the names of different Linux bootloaders emblazoned on the spear's ribbons.

In early 2005, the Italian artist Juzo-kun designed another Linux humanization [http://juzo-kun.deviantart.com/art/OS-tan-fanart-Linux-tan-15714339]. This design was depicted as a fair-skinned woman with long brown hair and orange eyes. She wears a black-and-white military-style jacket with gold accents, white tights and gloves, golden boots and body armor on her shoulders, forearms and shins, as well as a geared helmet and carries a spear (both of which are references to the earlier Futaba design). Many subsequent Linux personifications are either based on, or incorporate features from, Juzo-kun's Linux-tan.

====OSC designs====
[[File:Cchanlinux.png‎|right|thumb|100px|C-chan's Linux-tan]]OS-tan Collection's first and possibly only in-house Linux-tan originated with the artist C-Chan. This 2007 personification is not so much an original character as an amalgamation of both Juzo-kun's and Futaba's Linux-tans - like the Japanese design, she is depicted with purple hime-cut hair, a blue and gold billed-and-horned helmet, and ribbon-covered spear; however, she is wearing an outfit based on Juzo-kun's characterization, albeit with a modified color scheme (blue and white instead of black and white). As well, the eye color of this design is purple instead of the previously-featured orange or pink. Although this Linux-tan has been modified by different OSC artists (for instance, changed hairstyles, outfits, weaponry), it remains the dominant OSC-based design.

A variation of C-Chan's original design (created by Bella for use in her comic and later adopted by C-Chan) depicts Linux-tan with rather messy, side-swept bangs, KDE logo earrings, a navy blue military-style jacket, similarly-colored knee-high boots, white short-shorts or a white miniskirt and tights, and a teal ''Compiz-Fusion'' cape. She carries a halberd covered in numerous red ribbons emblazoned with Linux utility names and possesses forcefield-based shields instead of her traditional helmet and body armor. As well, there is a ''Security Enhanced Linux'' GNU/Linux-tan variation - this version puts Linux-tan in elaborate military-style uniform, but little else is known about it. Both of these designs are considered current-day or future representations of Linux-tan rather than different characters altogether.

Further development by the artist Bella presents Linux-tan as being about 5'6" tall, of slim-average build, and roughly in her late teens - early twenties in apparent age.

This design is also used by author NejinOniwa in his series of [[OSC Literature and Manga Guide | stories]], with rather minimal alterations.

====OSC Notes====
In most OSC-proposed stories, the Futaba Linux design is considered to be representative of Linux-tan's early self, while the various OSC designs are considered her adolescent and adult selves.

===Personality===
Linux-tan is depicted as having the intelligence and pragmatism of a Unix combined with the optimism and idealism of an Open Source disciple. She values openness and honesty above all else, and while friends tend to find her ability to "tell it like it is" refreshing, detractors call her blunt or deficient in tact. In spite of her occasionally brusque nature, she seems to be sincerely good and devoted to helping others. She is particularly vested in the plight of older and abandoned computer-tans as well as her Open Source ''brethren'' and is quick to speak out against injustices faced by their kind.

Like the majority of Open Source OS-tans, Linux is extroverted and values communality, and although she is lacking somewhat in social grace she can still command the attention and admiration of others. Although she can best be described as intelligent beyond her years, Linux-tan's psychological age is roughly equivalent to her physical one and she maintains a sense of youthful enthusiasm. Although she has historically been oriented more toward work than play, in recent years she has cultivated a better capacity for fun and recreation.

In spite of her generally good nature and inclination toward helping "the common man", historically Linux-tan has found more popularity amongst business, scientific and other high-end types than home and personal computers and users - a phenomena likely caused by her intelligence and reputation for being cryptic and verbose to those not versed in the ways of Unixkind. In recent years she has made great inroads into the home user market through her proliferation in the mobile computing sector and has befriended more non-technical types than ever before.

Although she is trained in a number of fighting techniques, Linux-tan is non-violent for the most part – believing her ideals to be a far more powerful weapon against adversaries than any spell or spear – but on the occasions that she must use force, she chooses to fight fairly and honorably.

===Powers===
The extent of Linux-tan's powers have never been fully outlined. She was born without any innate magical abilities, but her tutor [[Minix]]-sensei taught her rudimentary healing spells during her childhood, an ability she honed throughout her youth. During her training under the ''GNU Project'', she acquired a considerably broader range of sorcery - including specialized and general-purpose sorcery as well as self-defense magic. A true ''Open Soucerer'', she has developed many spells of her own and shares them freely with her followers and any curious parties.

While she possesses knowledge of a number of defensive sorcery techniques, she prefers hand-to-hand combat - believing her sorcery is better put to use in constructive rather than destructive pursuits. In recent years she has deployed specialized magical armor - generally depicted as a sort of horned halo, this "armor" takes the place of her old helmet.
==History and background==

Born in Finland in 1991, Linux was soon thereafter turned over to [[Minix | Minix-sensei]] for further schooling. As per “father's” orders, in 1992 she was set out into the world so that she might find her own path in life.

Linux consciously avoided the destruction of the Unix Wars, something that allowed her to develop free of its negative influences. Born powerless, a chance encounter with [[ITS | ITS]] inspired her to approach the GNU society – practitioners of an advanced form of “open sourcery” who sought an OS-tan to wield the power they has created. At their headquarters in Boston she learnt the secrets of their sorcery and most of her strategic skills.

Since her source code (analogous to gene sequence) was made freely available, she could stay extremely healthy, and furthermore, have many children created. Her powers, growing family and band of followers, and alliance with the scrappy young Apache Server-tan made Linux stronger than ever – and made her a prime target for the Unix-tans, who were terrified that her rising popularity would further destabilize their already crumbling society. In an attempt to pacify those calling for Linux's capture (or assassination), [[UNIX | Unix]] ordered some of her daughters to capture and deliver to her Linux, unharmed; orders which they begrudgingly carried out. Linux initially feared that Unix would kill her, but it soon became clear that Unix meant no harm.

Their discussion turned to matters of family and conflict, during which Unix revealed her fear that Linux would destroy the old Unix society and replace it with her own, much as Unix herself had done to the generation proceeding her own. Linux was smart enough to draw a parallel between Unix's story and her own rise to power; not wanting to encounter a similar fate, Linux agreed to Unix's suggestion that they work together instead of fighting.

While their cultures have been largely integrated, their treatment of each other is uneasy at best and Linux remains the point of much suspicion – especially with the looming possibility that she could inherit the Unix throne.

==Family and relationships==

===Unix===

===Minix===

==Fanworks==
====OSC Linux====
*[http://c-quel.deviantart.com/art/Chibi-Linux-1999-2009-112283608 Linux chibis]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Security-Enhanced-Linux-tan-209467429 Security Enhanced Linux-tan concept sketch]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Linux-and-Unix-on-a-Ship-154026386 "Unix and Linux on a Ship"]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Unix-and-Linux-tan-FINAL-149087774 Unix and Linux-tan portrait]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/A-Very-Unix-Christmas-107585314 "Very Unix Chirstmas"]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-6719 Early Unix and Linux-tans drawing]
====Juzo-Kun's Linux====
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-7079]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-2631]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-2614]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-2632]
====Other Designs====
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-7078]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-5276]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-5842]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-8925]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-8933]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-8725]

====Comics====
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/gallery/7389585 Linux-tan Comic, Chapter 1]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/gallery/8017607 Linux-tan Comic, Chapter 2]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/gallery/8017662 Linux-tan Comic, Chapter 3]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/gallery/8033837 Linux-tan Comic, Chapter 4]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/gallery/24249739 Linux-tan Comic, Chapter 5]

====Writings====
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Unix-tan-fanfic-pt-I-164941135 Unix-tan Fanfic Part I]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Unix-tan-fanfic-pt-II-168520462 Unix-tan Fanfic Part II]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/OC-Meme-OS-tan-Edition-pt-II-155094361 OS-tan Interview featuring Linux-tan]

[[Category:Linux]]

Linux

2013-11-04T14:55:54Z

NejinOniwa: /* OSC designs */

{{WIP}}

{{OSinfobox
|image = GNULinux.png‎

|cname = Linux
|alias = GNU/Linux
|hname = Lina Torvalds
|debut = Unknown
|height = 5 foot 6 inches
|haircolor= Moderate Mulberry; blue or brown in some variants
|eyecolor= Mulberry; red or orange in variants
|weapon = Spear, halberd, sorcery
|apfaction = [[Linux Unix Consortium]]
|lineage= Unix-like
|rival= Various

|osper = GNU/Linux
|osdev = Various developers
|reldate = 17 September 1991
|lastrel = Kernel: 3.1, 24 October 2011
}}

==Technical Details==
GNU/Linux is the name given to a family of open source Unix-like operating systems. One of the most famous and successful implementations of open source software, Linux distrubutions can be found in every sector of the computer industry and on every modern architecture– from the largest mainframes to the fastest supercomputers to PCs and cell phones.

Created in 1991 by Linus Torvalds, the original Linux kernel source was posted to a usenet group, where people the world over began modifying and improving its construction. Soon thereafter the kernel was coupled with the GNU Project's collection of libraries and utilities, making a viable operating system – by 1992, the first Linux distros appeared. Since then GNU/Linux has continually evolved, with various distros created and funded by corporations, institutions, communities and individuals.

==Character details==
Due to the relative high-profile nature of GNU/Linux, several Linux-tan characterizations exist. This article will detail several of the best-known ones.

====Outside designs====
[[File:Linux.jpg|left|thumb|100px|Futaba Linux-tan]]One of the earliest known Linux-tan designs, originating from the Futaba image board, was that of Kami-Tux - a large bearded penguin with horns (a reference to the GNU GPL), a row of gear-teeth running down the top of his head (most likely alluding to the gear-based KDE logo) and a spear. Also originating on Futaba was a humanoid Linux-tan personification depicted as a young girl with light skin, long, hime-cut blueish or purple hair, red or pinkish eyes, a loose, sleeveless blue dress with gold accenting, flipper-shaped shoes, a spear with multiple ribbons attached near the spearhead and a large helmet with a penguin bill-like visor, gnu horns and a row of gear's teeth running down the middle. This design varied somewhat from artist to artist, but it often incorporated logos from Linux-related projects: for instance, the KDE "K" stamped on her helmet, the GNOME footprint logo printed on her dress, and the names of different Linux bootloaders emblazoned on the spear's ribbons.

In early 2005, the Italian artist Juzo-kun designed another Linux humanization [http://juzo-kun.deviantart.com/art/OS-tan-fanart-Linux-tan-15714339]. This design was depicted as a fair-skinned woman with long brown hair and orange eyes. She wears a black-and-white military-style jacket with gold accents, white tights and gloves, golden boots and body armor on her shoulders, forearms and shins, as well as a geared helmet and carries a spear (both of which are references to the earlier Futaba design). Many subsequent Linux personifications are either based on, or incorporate features from, Juzo-kun's Linux-tan.

====OSC designs====
[[File:Cchanlinux.png‎|right|thumb|100px|C-chan's Linux-tan]]OS-tan Collection's first and possibly only in-house Linux-tan originated with the artist C-Chan. This 2007 personification is not so much an original character as an amalgamation of both Juzo-kun's and Futaba's Linux-tans - like the Japanese design, she is depicted with purple hime-cut hair, a blue and gold billed-and-horned helmet, and ribbon-covered spear; however, she is wearing an outfit based on Juzo-kun's characterization, albeit with a modified color scheme (blue and white instead of black and white). As well, the eye color of this design is purple instead of the previously-featured orange or pink. Although this Linux-tan has been modified by different OSC artists (for instance, changed hairstyles, outfits, weaponry), it remains the dominant OSC-based design.

A variation of C-Chan's original design (created by Bella for use in her comic and later adopted by C-Chan) depicts Linux-tan with rather messy, side-swept bangs, KDE logo earrings, a navy blue military-style jacket, similarly-colored knee-high boots, white short-shorts or a white miniskirt and tights, and a teal ''Compiz-Fusion'' cape. She carries a halberd covered in numerous red ribbons emblazoned with Linux utility names and possesses forcefield-based shields instead of her traditional helmet and body armor. As well, there is a ''Security Enhanced Linux'' GNU/Linux-tan variation - this version puts Linux-tan in elaborate military-style uniform, but little else is known about it. Both of these designs are considered current-day or future representations of Linux-tan rather than different characters altogether.

Further development by the artist Bella presents Linux-tan as being about 5'6" tall, of slim-average build, and roughly in her late teens - early twenties in apparent age.

This design is also used by NejinOniwa in his series of [[OSC Literature and Manga Guide | stories]], with rather minimal alterations.

====OSC Notes====
In most OSC-proposed stories, the Futaba Linux design is considered to be representative of Linux-tan's early self, while the various OSC designs are considered her adolescent and adult selves.

===Personality===
Linux-tan is depicted as having the intelligence and pragmatism of a Unix combined with the optimism and idealism of an Open Source disciple. She values openness and honesty above all else, and while friends tend to find her ability to "tell it like it is" refreshing, detractors call her blunt or deficient in tact. In spite of her occasionally brusque nature, she seems to be sincerely good and devoted to helping others. She is particularly vested in the plight of older and abandoned computer-tans as well as her Open Source ''brethren'' and is quick to speak out against injustices faced by their kind.

Like the majority of Open Source OS-tans, Linux is extroverted and values communality, and although she is lacking somewhat in social grace she can still command the attention and admiration of others. Although she can best be described as intelligent beyond her years, Linux-tan's psychological age is roughly equivalent to her physical one and she maintains a sense of youthful enthusiasm. Although she has historically been oriented more toward work than play, in recent years she has cultivated a better capacity for fun and recreation.

In spite of her generally good nature and inclination toward helping "the common man", historically Linux-tan has found more popularity amongst business, scientific and other high-end types than home and personal computers and users - a phenomena likely caused by her intelligence and reputation for being cryptic and verbose to those not versed in the ways of Unixkind. In recent years she has made great inroads into the home user market through her proliferation in the mobile computing sector and has befriended more non-technical types than ever before.

Although she is trained in a number of fighting techniques, Linux-tan is non-violent for the most part – believing her ideals to be a far more powerful weapon against adversaries than any spell or spear – but on the occasions that she must use force, she chooses to fight fairly and honorably.

===Powers===
The extent of Linux-tan's powers have never been fully outlined. She was born without any innate magical abilities, but her tutor [[Minix]]-sensei taught her rudimentary healing spells during her childhood, an ability she honed throughout her youth. During her training under the ''GNU Project'', she acquired a considerably broader range of sorcery - including specialized and general-purpose sorcery as well as self-defense magic. A true ''Open Soucerer'', she has developed many spells of her own and shares them freely with her followers and any curious parties.

While she possesses knowledge of a number of defensive sorcery techniques, she prefers hand-to-hand combat - believing her sorcery is better put to use in constructive rather than destructive pursuits. In recent years she has deployed specialized magical armor - generally depicted as a sort of horned halo, this "armor" takes the place of her old helmet.
==History and background==

Born in Finland in 1991, Linux was soon thereafter turned over to [[Minix | Minix-sensei]] for further schooling. As per “father's” orders, in 1992 she was set out into the world so that she might find her own path in life.

Linux consciously avoided the destruction of the Unix Wars, something that allowed her to develop free of its negative influences. Born powerless, a chance encounter with [[ITS | ITS]] inspired her to approach the GNU society – practitioners of an advanced form of “open sourcery” who sought an OS-tan to wield the power they has created. At their headquarters in Boston she learnt the secrets of their sorcery and most of her strategic skills.

Since her source code (analogous to gene sequence) was made freely available, she could stay extremely healthy, and furthermore, have many children created. Her powers, growing family and band of followers, and alliance with the scrappy young Apache Server-tan made Linux stronger than ever – and made her a prime target for the Unix-tans, who were terrified that her rising popularity would further destabilize their already crumbling society. In an attempt to pacify those calling for Linux's capture (or assassination), [[UNIX | Unix]] ordered some of her daughters to capture and deliver to her Linux, unharmed; orders which they begrudgingly carried out. Linux initially feared that Unix would kill her, but it soon became clear that Unix meant no harm.

Their discussion turned to matters of family and conflict, during which Unix revealed her fear that Linux would destroy the old Unix society and replace it with her own, much as Unix herself had done to the generation proceeding her own. Linux was smart enough to draw a parallel between Unix's story and her own rise to power; not wanting to encounter a similar fate, Linux agreed to Unix's suggestion that they work together instead of fighting.

While their cultures have been largely integrated, their treatment of each other is uneasy at best and Linux remains the point of much suspicion – especially with the looming possibility that she could inherit the Unix throne.

==Family and relationships==

===Unix===

===Minix===

==Fanworks==
====OSC Linux====
*[http://c-quel.deviantart.com/art/Chibi-Linux-1999-2009-112283608 Linux chibis]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Security-Enhanced-Linux-tan-209467429 Security Enhanced Linux-tan concept sketch]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Linux-and-Unix-on-a-Ship-154026386 "Unix and Linux on a Ship"]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Unix-and-Linux-tan-FINAL-149087774 Unix and Linux-tan portrait]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/A-Very-Unix-Christmas-107585314 "Very Unix Chirstmas"]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-6719 Early Unix and Linux-tans drawing]
====Juzo-Kun's Linux====
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-7079]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-2631]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-2614]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-2632]
====Other Designs====
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-7078]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-5276]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-5842]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-8925]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-8933]
*[http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-8725]

====Comics====
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/gallery/7389585 Linux-tan Comic, Chapter 1]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/gallery/8017607 Linux-tan Comic, Chapter 2]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/gallery/8017662 Linux-tan Comic, Chapter 3]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/gallery/8033837 Linux-tan Comic, Chapter 4]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/gallery/24249739 Linux-tan Comic, Chapter 5]

====Writings====
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Unix-tan-fanfic-pt-I-164941135 Unix-tan Fanfic Part I]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/Unix-tan-fanfic-pt-II-168520462 Unix-tan Fanfic Part II]
*[http://bellacielo.deviantart.com/art/OC-Meme-OS-tan-Edition-pt-II-155094361 OS-tan Interview featuring Linux-tan]

[[Category:Linux]]

Other OS-tans

2012-12-12T23:39:05Z

NejinOniwa: /* List of Other OS-tans */

{{Stub}}

==List of Other OS-tans==
*'''[[Aegis]] (aka, Domain/OS)'''

*'''[[Amber]]'''

*'''[[Amiga|Amiga OS]]'''

*'''[[Amstrad CPC]]'''

*'''[[AROS]]'''

*'''[[Atari DOS]] (aka, Atari 8-bit)'''

*'''[[Atari TOS]] (aka, Atari ST)'''

*'''[[Bluebottle]]'''

*'''[[BTSS]]'''

*'''[[ChibiOS | ChibiOS/RT]]'''

*'''[[ChromeOS | Chrome OS]]'''

*'''[[Chromium]]'''

*'''[[CoCo]] (aka, Tandy Color Computer)'''

*'''[[Coleco Adam]]'''

*'''[[Commodore PET]]'''

*'''[[Commodore VIC-20]]'''

*'''[[Commodore 64]]'''

*'''[[Commodore 65]]'''

*'''[[Commodore 128]]'''

*'''[[CommodorePlus4 | Commodore Plus/4]]'''

*'''[[DexOS]]'''

*'''[[DOS-11]] (aka, BATCH-11)'''

*'''[[eComStation]]'''

*'''[[eCOS]]'''

*'''[[EPOC]]'''

*'''[[FreeVMS]]'''

*'''[[GEOS]]'''

*'''[[GEM OS]]'''

*'''[[GENIAC]] (aka, Genius Almost-Automatic Computer)'''

*'''[[H316|Honeywell Kitchen Computer]] (aka, H316)'''

*'''[[Haiku]]'''

*'''[[IMSAI 8080]]'''

*'''[[KolibriOS]]'''

*'''[[LINC]]'''

*'''[[LGP-30]]'''

*'''[[MenuetOS]]'''

*'''[[Mertvaya Ruka]] (aka, Perimeter System)'''

*'''[[MITS Altair 8800]]'''

*'''[[MorphOS]]'''

*'''[[ORIC]]'''

*'''[[OS-9]]'''

*'''[[OS2|OS/2]] (aka, OS/2 Warp)'''

*'''[[OS/8]]'''

*'''[[PalmOS]]'''

*'''[[PC12]]'''

*'''[[PDP-7]]'''

*'''[[PDP-8]]'''

*'''[[PDP-11]]'''

*'''[[PilotOS]]'''

*'''[[Primos]]'''

*'''[[ReactOS]]'''

*'''[[RISC OS]]'''

*'''[[RSTS]]'''

*'''[[RT-11]]'''

*'''[[RSX]]'''

*'''[[SETUN]]'''

*'''[[SharpOS]]'''

*'''[[SinclairQL | Sinclair QL]] (aka, Sinclair QDOS)'''

*'''[[SkyOS]]'''

*'''[[Stratus VOS]]'''

*'''[[Syllable]]'''

*'''[[TripOS]] (aka, Trivial Portable Operating System)'''

*'''[[TRS-80 Color Computer]] (aka CoCo)'''

*'''[[TRS-DOS]]'''

*'''[[UNOS]]'''

*'''[[Unununium]]'''

*'''[[Visi On]]'''

*'''[[VMS]]'''

*'''[[VAXELN]]'''

*'''[[ZETA]]'''

*'''[[ZX Spectrum]]'''

==See Also==
[[List of OS-tans]]

[[Category:Other OSes]]

Mainframe-tans

2012-12-12T23:34:25Z

NejinOniwa: /* Mainframe-tans */

{{Template: Stub}}

==Mainframe-tans==

*'''[[BESM]]'''

*'''[[BESYS]] (aka, Bell Operating System)'''

*'''[[BOS/360]]'''

*'''[[BUIC]] (aka, Back Up Intercept Computer)'''

*'''[[Colossus]]'''

*'''[[CSIRAC]]

*'''[[CTSS]] (aka, Compatible Time Sharing System)'''

*'''[[CPCMS | CP/CMS]]'''

*'''[[CRAY-1]]'''

*'''[[DIPS]] (aka, Denden Information Processing System)'''

*'''[[DOS/360 | DOS/360]]'''

*'''[[DTSS]] (aka, Dartmouth Time Sharing System)'''

*'''[[EXEC]]'''

*'''[[FLAC]]

*'''[[FUJIC]]

*'''[[GCOS]] (aka, GECOS II, 3 and 8, or General Comprehensive Operating System)'''

*'''[[GMOS]] (aka, General Motors Operating System)'''

*'''[[Harvard Mark I]]

*'''[[IAS]] (aka, Institute for Advanced Study Machine)'''

*'''[[ITS]] (aka, Incompatible Timesharing System)'''

*'''[[ILLIAC]]'''

*'''[[IBSYS]]'''

*'''[[KRONOS]]'''

*'''[[MACE]]'''

*'''[[MCP]] (aka, Master Control Program)'''

*'''[[MTS]] (aka, Michigan Terminal System)'''

*'''[[Multics]]'''

*'''[[MUSIC/SP]]'''

*'''[[NOS]] (aka, Network Operating System)'''

*'''[[NOSVE | NOS/VE]]'''

*'''[[OS^3 | Oregon State Open Shop Operating System]]''' (aka, OS3, OS^3)
*'''[[ORDVAC]]'''

*'''[[OS/360 | OS/360]]'''

*'''[[PDP-1]]'''

*'''[[PDP-10]]'''

*'''[[SAGE]] (aka, Semi-Automatic Ground Environment)'''

*'''[[SCOPE | SCOPE]] (aka, Chippewa Operating System, COS)'''

*'''[[TIFRAC]]

*'''[[TOPS-10]]'''

*'''[[TOPS-20]] (aka, Tenex)'''

*'''[[TOS/360 | TOS/360]]'''

*'''[[TSOS | RCA TSOS]] (aka, VS/9, BS2000)'''

*'''[[TSS360 | TSS/360]]'''

*'''[[UMES]]'''

*'''[[VME]]'''

*'''[[WAITS]]'''

*'''[[WWMCCS]]

*'''[[Whirlwind]]'''

*'''[[WITCH]] (aka, Harwell Dekatron Computer)'''

[[Category: Stub]]

Mac OS X Leopard

2012-12-12T23:30:52Z

NejinOniwa:

{{OSinfobox
|image = LeopardPinkHair.jpg‎

|cname = Mac OS X Leopard
|alias = OS X 10.5, Pardus
|hname = Pardus Cupertino
|debut = 2007
|height = 5'4")
|haircolor= Varies
|eyecolor= Varies
|weapon = Unknown
|apfaction = [[House of Mac]]
|lineage= Mac OS X, Unix
|rival= Various

|osper = Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard"
|osdev = Apple Inc.
|reldate = October 2007
|lastrel = 10.5.7, May 12 2009
}}

==Technical details==
Mac OSX Leopard is the sixth version of Apple's OSX operating system line.

==Character details==
===General===
Mac OSX 10.5, known as Leopard is the latest version of the Mac OS with a few different representations. The first known representation originated on +Nijiura+ and is a pink-haired leopard girl in a teal+black+white dress with a Time Machine logo brooch.

The second known one originated on OSC and is a teal-haired leopard girl with her hair usually in a ponytail with a black bow, wearing a futuristic outfit with a teal dress, silver boots and gloves and carries a Time Machine pocketwatch with her. This device is simply known as The Device, and she uses it for an abundance of different things, but most notably time travel; she can also use this to her advantage for warping from one place to another using the code network.

The third one also originated on +Nijiura+ and is a 'magical girl' Leopard-tan with short blue hair, wears a green+black+white minidress with a matching shawl with a Bootcamp logo brooch on it. She is also able to transform into XP-tan as a reference to Bootcamp and being able to boot into XP. Another accessory the 'magical girl' Leopard-tan often carries is a blue umbrella.

===OSC Notes===
Although these three renditions are very different in appearance and each with different personalities and abilities, on OSC they are all considered the same character throughout different ages and with her appearance changing when time-traveling. The blue-haired Leopard-tan is considered her past self, the teal-haired one as her present self and the pink-haired one as her future self. In many stories, OSX Snow Leopard is considered a far-future version of Leopard-tan who happened to time-travel back to (And get stranded in) the present day.

At least according to various OSC stories, Leopard-tan is a physics enthusiast and time-traveler whose intellect borders on genius. Fascinated with history, she goes back in time only to observes how things were in the past, with no intention or ability to change the past (referencing Leopard's Time Machine feature, which keeps the user's files archived as they were in the past).

==History and Background==

See also:
*[[List of OS-tans]]

[[Category:Mac]]

OSC Literature and Manga Guide

2012-12-12T23:26:54Z

NejinOniwa: /* OS-tan Literature */

{{WIP}}

This is a project to catalogue as many OS-tan comic and literature series as we can.

==OS-tan Comic Series==
===[[OSR2.5tan_4Koma | "95 OSR2.5-tan 4Koma"]]===
The title for this series is unknown, this is the 4Koma (4-paneled manga) that introduced 95 OSR 2.5-tan, a semi-recurring character.

===Linux-tan Comic===

===[[Mac_Manga | Mac Manga]]===
This manga is the first, or at least the most well-known portrayal of the Canon Mac-tans (OS9 and "Generic" Mac/OSX) and their everyday lives.

===[[OS-tangent]]===
A gag series made of skits featuring various OS-tans and aspects of computer history. Successor to the long-defunct zerOSanity, which had failed due to difficulty and time constraints (and the writing needing improvement). Is now a 4Koma and is a collaborative effort.

===[[Shared_Fol-DA | Shared Fol-DA!]]===
Drawn by Deja Vu, this doujin is controversial for replacing a canon character (NT-tan) with a radically different design, and claiming the OS-tan series as their own.

===VMS/early DEC Comic===

==OS-tan Literature==
{{Stub}}

*Beyond ULTRA Secret
**Heat of the Giant
**Powering Up
*Director Who series
**End of the Millennium
**Episode 1105: Spherical Cow
*Far From Home
*Gakuen OS
*Journey of One Mile
*Leopard-tan Series
**The Device
**Land of the Giants pts. 1 & 2
**Ad Cantabrigia
**In Cantabrigia
**Technology Square
**Ringmistress
*Love and the Modern Computer
*Mertvaya Ruka
**Enter the Dead Hand
**Hands-on Approach
**Raised Hand
**Hand-Me-Down
**Crouching Hand, Hidden Leopard
**Deadly Decadence
**Decripification
**Journey through the DECADE
**Source Decode
*Multics-sama and MTS-tan
*OS Interviews
**part 1
**part 2
*OS-tans On A Ship
*Recital, 1962
*SAGE Chronicles (title unknown)
*Summer Days
*Thanks for the Memories pts. 1 - 4
*The Lakes No. 1
*Time Enough At Last
*Unix Fanfic

==Difficulties cataloging comics==
There are many OS-tan doujin out there, but as of now, so few of them can be catalogued since most of them aren't available online. Of those that have been found and/or translated, most of them are one-shot/stand-alone strips, or the name of the doujin or artist just can't be found.

[[Category:Fanworks]]

Omega

2012-12-12T23:11:06Z

NejinOniwa:

OMEGA is a British secret organization operating out of Bletchley Park. Its primary front is the National Museum of Computing, which works to collect and restore the nodes of old OSes - OMEGA itself employs many of these as its agents, most notably [[Colossus]] and [[WITCH]]. OMEGA works to uncover the secrets of code for the use of mankind, and is headed by the mysterious Mister Bee, who coordinates all research done in their facilities.

OMEGA and its agents are featured in several stories, including Beyond Ultra Secret and [[Mertvaya Ruka]]'s story.

Omega

2012-12-12T23:10:43Z

NejinOniwa:

OMEGA is a British secret organization operating out of Bletchley Park. Its primary front is the National Museum of Computing, which works to collect and restore the nodes of old OSes - OMEGA itself employs many of these as its agents, most notably [[Colossus]] and [[WITCH]]. OMEGA works to uncover the secrets of code for the use of mankind, and is headed by the mysterious Mister Bee, who coordinates all research done in their facilities.

OMEGA and its agents are featured in stories by Nejin Oniwa such as Beyond Ultra Secret and [[Mertvaya Ruka]]'s story.

Omega

2012-12-12T23:09:00Z

NejinOniwa:

OMEGA is a British secret organization operating out of Bletchley Park. Its primary front is the National Museum of Computing, which works to collect and restore the nodes of old OSes - OMEGA itself employs many of these as its agents, most notably [[Colossus]] and [[WITCH]]. OMEGA works to uncover the secrets of code for the use of mankind, and is headed by the mysterious Mister Bee, who coordinates all research done in their facilities.

OMEGA and its agents are featured in stories by [[NejinOniwa]] such as Beyond Ultra Secret and [[Mertvaya Ruka]]'s story.

Omega

2012-12-12T23:08:43Z

NejinOniwa: Created page with "OMEGA is a British secret organization operating out of Bletchley Park. Its primary front is the National Museum of Computing, which works to collect and restore the nodes of old..."

OMEGA is a British secret organization operating out of Bletchley Park. Its primary front is the National Museum of Computing, which works to collect and restore the nodes of old OSes - OMEGA itself employs many of these as its agents, most notably [[Colossus]] and [[WITCH]]. OMEGA works to uncover the secrets of code for the use of mankind, and is headed by the mysterious Mister Bee, who coordinates all research done in their facilities.

OMEGA and its agents are featured in stories by [[user:NejinOniwa]] such as Beyond Ultra Secret and [[Mertvaya Ruka]]'s story.

WITCH

2012-12-11T23:34:47Z

NejinOniwa:

{{OSinfobox
|image = WITCH-avi-s.png‎

|cname = WITCH
|alias = Harwell Dekatron Computer
|hname = Winston Harwell
|debut = Nov 2010
|height = 164 cm
|haircolor= White/Black
|eyecolor= Grey
|weapon = Deep-level code manipulation, sensory illusions and mind control, [[Necromancy]]
|apfaction = [[Omega]]
|lineage= independent
|rival= N/A

|osper = WITCH (Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computing from Harwell)
|osdev = Atomic Energy Research Establishment (UK)
|reldate = April 1951
|lastrel = unknown
}}

==Technical details==
WITCH is an acronym for the Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computing from Harwell, formerly known as the Harwell Dekatron Computer. Built between 1949 and 1951, it was used in research by AERE from 1952 to 1957. While quite slow in its operations, it was extremely stable, particularly when compared to other machines of the time period. At one instance it was left alone over one christmas holiday, and kept processing input data on punched tape for over ten days, still going when its operators returned.

Between 1957 and 1973 it was used to teach computing at the Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Technical College. The WITCH was donated to the Museum of Science and Industry, Birmingham in 1973. After the museum closed in 1997, the computer was disassembled and stored at the Birmingham City Council Museums Collection Centre until 2009, when the The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park acquired it and raised money for its restoration. The restoration was completed in 2012, making the WITCH the oldest functional original electronic stored program computer in existence.

==Character details==
WITCH is a short, buxom woman with a bobcut, her hair split unevenly into black and white. She usually dresses in an old-fashioned ensemble of a long, red skirt and a golden, frilly blouse, but she regularly dons the stark white of a lab coat when she's working instead. She wears a gold-and-black witch's hat with a tilted iron cross at the top, stitched with strange symbols in crimson and black. She commonly wears sunglasses, and has colorless grey eyes. She can often be seen carrying a mysterious red book.

WITCH is a scientist at heart, and after her many years as a teacher, a quite pedagogic person as well. She is a hard worker, and very driven to accomplish her goals. While curious, however, she tends to be very cautious, which can sometimes keep her from making progress - or friends, for that matter.

While her hyper-stable nature kept her from deteriorating without an active node during her downtime years, parts of her personality have been corrupted from the effects of the Necromancy used to restore her node. She occasionally loses control of herself, exchanging most of her caution and shyness for perverse inquisitiveness and morbid curiosity. Because of this highly unnerving behavior - which she has learned to unleash at will - as well as her ability to read and control minds, she is in charge of interrogations at OMEGA.

==History and background==
Her first years was spent mostly isolated, with her only known OS-tan relation at AERE being the now deceased CADET. It is unknown what contacts, if any, she established at Wolverhampton - she is not a very gregarious character - and aside from contact with students and teachers, she spent most of her time there secluded. Similarly her time as a museum object marked a time of social decline, which is normally the onset for the eventual Code degradation of an OS-tan, eventually leading to their death. For WITCH, however, this was not the case. Due to her hyper-stable nature, she was able to stay conscious despite the absence of an operational node, after it was dissembled and put into storage.

Wandering the universities of England, she eventually came into contact with Mister Bee, the head of OMEGA. She struck a deal with him to restore her operational node, if she helped him revive Colossus using her powers of Necromancy. With the Colossus project successful, she was accepted into OMEGA's ranks as a project scientist, and they funded the acquisition of her node by Bletchley Park. After some three years of work on the physical parts of the node, she brought it back to life again using her Necromancy. As with most cases of Necromancy, this forced her to exchange part of her sanity to reconnect herself to her code pool, but as she is a Necromancer herself she is constantly making adjustments to the spells used to do so - thus they are modular, rather than permanent, as is the common case.

==Magic, Powers and Abilities==
{| class=infobox bordered align = left style=width: 25em; text-align: left; font-size: 95%;
|+ style=font-size: larger; | '''Power Sheet'''
|-
|-
! Sorcery Type:
| Deep-code Necromancy (Closed, Unique)
|-
! Complexity Level:
| 10/10 (Needlessly complex)
|-
! Spell Power:
| Burst power is 3/10 normally, up to 7/10 when unleashed, but can be well above that when using ritual magic
|-
! Known Spells:
| Cortex Reficior - Connects a node to a deceased OS-tan, bringing it back to life. May affect personality, though it is possible this is not an effect of the spell itself but rather the nature of "undead" OS-tans.
Cortex Amplificator - Accelerates code flow along the neural pathways of an OS-tan, increasing sensory input exponentially which commonly leads to an overload.
Cortex Imperator - Takes control of an OS-tan's inner code flow, effectively taking over their mind. This spell needs a complex ritual to take full effect, however, and only basic actions can be performed at any reasonable speed.
Cortex Obfuscator - Negates code flow along the neural pathways of an OS-tan. Depending on strength and application of the spell this can do anything from knock them unconscious to deprive them of their powers.
Cortex Confundator - Changes sensory input code of an OS-tan, displaying illusions and corrupting their senses.
|-
! Physical Abilities:
| Flink fingers, good with ropes. She is also ambidextrous.
|}

==Theories and notes==

[[Category:Mainframe]]

WITCH

2012-12-11T23:30:26Z

NejinOniwa: Created page with "{{OSinfobox |image = WITCH.png‎ |cname = WITCH |alias = Harwell Dekatron Computer |hname = Winston Harwell |debut = Nov 2010 |height = 164 cm |haircolor= White/Black |eyecolor..."

{{OSinfobox
|image = WITCH.png‎

|cname = WITCH
|alias = Harwell Dekatron Computer
|hname = Winston Harwell
|debut = Nov 2010
|height = 164 cm
|haircolor= White/Black
|eyecolor= Grey
|weapon = Deep-level code manipulation, sensory illusions and mind control, [[Necromancy]]
|apfaction = [[Omega]]
|lineage= independent
|rival= N/A

|osper = WITCH (Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computing from Harwell)
|osdev = Atomic Energy Research Establishment (UK)
|reldate = April 1951
|lastrel = unknown
}}

==Technical details==
WITCH is an acronym for the Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computing from Harwell, formerly known as the Harwell Dekatron Computer. Built between 1949 and 1951, it was used in research by AERE from 1952 to 1957. While quite slow in its operations, it was extremely stable, particularly when compared to other machines of the time period. At one instance it was left alone over one christmas holiday, and kept processing input data on punched tape for over ten days, still going when its operators returned.

Between 1957 and 1973 it was used to teach computing at the Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Technical College. The WITCH was donated to the Museum of Science and Industry, Birmingham in 1973. After the museum closed in 1997, the computer was disassembled and stored at the Birmingham City Council Museums Collection Centre until 2009, when the The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park acquired it and raised money for its restoration. The restoration was completed in 2012, making the WITCH the oldest functional original electronic stored program computer in existence.

==Character details==
WITCH is a short, buxom woman with a bobcut, her hair split unevenly into black and white. She usually dresses in an old-fashioned ensemble of a long, red skirt and a golden, frilly blouse, but she regularly dons the stark white of a lab coat when she's working instead. She wears a gold-and-black witch's hat with a tilted iron cross at the top, stitched with strange symbols in crimson and black. She commonly wears sunglasses, and has colorless grey eyes. She can often be seen carrying a mysterious red book.

WITCH is a scientist at heart, and after her many years as a teacher, a quite pedagogic person as well. She is a hard worker, and very driven to accomplish her goals. While curious, however, she tends to be very cautious, which can sometimes keep her from making progress - or friends, for that matter.

While her hyper-stable nature kept her from deteriorating without an active node during her downtime years, parts of her personality have been corrupted from the effects of the Necromancy used to restore her node. She occasionally loses control of herself, exchanging most of her caution and shyness for perverse inquisitiveness and morbid curiosity. Because of this highly unnerving behavior - which she has learned to unleash at will - as well as her ability to read and control minds, she is in charge of interrogations at OMEGA.

==History and background==
Her first years was spent mostly isolated, with her only known OS-tan relation at AERE being the now deceased CADET. It is unknown what contacts, if any, she established at Wolverhampton - she is not a very gregarious character - and aside from contact with students and teachers, she spent most of her time there secluded. Similarly her time as a museum object marked a time of social decline, which is normally the onset for the eventual Code degradation of an OS-tan, eventually leading to their death. For WITCH, however, this was not the case. Due to her hyper-stable nature, she was able to stay conscious despite the absence of an operational node, after it was dissembled and put into storage.

Wandering the universities of England, she eventually came into contact with Mister Bee, the head of OMEGA. She struck a deal with him to restore her operational node, if she helped him revive Colossus using her powers of Necromancy. With the Colossus project successful, she was accepted into OMEGA's ranks as a project scientist, and they funded the acquisition of her node by Bletchley Park. After some three years of work on the physical parts of the node, she brought it back to life again using her Necromancy. As with most cases of Necromancy, this forced her to exchange part of her sanity to reconnect herself to her code pool, but as she is a Necromancer herself she is constantly making adjustments to the spells used to do so - thus they are modular, rather than permanent, as is the common case.

==Magic, Powers and Abilities==
{| class=infobox bordered align = left style=width: 25em; text-align: left; font-size: 95%;
|+ style=font-size: larger; | '''Power Sheet'''
|-
|-
! Sorcery Type:
| Deep-code Necromancy (Closed, Unique)
|-
! Complexity Level:
| 10/10 (Needlessly complex)
|-
! Spell Power:
| Burst power is 3/10 normally, up to 7/10 when unleashed, but can be well above that when using ritual magic
|-
! Known Spells:
| Cortex Reficior - Connects a node to a deceased OS-tan, bringing it back to life. May affect personality, though it is possible this is not an effect of the spell itself but rather the nature of "undead" OS-tans.
Cortex Amplificator - Accelerates code flow along the neural pathways of an OS-tan, increasing sensory input exponentially which commonly leads to an overload.
Cortex Imperator - Takes control of an OS-tan's inner code flow, effectively taking over their mind. This spell needs a complex ritual to take full effect, however, and only basic actions can be performed at any reasonable speed.
Cortex Obfuscator - Negates code flow along the neural pathways of an OS-tan. Depending on strength and application of the spell this can do anything from knock them unconscious to deprive them of their powers.
Cortex Confundator - Changes sensory input code of an OS-tan, displaying illusions and corrupting their senses.
|-
! Physical Abilities:
| Flink fingers, good with ropes. She is also ambidextrous.
|}

==Theories and notes==

[[Category:Mainframe]]

Life and Death

2011-08-27T22:05:21Z

NejinOniwa: /* Necromancy */

{{Stub}}

In the original OS-tan canon, there were no deceased OS-tans, and little mention of death. The closest thing to this are a few strips set in the OS Wars depicting 95-tan nearly killing Mac-tan, referencing Apple's near-demise between 1996-98.

The first known mention or proposal of [[Deceased OS-tans|deceased characters]] was in the [[OS-tan Annex Project]], the foundation of the OS-tan expanded universe. Among the OS-tan expanded universe fandom, it's accepted that in most cases, for an OS-tan to be deceased, they must not only be discontinued by their system's developer, but also largely forgotten by its former userbase.

OS-tans do not age like normal humans; they age very slowly, but their lifeforce fades over time after being a discontinued system. They are kept alive afterwards by their system's remaining userbase, emulation and original hardware. Occasionally, there are a few OS-tan deaths for storyline purposes.

It is the proprietary OS-tans that are the most vulnerable to death, since Open Source OS-tans represent systems that can still be freely modified even after being discontinued by their original developer.

==Factors that determine remaining life force, decline, and death==
''See [[OS-tan Code Pool Theory]].''

An OS-tan is in her prime when she is a current system; growing in influence, power and code-wielding abilities as more hardware is available under her control. She also draws power from her direct descendants (younger sisters or daughters, etc.) she shares a code pool with.

Over time after an OS-tan's system is discontinued, the hardware she once had control over will fail over time, and her power will diminish, with eventual decline in sanity or physical abilities depending on the scope of her fall from power. Eventually she will die as she has no hardware to draw her power from, and can't draw enough power from her descendants to stay alive.

Not all abilities are lost though, if an OS-tan has natural abilities independent of code-wielding (i.e: 95-tan's swordsmanship, OS/2-tan's prehensile hair). Those natural abilities won't be lost, but an OS-tan with them may lose the strength to carry them out if she has suffered physical and/or mental decline.

In most cases, an OS-tan is considered dead if there's not enough of a userbase using just original, unemulated hardware and software to keep the system alive.

===Exceptions===

==Emulation==

==Storyline purpose deaths==

==Necromancy==
Necromancy, among OS-tans, is generally considered a cultural taboo. The reason for this is because it is generally perceived as a huge insult to descendants of the revived, as most forms of necromancy generally fails to restore most aspects of a -tan, and thus the "undead" -tan is often a very bleak shadow of her former self. However, notable exceptions exist from later days; in particular Colossus-tan, who is suspected to have been revived to power levels even beyond those she originally possessed - yet, at a great cost.

An important thing to remember when dealing with OS-tan necromancy, is that brushing with death sometimes changes an OS-tan's mind in quite horrifying ways; and while most who do lose their sanity do that as weak individuals on the very brink of their own destruction, a successful revival can often bring back their lives, without taking along their minds. With Colossus-tan, her innate coldbloodedness and killing instincts were amplified greatly, turning her from an efficient spy to a brutally effective assassin; in the case of WITCH, her curiosity, sense for problem-solving and teacherly strictness, turned her into a ruthless, sadistic inquisitor.

Mertvaya Ruka

2011-05-24T11:55:49Z

NejinOniwa:

{{OSinfobox
|image =

|cname = Mertvaya Ruka
|alias = Система Периметр or Perimeter System
|debut = Oct 2010
|height = 180 cm (5'11")
|haircolor= Platinum blonde
|eyecolor= Dark grey
|apfaction = [[Wanderer Class]]
|lineage= independent

|osper = Mertvaya Ruka
|osdev = Strategic Rocket Forces of the CCCP/Soviet, later Russian Federation, Army (SRF)
|reldate = Unknown, early 1980's - canon estimate mid-1984
|lastrel = unknown
}}

==Technical details==
Mertvaya Ruka is the popular name for the Perimeter System fail-deadly nuclear retaliation network reportedly used by the late Soviet and current Russian army. While not much is known about the details of the computer system itself, its purpose and detailed function has been covered in western media. While authorities are silent on the subject, most aware of its existence are in agreement that it is still operational and maintained by the SRF.

==Character details==
Mertvaya Ruka (or just Ruka, as she commonly refers to herself) is a very tall (180cm) strikingly pale woman, with a short-cut and wavy mane of platina blonde hair. She has intensely blue, sharply staring big eyes, which - along with her seemingly permanent eye bags - tend to give her an unnerving, madness-ridden expression. She commonly dresses in the dark green suits of the Russian Army uniform, bearing the SRF's emblems; her uniform is specially decorated with the crossed arrows on the collar, taking the place of the usual laurels decorating higher officers' gear. She also bears a sword-and-shield necklace, completing the SRF emblem with the arrows on her collar; in addition, she quite commonly dons a very heavy (and fluffy) bearskin coat, whether or not the climate craves for it.

When in enemy territory or in other situations that call for secrecy (which, quite honestly, are most of them), Ruka poses as a nuclear power plant operator OS, Реактор универсальной компьютера альфа, and dresses in plain gray or black suits with the arrow-crosses embroidered on the collars. She has also been known to alter the physical appearance of one of her hands at times, to make it look distorted and oversized - as though affected with some severe mutation as the result of radiation poisoning - normally, however, her hands are very small, and she has some amount of complex about this. She is not overly well-endowed, but well into the middle ranges of it; she normally conceals this with tight wrappings, however, making her appear nearly flat-chested.

Ruka is analytical and cool-headed - unlike what one could think of someone in her position. She is extremely reclusive, and mere knowledge of her existence is rare among those not directly involved. This is only partly due to her reclusiveness, however - in her almost 3 decades of life she has spent only months in actual operation, remaining dormant in hibernation for the rest. Due to this, her view of the outside world is jarred with outdated information and jaded perspectives, which heightens her reclusiveness to levels close to paranoia. She is very trusting and fiercely loyal to her operators; she doesn't care much for the brass, however, and cares more for the character of people. She is insightful and attentive, but her complete inaptness and lack of social experience gives her precious little to work with on that arena.

In addition, her being raised in an environment composed solely of males, she has a strong complex about gender; she despises many elements typically concerned as "female" - skirts and such fashion, for example - and considers her own physical "disproportion" - that is, her small hands and her chest - severe embarrassments, for which she usually hides them at most times.
==History and background==
Created in extreme secrecy during the heights of the Cold War, Ruka was trained and taught by specialists in the military - this gave her a good understanding of the world of that time, and some events, like the Chernobyl catastrophe, caused her quite some excitement. However, after her promising start, the time she spent awake started decreasing year by year; at the fall of the Soviet Union, she was awakened for the first time in more than 2 years. Awakened to the turbulence of the newly shattered union, she spent some time awake to be reintroduced to the new Kremlin and the world they resided in; quickly afterward, however, it was straight back to the same situation of year-long hibernation only interrupted by crucial updates or testing. After having been checked once in '99, for the millenium bug, and updated with new systems in '01, she was in hibernation for almost a full decade before being waked up in late August '10, due to the chamber housing her systems being scheduled for an extensive update and modification. She was last confirmed seen in Saint Petersburg a day after her activation - for the record, the first ever sighting of her outside her bunker complex - her present location is unknown, but she is thought to be on an undercover mission in the west.

==Magic, Powers and Abilities==
{| class=infobox bordered align = left style=width: 25em; text-align: left; font-size: 95%;
|+ style=font-size: larger; | '''Power Sheet'''
|-
|-
! Sorcery Type:
| Koldovstvo (Closed, Unique)
|-
! Complexity Level:
| 3/10 (simple)
|-
! Spell Power:
| Undetermined, above 5/10
|-
! Known Spells:
| "Launch" - Single target, produces immensely real 5-sense illusions of nuclear apocalypse and destruction. Initiates launch protocol if connected to Perimeter System network.
|-
! Additional Powers:
| "Aftermath" - Creates the effects of a nuclear winter locally or on a target, lowering temperatures very swiftly and heightening radiation levels severely. Further nature of this power is unknown.
|-
! Physical Abilities:
| Known to be a trained marksman. Has incredibly sensitive tactile senses, and can use them as vibration sensors at some range.
|}

==Theories and notes==

Mertvaya Ruka

2011-02-13T17:39:35Z

NejinOniwa:

{| class=infobox bordered align = right style=width: 25em; text-align: left; font-size: 95%;
|+ style=font-size: larger; | '''Mertvaya Ruka'''
|-
| colspan=2 style=text-align:center; | [[Image:Mertvayaavi.png|Mertvaya Ruka]]
|-
! Also Known As:
| Система Периметр or Perimeter System
|-
! Drawn By:
| NejinOniwa; other OSC artists
|-
! OS Personified:
| Mertvaya Ruka
|-
! OS Developer:
| Strategic Rocket Forces of the CCCP/Soviet, later Russian Federation, Army (SRF)
|-
! First Released:
| Unknown, early 1980's - canon estimate mid-1984
|-
! Latest Stable Release:
| Unknown
|}

==Technical details==
Mertvaya Ruka is the popular name for the Perimeter System fail-deadly nuclear retaliation network reportedly used by the late Soviet and current Russian army. While not much is known about the details of the computer system itself, its purpose and detailed function has been covered in western media. While authorities are silent on the subject, most aware of its existence are in agreement that it is still operational and maintained by the SRF.
==Character details==
Mertvaya Ruka (or just Ruka, as she commonly refers to herself) is a very tall (180cm) strikingly pale woman, with a short-cut and wavy mane of platina blonde hair. She has intensely blue, sharply staring big eyes, which - along with her seemingly permanent eye bags - tend to give her an unnerving, madness-ridden expression. She commonly dresses in the dark green suits of the Russian Army uniform, bearing the SRF's emblems; her uniform is specially decorated with the crossed arrows on the collar, taking the place of the usual laurels decorating higher officers' gear. She also bears a sword-and-shield necklace, completing the SRF emblem with the arrows on her collar; in addition, she quite commonly dons a very heavy (and fluffy) bearskin coat, whether or not the climate craves for it.

When in enemy territory or in other situations that call for secrecy (which, quite honestly, are most of them), Ruka poses as a nuclear power plant operator OS, Реактор универсальной компьютера альфа, and dresses in plain gray or black suits with the arrow-crosses embroidered on the collars. She has also been known to alter the physical appearance of one of her hands at times, to make it look distorted and oversized - as though affected with some severe mutation as the result of radiation poisoning - normally, however, her hands are very small, and she has some amount of complex about this. She is not overly well-endowed, but well into the middle ranges of it; she normally conceals this with tight wrappings, however, making her appear nearly flat-chested.

Ruka is analytical and cool-headed - unlike what one could think of someone in her position. She is extremely reclusive, and mere knowledge of her existence is rare among those not directly involved. This is only partly due to her reclusiveness, however - in her almost 3 decades of life she has spent only months in actual operation, remaining dormant in hibernation for the rest. Due to this, her view of the outside world is jarred with outdated information and jaded perspectives, which heightens her reclusiveness to levels close to paranoia. She is very trusting and fiercely loyal to her operators; she doesn't care much for the brass, however, and cares more for the character of people. She is insightful and attentive, but her complete inaptness and lack of social experience gives her precious little to work with on that arena.

In addition, her being raised in an environment composed solely of males, she has a strong complex about gender; she despises many elements typically concerned as "female" - skirts and such fashion, for example - and considers her own physical "disproportion" - that is, her small hands and her chest - severe embarrassments, for which she usually hides them at most times.
==History and background==
Created in extreme secrecy during the heights of the Cold War, Ruka was trained and taught by specialists in the military - this gave her a good understanding of the world of that time, and some events, like the Chernobyl catastrophe, caused her quite some excitement. However, after her promising start, the time she spent awake started decreasing year by year; at the fall of the Soviet Union, she was awakened for the first time in more than 2 years. Awakened to the turbulence of the newly shattered union, she spent some time awake to be reintroduced to the new Kremlin and the world they resided in; quickly afterward, however, it was straight back to the same situation of year-long hibernation only interrupted by crucial updates or testing. After having been checked once in '99, for the millenium bug, and updated with new systems in '01, she was in hibernation for almost a full decade before being waked up in late August '10, due to the chamber housing her systems being scheduled for an extensive update and modification. She was last confirmed seen in Saint Petersburg a day after her activation - for the record, the first ever sighting of her outside her bunker complex - her present location is unknown, but she is thought to be on an undercover mission in the west.

==Magic, Powers and Abilities==
{| class=infobox bordered align = left style=width: 25em; text-align: left; font-size: 95%;
|+ style=font-size: larger; | '''Power Sheet'''
|-
|-
! Sorcery Type:
| Koldovstvo (Closed, Unique)
|-
! Complexity Level:
| 3/10 (simple)
|-
! Spell Power:
| Undetermined, above 5/10
|-
! Known Spells:
| "Launch" - Single target, produces immensely real 5-sense illusions of nuclear apocalypse and destruction. Initiates launch protocol if connected to Perimeter System network.
|-
! Additional Powers:
| "Aftermath" - Creates the effects of a nuclear winter locally or on a target, lowering temperatures very swiftly and heightening radiation levels severely. Further nature of this power is unknown.
|-
! Physical Abilities:
| Known to be a trained marksman. Has incredibly sensitive tactile senses, and can use them as vibration sensors at some range.
|}

==Theories and notes==

Other OS-tans

2011-02-13T17:38:31Z

NejinOniwa: /* List of Other OS-tans */

{{Stub}}

==List of Other OS-tans==
*'''[[Aegis]] (aka, Domain/OS)'''

*'''[[Amber]]'''

*'''[[Amiga|Amiga OS]]'''

*'''[[Amstrad CPC]]'''

*'''[[AROS]]'''

*'''[[Atari DOS]] (aka, Atari 8-bit)'''

*'''[[Atari TOS]] (aka, Atari ST)'''

*'''[[Bluebottle]]'''

*'''[[BTSS]]'''

*'''[[ChibiOS | ChibiOS/RT]]'''

*'''[[ChromeOS | Chrome OS]]'''

*'''[[Chromium]]'''

*'''[[CoCo]] (aka, Tandy Color Computer)'''

*'''[[Coleco Adam]]'''

*'''[[Commodore PET]]'''

*'''[[Commodore VIC-20]]'''

*'''[[Commodore 64]]'''

*'''[[Commodore 65]]'''

*'''[[Commodore 128]]'''

*'''[[CommodorePlus4 | Commodore Plus/4]]'''

*'''[[CTSS]] (aka, Compatible Time-Sharing System)'''

*'''[[DexOS]]'''

*'''[[DOS-11]] (aka, BATCH-11)'''

*'''[[eComStation]]'''

*'''[[eCOS]]'''

*'''[[EPOC]]'''

*'''[[EXEC]]'''

*'''[[FreeVMS]]'''

*'''[[GCOS]] (aka, GECOS II, 3 and 8, or General Comprehensive Operating System)'''

*'''[[GEOS]]'''

*'''[[GEM OS]]'''

*'''[[GENIAC]] (aka, Genius Almost-Automatic Computer)'''

*'''[[H316|Honeywell Kitchen Computer]] (aka, H316)'''

*'''[[Haiku]]'''

*'''[[IMSAI 8080]]'''

*'''[[ITS]] (aka, Incompatible Time-Sharing System)'''

*'''[[KolibriOS]]'''

*'''[[MenuetOS]]'''

*'''[[Mertvaya Ruka]] (aka, Perimeter System)'''

*'''[[MITS Altair 8800]]'''

*'''[[MorphOS]]'''

*'''[[Multics]]'''

*'''[[ORIC]]'''

*'''[[OS-9]]'''

*'''[[OS2|OS/2]] (aka, OS/2 Warp)'''

*'''[[OS/8]]'''

*'''[[PalmOS]]'''

*'''[[PilotOS]]'''

*'''[[Primos]]'''

*'''[[ReactOS]]'''

*'''[[RISC OS]]'''

*'''[[RSTS]]'''

*'''[[RT11]]'''

*'''[[RSX]]'''

*'''[[SharpOS]]'''

*'''[[SinclairQL | Sinclair QL]] (aka, Sinclair QDOS)'''

*'''[[SkyOS]]'''

*'''[[Stratus VOS]]'''

*'''[[Syllable]]'''

*'''[[TOPS-10]]'''

*'''[[TOPS-20]] (aka, Tenex)'''

*'''[[TripOS]] (aka, Trivial Portable Operating System)'''

*'''[[TRS-DOS]]'''

*'''[[UNOS]]'''

*'''[[Unununium]]'''

*'''[[Visi On]]'''

*'''[[VMS]]'''

*'''[[VAXELN]]'''

*'''[[ZETA]]'''

*'''[[ZX Spectrum]]'''

==See Also==
[[List of OS-tans]]

[[Category:Other OSes]]

Mertvaya Ruka

2011-02-10T01:02:52Z

NejinOniwa: /* Magic, Powers and Abilities */

{| class=infobox bordered align = right style=width: 25em; text-align: left; font-size: 95%;
|+ style=font-size: larger; | '''Mertvaya Ruka'''
|-
| colspan=2 style=text-align:center; | [[Image:Ruka-avi.png|Mertvaya Ruka]]
|-
! Also Known As:
| Система Периметр or Perimeter System
|-
! Drawn By:
| NejinOniwa; other OSC artists
|-
! OS Personified:
| Mertvaya Ruka
|-
! OS Developer:
| Strategic Rocket Forces of the CCCP/Soviet, later Russian Federation, Army (SRF)
|-
! First Released:
| Unknown, early 1980's - canon estimate mid-1984
|-
! Latest Stable Release:
| Unknown
|}

==Technical details==
Mertvaya Ruka is the popular name for the Perimeter System fail-deadly nuclear retaliation network reportedly used by the late Soviet and current Russian army. While not much is known about the details of the computer system itself, its purpose and detailed function has been covered in western media. While authorities are silent on the subject, most aware of its existence are in agreement that it is still operational and maintained by the SRF.
==Character details==
Mertvaya Ruka (or just Ruka, as she commonly refers to herself) is a very tall (180cm) strikingly pale woman, with a short-cut and wavy mane of platina blonde hair. She has intensely blue, sharply staring big eyes, which - along with her seemingly permanent eye bags - tend to give her an unnerving, madness-ridden expression. She commonly dresses in the dark green suits of the Russian Army uniform, bearing the SRF's emblems; her uniform is specially decorated with the crossed arrows on the collar, taking the place of the usual laurels decorating higher officers' gear. She also bears a sword-and-shield necklace, completing the SRF emblem with the arrows on her collar; in addition, she quite commonly dons a very heavy (and fluffy) bearskin coat, whether or not the climate craves for it.

When in enemy territory or in other situations that call for secrecy (which, quite honestly, are most of them), Ruka poses as a nuclear power plant operator OS, Реактор универсальной компьютера альфа, and dresses in plain gray or black suits with the arrow-crosses embroidered on the collars. She has also been known to alter the physical appearance of one of her hands at times, to make it look distorted and oversized - as though affected with some severe mutation as the result of radiation poisoning - normally, however, her hands are very small, and she has some amount of complex about this. She is not overly well-endowed, but well into the middle ranges of it; she normally conceals this with tight wrappings, however, making her appear nearly flat-chested.

Ruka is analytical and cool-headed - unlike what one could think of someone in her position. She is extremely reclusive, and mere knowledge of her existence is rare among those not directly involved. This is only partly due to her reclusiveness, however - in her almost 3 decades of life she has spent only months in actual operation, remaining dormant in hibernation for the rest. Due to this, her view of the outside world is jarred with outdated information and jaded perspectives, which heightens her reclusiveness to levels close to paranoia. She is very trusting and fiercely loyal to her operators; she doesn't care much for the brass, however, and cares more for the character of people. She is insightful and attentive, but her complete inaptness and lack of social experience gives her precious little to work with on that arena.

In addition, her being raised in an environment composed solely of males, she has a strong complex about gender; she despises many elements typically concerned as "female" - skirts and such fashion, for example - and considers her own physical "disproportion" - that is, her small hands and her chest - severe embarrassments, for which she usually hides them at most times.
==History and background==
Created in extreme secrecy during the heights of the Cold War, Ruka was trained and taught by specialists in the military - this gave her a good understanding of the world of that time, and some events, like the Chernobyl catastrophe, caused her quite some excitement. However, after her promising start, the time she spent awake started decreasing year by year; at the fall of the Soviet Union, she was awakened for the first time in more than 2 years. Awakened to the turbulence of the newly shattered union, she spent some time awake to be reintroduced to the new Kremlin and the world they resided in; quickly afterward, however, it was straight back to the same situation of year-long hibernation only interrupted by crucial updates or testing. After having been checked once in '99, for the millenium bug, and updated with new systems in '01, she was in hibernation for almost a full decade before being waked up in late August '10, due to the chamber housing her systems being scheduled for an extensive update and modification. She was last confirmed seen in Saint Petersburg a day after her activation - for the record, the first ever sighting of her outside her bunker complex - her present location is unknown, but she is thought to be on an undercover mission in the west.

==Magic, Powers and Abilities==
{| class=infobox bordered align = left style=width: 25em; text-align: left; font-size: 95%;
|+ style=font-size: larger; | '''Power Sheet'''
|-
|-
! Sorcery Type:
| Koldovstvo (Closed, Unique)
|-
! Complexity Level:
| 3/10 (simple)
|-
! Spell Power:
| Undetermined, above 5/10
|-
! Known Spells:
| "Launch" - Single target, produces immensely real 5-sense illusions of nuclear apocalypse and destruction. Initiates launch protocol if connected to Perimeter System network.
|-
! Additional Powers:
| "Aftermath" - Creates the effects of a nuclear winter locally or on a target, lowering temperatures very swiftly and heightening radiation levels severely. Further nature of this power is unknown.
|-
! Physical Abilities:
| Known to be a trained marksman. Has incredibly sensitive tactile senses, and can use them as vibration sensors at some range.
|}

==Theories and notes==

Mertvaya Ruka

2011-02-10T01:02:15Z

NejinOniwa:

{| class=infobox bordered align = right style=width: 25em; text-align: left; font-size: 95%;
|+ style=font-size: larger; | '''Mertvaya Ruka'''
|-
| colspan=2 style=text-align:center; | [[Image:Ruka-avi.png|Mertvaya Ruka]]
|-
! Also Known As:
| Система Периметр or Perimeter System
|-
! Drawn By:
| NejinOniwa; other OSC artists
|-
! OS Personified:
| Mertvaya Ruka
|-
! OS Developer:
| Strategic Rocket Forces of the CCCP/Soviet, later Russian Federation, Army (SRF)
|-
! First Released:
| Unknown, early 1980's - canon estimate mid-1984
|-
! Latest Stable Release:
| Unknown
|}

==Technical details==
Mertvaya Ruka is the popular name for the Perimeter System fail-deadly nuclear retaliation network reportedly used by the late Soviet and current Russian army. While not much is known about the details of the computer system itself, its purpose and detailed function has been covered in western media. While authorities are silent on the subject, most aware of its existence are in agreement that it is still operational and maintained by the SRF.
==Character details==
Mertvaya Ruka (or just Ruka, as she commonly refers to herself) is a very tall (180cm) strikingly pale woman, with a short-cut and wavy mane of platina blonde hair. She has intensely blue, sharply staring big eyes, which - along with her seemingly permanent eye bags - tend to give her an unnerving, madness-ridden expression. She commonly dresses in the dark green suits of the Russian Army uniform, bearing the SRF's emblems; her uniform is specially decorated with the crossed arrows on the collar, taking the place of the usual laurels decorating higher officers' gear. She also bears a sword-and-shield necklace, completing the SRF emblem with the arrows on her collar; in addition, she quite commonly dons a very heavy (and fluffy) bearskin coat, whether or not the climate craves for it.

When in enemy territory or in other situations that call for secrecy (which, quite honestly, are most of them), Ruka poses as a nuclear power plant operator OS, Реактор универсальной компьютера альфа, and dresses in plain gray or black suits with the arrow-crosses embroidered on the collars. She has also been known to alter the physical appearance of one of her hands at times, to make it look distorted and oversized - as though affected with some severe mutation as the result of radiation poisoning - normally, however, her hands are very small, and she has some amount of complex about this. She is not overly well-endowed, but well into the middle ranges of it; she normally conceals this with tight wrappings, however, making her appear nearly flat-chested.

Ruka is analytical and cool-headed - unlike what one could think of someone in her position. She is extremely reclusive, and mere knowledge of her existence is rare among those not directly involved. This is only partly due to her reclusiveness, however - in her almost 3 decades of life she has spent only months in actual operation, remaining dormant in hibernation for the rest. Due to this, her view of the outside world is jarred with outdated information and jaded perspectives, which heightens her reclusiveness to levels close to paranoia. She is very trusting and fiercely loyal to her operators; she doesn't care much for the brass, however, and cares more for the character of people. She is insightful and attentive, but her complete inaptness and lack of social experience gives her precious little to work with on that arena.

In addition, her being raised in an environment composed solely of males, she has a strong complex about gender; she despises many elements typically concerned as "female" - skirts and such fashion, for example - and considers her own physical "disproportion" - that is, her small hands and her chest - severe embarrassments, for which she usually hides them at most times.
==History and background==
Created in extreme secrecy during the heights of the Cold War, Ruka was trained and taught by specialists in the military - this gave her a good understanding of the world of that time, and some events, like the Chernobyl catastrophe, caused her quite some excitement. However, after her promising start, the time she spent awake started decreasing year by year; at the fall of the Soviet Union, she was awakened for the first time in more than 2 years. Awakened to the turbulence of the newly shattered union, she spent some time awake to be reintroduced to the new Kremlin and the world they resided in; quickly afterward, however, it was straight back to the same situation of year-long hibernation only interrupted by crucial updates or testing. After having been checked once in '99, for the millenium bug, and updated with new systems in '01, she was in hibernation for almost a full decade before being waked up in late August '10, due to the chamber housing her systems being scheduled for an extensive update and modification. She was last confirmed seen in Saint Petersburg a day after her activation - for the record, the first ever sighting of her outside her bunker complex - her present location is unknown, but she is thought to be on an undercover mission in the west.

==Magic, Powers and Abilities==
{| class=infobox bordered align = left style=width: 25em; text-align: left; font-size: 95%;
|+ style=font-size: larger; | '''Power Sheet'''
|-
| colspan=2 style=text-align:center;
|-
! Sorcery Type:
| Koldovstvo (Closed, Unique)
|-
! Complexity Level:
| 3/10 (simple)
|-
! Spell Power:
| Undetermined, above 5/10
|-
! Known Spells:
| "Launch" - Single target, produces immensely real 5-sense illusions of nuclear apocalypse and destruction. Initiates launch protocol if connected to Perimeter System network.
|-
! Additional Powers:
| "Aftermath" - Creates the effects of a nuclear winter locally or on a target, lowering temperatures very swiftly and heightening radiation levels severely. Further nature of this power is unknown.
|-
! Physical Abilities:
| Known to be a trained marksman. Has incredibly sensitive tactile senses, and can use them as vibration sensors at some range.
|}

Sorcery power:
Known magic: "Launch" - Single target, produces immensely real 5-sense illusions of nuclear apocalypse and destruction. Initiates launch protocol if connected to Perimeter System network.
Additional powers:
Physical abilities:
==Theories and notes==

Mertvaya Ruka

2011-02-10T00:02:09Z

NejinOniwa:

{| class=infobox bordered align = right style=width: 25em; text-align: left; font-size: 95%;
|+ style=font-size: larger; | '''Mertvaya Ruka'''
|-
| colspan=2 style=text-align:center; | [[Image:Ruka-avi.png|Mertvaya Ruka]]
|-
! Also Known As:
| Система Периметр or Perimeter System
|-
! Drawn By:
| NejinOniwa; other OSC artists
|-
! OS Personified:
| Mertvaya Ruka
|-
! OS Developer:
| Strategic Rocket Forces of the CCCP/Soviet, later Russian Federation, Army(DEC)
|-
! First Released:
| Unknown, early 1980's - canon estimate mid-1984
|-
! Latest Stable Release:
| Unknown
|}

==Technical details==
Mertvaya Ruka is the popular name for the Perimeter System fail-deadly nuclear retaliation network reportedly used by the late Soviet and current Russian army. While not much is known about the details of the computer system itself, its purpose and detailed function has been covered in western media. While authorities are silent on the subject, most aware of its existence are in agreement that it is still operational and maintained by the SRF.
==Character details==
Mertvaya Ruka (or just Ruka, as she commonly refers to herself) is a very tall (180cm) strikingly pale woman, with a short-cut and wavy mane of platina blonde hair. She has intensely blue, sharply staring big eyes, which - along with her seemingly permanent eye bags - tend to give her an unnerving, madness-ridden expression. She commonly dresses in the dark green suits of the Russian Army uniform, bearing the SRF's emblems; her uniform is specially decorated with the crossed arrows on the collar, taking the place of the usual laurels decorating higher officers' gear. She also bears a sword-and-shield necklace, completing the SRF emblem with the arrows on her collar; in addition, she quite commonly dons a very heavy (and fluffy) bearskin coat, whether or not the climate craves for it.

When in enemy territory or in other situations that call for secrecy (which, quite honestly, are most of them), Ruka poses as a nuclear power plant operator OS, Реактор универсальной компьютера альфа, and dresses in plain gray or black suits with the arrow-crosses embroidered on the collars. She has also been known to alter the physical appearance of one of her hands at times, to make it look distorted and oversized - as though affected with some severe mutation as the result of radiation poisoning - normally, however, her hands are very small, and she has some amount of complex about this. She is not overly well-endowed, but well into the middle ranges of it; she normally conceals this with tight wrappings, however, making her appear nearly flat-chested.

Ruka is analytical and cool-headed - unlike what one could think of someone in her position. She is extremely reclusive, and mere knowledge of her existence is rare among those not directly involved. This is only partly due to her reclusiveness, however - in her almost 3 decades of life she has spent only months in actual operation, remaining dormant in hibernation for the rest. Due to this, her view of the outside world is jarred with outdated information and jaded perspectives, which heightens her reclusiveness to levels close to paranoia. She is very trusting and fiercely loyal to her operators; she doesn't care much for the brass, however, and cares more for the character of people. She is insightful and attentive, but her complete inaptness and lack of social experience gives her precious little to work with on that arena.

In addition, her being raised in an environment composed solely of males, she has a strong complex about gender; she despises many elements typically concerned as "female" - skirts and such fashion, for example - and considers her own physical "disproportion" - that is, her small hands and her chest - severe embarrassments, for which she usually hides them at most times.
==History and background==
Created in extreme secrecy during the heights of the Cold War, Ruka was trained and taught by specialists in the military - this gave her a good understanding of the world of that time, and some events, like the Chernobyl catastrophe, caused her quite some excitement. However, after her promising start, the time she spent awake started decreasing year by year; at the fall of the Soviet Union, she was awakened for the first time in more than 2 years. Awakened to the turbulence of the newly shattered union, she spent some time awake to be reintroduced to the new Kremlin and the world they resided in; quickly afterward, however, it was straight back to the same situation of year-long hibernation only interrupted by crucial updates or testing. After having been checked once in '99, for the millenium bug, and updated with new systems in '01, she was in hibernation for almost a full decade before being waked up in late August '10, due to the chamber housing her systems being scheduled for an extensive update and modification. She was last confirmed seen in Saint Petersburg a day after her activation - for the record, the first ever sighting of her outside her bunker complex - her present location is unknown, but she is thought to be on an undercover mission in the west.

==Magic, Powers and Abilities==
Sorcery level: 3/10 (simple)
Sorcery type: Koldovstvo (Closed, Unique)
Sorcery power: Undetermined, above 5/10
Known magic: "Launch" - Single target, produces immensely real 5-sense illusions of nuclear apocalypse and destruction. Initiates launch protocol if connected to Perimeter System network.
Additional powers: "Aftermath" - Creates the effects of a nuclear winter locally or on a target, lowering temperatures very swiftly and heightening radiation levels severely. Further nature of this power is unknown.
Physical abilities: Known to be a trained marksman. Has incredibly sensitive tactile senses, and can use them as vibration sensors at some range.
==Theories and notes==

Mertvaya Ruka

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{| class=infobox bordered align = right style=width: 25em; text-align: left; font-size: 95%;
|+ style=font-size: larger; | '''Mertvaya Ruka'''
|-
| colspan=2 style=text-align:center; | [[Image:Ruka-avi.png|Mertvaya Ruka]]
|-
! Also Known As: Система Периметр or Perimeter System
|
|-
! Drawn By:
| NejinOniwa; other OSC artists
|-
! OS Personified:
| Mertvaya Ruka
|-
! OS Developer:
| Strategic Rocket Forces of the CCCP/Soviet, later Russian Federation, Army(DEC)
|-
! First Released:
| Unknown, early 1980's - canon estimate mid-1984
|-
! Latest Stable Release:
| Unknown
|}

==Technical details==
Mertvaya Ruka is the popular name for the Perimeter System fail-deadly nuclear retaliation network reportedly used by the late Soviet and current Russian army. While not much is known about the details of the computer system itself, its purpose and detailed function has been covered in western media. While authorities are silent on the subject, most aware of its existence are in agreement that it is still operational and maintained by the SRF.
==Character details==
Mertvaya Ruka (or just Ruka, as she commonly refers to herself) is a very tall (180cm) strikingly pale woman, with a short-cut and wavy mane of platina blonde hair. She has intensely blue, sharply staring big eyes, which - along with her seemingly permanent eye bags - tend to give her an unnerving, madness-ridden expression. She commonly dresses in the dark green suits of the Russian Army uniform, bearing the SRF's emblems; her uniform is specially decorated with the crossed arrows on the collar, taking the place of the usual laurels decorating higher officers' gear. She also bears a sword-and-shield necklace, completing the SRF emblem with the arrows on her collar; in addition, she quite commonly dons a very heavy (and fluffy) bearskin coat, whether or not the climate craves for it.

When in enemy territory or in other situations that call for secrecy (which, quite honestly, are most of them), Ruka poses as a nuclear power plant operator OS, Реактор универсальной компьютера альфа, and dresses in plain gray or black suits with the arrow-crosses embroidered on the collars. She has also been known to alter the physical appearance of one of her hands at times, to make it look distorted and oversized - as though affected with some severe mutation as the result of radiation poisoning - normally, however, her hands are very small, and she has some amount of complex about this. She is not overly well-endowed, but well into the middle ranges of it; she normally conceals this with tight wrappings, however, making her appear nearly flat-chested.

Ruka is analytical and cool-headed - unlike what one could think of someone in her position. She is extremely reclusive, and mere knowledge of her existence is rare among those not directly involved. This is only partly due to her reclusiveness, however - in her almost 3 decades of life she has spent only months in actual operation, remaining dormant in hibernation for the rest. Due to this, her view of the outside world is jarred with outdated information and jaded perspectives, which heightens her reclusiveness to levels close to paranoia. She is very trusting and fiercely loyal to her operators; she doesn't care much for the brass, however, and cares more for the character of people. She is insightful and attentive, but her complete inaptness and lack of social experience gives her precious little to work with on that arena.

In addition, her being raised in an environment composed solely of males, she has a strong complex about gender; she despises many elements typically concerned as "female" - skirts and such fashion, for example - and considers her own physical "disproportion" - that is, her small hands and her chest - severe embarrassments, for which she usually hides them at most times.
==History and background==
Created in extreme secrecy during the heights of the Cold War, Ruka was trained and taught by specialists in the military - this gave her a good understanding of the world of that time, and some events, like the Chernobyl catastrophe, caused her quite some excitement. However, after her promising start, the time she spent awake started decreasing year by year; at the fall of the Soviet Union, she was awakened for the first time in more than 2 years. Awakened to the turbulence of the newly shattered union, she spent some time awake to be reintroduced to the new Kremlin and the world they resided in; quickly afterward, however, it was straight back to the same situation of year-long hibernation only interrupted by crucial updates or testing. After having been checked once in '99, for the millenium bug, and updated with new systems in '01, she was in hibernation for almost a full decade before being waked up in late August '10, due to the chamber housing her systems being scheduled for an extensive update and modification. She was last confirmed seen in Saint Petersburg a day after her activation - for the record, the first ever sighting of her outside her bunker complex - her present location is unknown, but she is thought to be on an undercover mission in the west.

==Magic, Powers and Abilities==
Sorcery level: 3/10 (simple)
Sorcery type: Koldovstvo (Closed, Unique)
Sorcery power: Undetermined, above 5/10
Known magic: "Launch" - Single target, produces immensely real 5-sense illusions of nuclear apocalypse and destruction. Initiates launch protocol if connected to Perimeter System network.
Additional powers: "Aftermath" - Creates the effects of a nuclear winter locally or on a target, lowering temperatures very swiftly and heightening radiation levels severely. Further nature of this power is unknown.
Physical abilities: Known to be a trained marksman. Has incredibly sensitive tactile senses, and can use them as vibration sensors at some range.
==Theories and notes==

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NejinOniwa: Avatar for WITCH-tan.

Avatar for WITCH-tan.

DC-tan

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NejinOniwa:

{| class=infobox bordered align=right style=width: 25em; text-align: left; font-size: 95%;
|+ style=font-size: larger; | '''DC-tan'''
|-
| colspan=2 style=text-align:center; | [[Image:DC-tan.jpg|DC-tan]]br
|-
! Also Known As:
|
|-
! Original Creator:
| NejinOniwa
|-
! First appearance:
| 10 Feb 2007
|-
! Application Personified:
| DC++
|-
! Application Developer:
| Jacek Siekca
|-
! First Deployed:
| June 2001
|-
! Latest Stable Release:
| v 0.781 January 12th 2011
|}
DC-Tan is the personification of the DC++ file sharing client. This is one thing that largely influences her personality, and she is depicted as a pirate girl with gray-and-white hair, most often covered by a black pirate hat with the DC++ logo on it. She is not particularly well-endowed, and wears mostly gray-scale clothing - the most common one being a coat brandished with the icons for Downloads and Uploads, and the two Favorites stars from the original program graphics. She has a crisscross scar on her left cheek, and her left eye is covered by an eyepatch (which she doesn't even take off while showering). She is also known to be a practiced gunner.
Personality-wise she is of slight Tsundere quality, but mainly she goes around being generally cynical, making fun of anyone in her vicinity, occasionally using her 'MAIN' sign (derived from the Mainchat function in DC++) as a chalkboard to write witty comments on.
Due to the fact that DC++ is the program on which almost all other opensource clients using the DirectConnect are derived from, she personalizes them all in general, while still being a specific personification of DC++.

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NejinOniwa: /* App-tans */

==[[Windows-tans]]==

*'''[[Windows 1.0]]'''

*'''[[Windows 2.0]]'''

*'''[[Windows 3.1]]'''

*'''[[Windows 3.2]]'''

*'''[[NT-tan | Windows NT]]'''

*'''[[95-tan | Windows 95]]'''

*'''[[95 OSR 2.1-tan | Windows 95 OSR 2.1]]'''

*'''[[95 OSR 2.5-tan | Windows 95 OSR 2.5]]'''

*'''[[CE-tan | Windows CE]]'''

*'''[[InuT-tan | Windows NT Workstation]]'''

*'''[[Windows 97]]'''

*'''[[98-tan | Windows 98]]'''

*'''[[98SE-tan | Windows 98SE]]'''

*'''[[Neptune and Odyssey | Windows Neptune]]'''

*'''[[Neptune and Odyssey | Windows Odyssey]]'''

*'''[[Me-tan | Windows ME]]'''

*'''[[2k-tan | Windows 2000]]'''

*'''[[XP Family]]'''

**'''[[XP-tan | Windows XP Pro]]'''

**'''[[Homeko | Windows XP Homeko]]'''

**'''[[XPME-tan | Windows XP Media Center Edition]]'''

*'''[[2003 Server | Windows 2003 Server]]'''

*'''[[Vistan | Windows Vista]] (fka [[Longhorn]])'''

*'''[[2008 Server | Windows 2008 Server]]'''

*'''[[Vienna | Windows Vienna]] (fka Blackcomb, was changed to Windows 7)'''

*'''[[Windows 7 | Windows 7 ]] (fka Blackcomb, Vienna)'''

==[[Apple-tans]]==

*'''[[Apple I]]'''

*'''[[Apple II]]'''

*'''[[Apple III]]'''

*'''[[Apple Lisa]]'''

*'''[[GS/OS]]'''

*'''[[MacOS | Mac OS]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS1 | Mac System 1]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS2 | Mac System 2]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS3 | Mac System 3]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS34 | Mac System 3.4]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS4 | Mac System 4]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS 42 | Mac System 4.2]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS5 | Mac System 5]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS6 | Mac System 6]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS7 | Mac System 7]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS75 | Mac System 7.5]]'''

*'''[[Copland]]'''

*'''[[Newton OS]]'''

*'''[[OS8 | Mac OS8]]'''

*'''[[OS9 | Mac OS9]]'''

*'''[[OS91 | Mac OS9.1]]'''

*'''[[OS92 | Mac OS9.2]]'''

*'''[[OSX Server | Mac OSX Server]]'''

*'''[[OSX Cheetah | Mac OSX 10.0 Cheetah]]'''

*'''[[OSX Puma | Mac OSX 10.1 Puma]]'''

*'''[[OSX Jaguar | Mac OSX 10.2 Jaguar]]'''

*'''[[OSX Panther | Mac OSX 10.3 Panther]]'''

*'''[[OSX Tiger | Mac OSX 10.4 Tiger]]'''

*'''[[OSX Leopard | Mac OSX 10.5 Leopard]]'''

*'''[[OSX Snow Leopard | Mac OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard]]'''

==DOS-tans==

*'''[[FreeDOS]]'''

*'''[[DOSV | DOS/V]]'''

*'''[[DR-DOS]] (aka, CP/M) '''

*'''[[MSDOS | MS-DOS]]'''

*'''[[MSXDOS | MSX-DOS]]'''

*'''[[PCDOS | PC-DOS]]'''

*'''[[PTS-DOS]]'''

*'''[[QDOS]]'''

*'''[[ROMDOS]]'''

==Linux-tans==

*'''[[Linux]]'''

*'''[[64 Studio]]'''

*'''[[Adamantix]]'''

*'''[[Arch]]'''

*'''[[APODIO]]'''

*'''[[Barbie Linux]]'''

*'''[[ChainSawLinux]]'''

*'''[[CRUX]]'''

*'''[[Damn Small Linux]]'''

*'''[[Debian]]'''

*'''[[DreamLinux]]'''

*'''[[Elive]]'''

*'''[[EvilEntity]]'''

*'''[[Fedora]]'''

*'''[[Fried Chicken Linux]]'''

*'''[[Gentoo]]'''

*'''[[KateOS]]'''

*'''[[Knoppix]]'''

*'''[[Kubuntu]]'''

*'''[[Freespire]]'''

*'''[[Lindows|Linspire]] (aka Lindows)'''

*'''[[LinEspa]]'''

*'''[[Linux XP]]'''

*'''[[Lunar Linux]]'''

*'''[[Mandriva]]'''

*'''[[Momonga]]'''

*'''[[Musix]]'''

*'''[[Mutagenix]]'''

*'''[[NepaLinux]]'''

*'''[[OLPC]] (aka SugarOS)'''

*'''[[Oralux]]'''

*'''[[Pardus]]'''

*'''[[Parsix]]'''

*'''[[PCLinuxOS]] (aka PCLOS)'''

*'''[[Puppy Linux]]'''

*'''[[Red Flag]]'''

*'''[[RedHat]]'''

*'''[[RIPLinuX]]'''

*'''[[Sabayon]]'''

*'''[[SAM]]'''

*'''[[Scientific Linux]]'''

*'''[[Slackware]]'''

*'''[[Sorcerer]]'''

*'''[[Source Mage]]'''

*'''[[SuSE-Linux]]'''

*'''[[StressLinux]]'''

*'''[[Tinfoil Hat Linux]]'''

*'''[[TinySofa Linux]]'''

*'''[[Turbolinux]]'''

*'''[[Ubuntu]]'''

*'''[[Yellow Dog Linux]]'''

*'''[[YES]]'''

*'''[[Yggdrasil Linux]]'''

*'''[[Yoper]]'''

*'''[[Zenwalk]]'''

*'''[[Zeus Linux]]'''

==Unix-tans==

*'''[[A/UX]] (aka Apple Unix)'''

*'''[[AIX]]'''

*'''[[Belenix]]'''

*'''[[BSD]]'''

*'''[[Damn Small BSD]] (now called Evoke)'''

*'''[[Damn Small Solaris]] (now called MilaX)'''

*'''[[DarwinOS]]'''

*'''[[Dragonfly BSD]]'''

*'''[[FreeBSD]]'''

*'''[[FreeSBIE]]'''

*'''[[Inferno]]'''

*'''[[IRIX]]'''

*'''[[Midnight BSD]]'''

*'''[[Minix]]'''

*'''[[Minix vmd]]'''

*'''[[NetBSD]]'''

*'''[[Nexenta]]'''

*'''[[NeXTSTEP]]'''

*'''[[Octopus]]'''

*'''[[OliveBSD]]'''

*'''[[OpenBSD]]'''

*'''[[Plan 9]]'''

*'''[[Plan B]]'''

*'''[[QNX]]'''

*'''[[RoFreeSBIE]]'''

*'''[[Solaris]] (aka SunOS)'''

*'''[[SCO Unix]]'''

*'''[[The HURD]] (aka GNU/HURD)'''

*'''[[TUNIS]] (aka Toronto University System)'''

*'''[[Ultrix]]'''

*'''[[UNIX]] (Bell Labs)'''

*'''[[UnixWare]]'''

*'''[[VxWorks]]'''

*'''[[Weenix]]'''

*'''[[Xenix]]'''

*'''[[XINU]]'''

==Mainframe-tans==

*'''[[BESYS]] (aka, Bell Operating System)'''

*'''[[BOS/360]]'''

*'''[[BUIC]] (aka, Back Up Intercept Computer)'''

*'''[[Colossus]] (aka, Colossus Mark I and Colossus Mark II)'''

*'''[[CP/CMS]]'''

*'''[[CRAY-1]]'''

*'''[[DIPS]] (aka, Denden Information Processing System)'''

*'''[[DTSS]] (aka, Dartmouth Time Sharing System)'''

*'''[[ENIAC]]'''

*'''[[GMOS]] (aka, General Motors Operating System)'''

*'''[[Harvard Mark I]]'''

*'''[[Harvard Mark II]]'''

*'''[[Harvard Mark III]]'''

*'''[[Harvard Mark IV]]'''

*'''[[IBSYS]]'''

*'''[[KRONOS]]'''

*'''[[MACE]]'''

*'''[[Manchester Mark I]]'''

*'''[[MTS]] (aka, Michigan Terminal System)'''

*'''[[NOS]] (aka, Network Operating System)'''

*'''[[NOS/VE | NOS/VE]]'''

*'''[[OS/360 | OS/360]]'''

*'''[[SABRE]]'''

*'''[[SAGE]] (aka, Semi-Automatic Ground Environment)'''

*'''[[SCOPE | SCOPE]] (aka, Chippewa Operating System, COS)'''

*'''[[TSOS | RCA TSOS]] (aka, VS/9, BS2000)'''

*'''[[TOS/360]]'''

*'''[[TSS360 | TSS/360]]'''

*'''[[UMES]]'''

*'''[[VM/CMS]]'''

*'''[[VSE | VSE]] (fka, DOS/360)'''

*'''[[WAITS]]'''

*'''[[Whirlwind]]'''

==Other OS-tans==

*'''[[Aegis]] (aka, Domain/OS)'''

*'''[[Amber]]'''

*'''[[Amiga|Amiga OS]]'''

*'''[[Amstrad CPC]]'''

*'''[[AROS]]'''

*'''[[Atari DOS]] (aka, Atari 8-bit)'''

*'''[[Atari TOS]] (aka, Atari ST)'''

*'''[[Bluebottle]]'''

*'''[[BTSS]]'''

*'''[[ChibiOS | ChibiOS/RT]]'''

*'''[[ChromeOS | Chrome OS]]'''

*'''[[Chromium]]'''

*'''[[CoCo]] (aka, Tandy Color Computer)'''

*'''[[Coleco Adam]]'''

*'''[[Commodore PET]]'''

*'''[[Commodore VIC-20]]'''

*'''[[Commodore 64]]'''

*'''[[Commodore 65]]'''

*'''[[Commodore 128]]'''

*'''[[CommodorePlus4 | Commodore Plus/4]]'''

*'''[[Contiki OS]]'''

*'''[[CTSS]] (aka, Compatible Time-Sharing System)'''

*'''[[DexOS]]'''

*'''[[DOS-11]] (aka, BATCH-11)'''

*'''[[eComStation]]'''

*'''[[eCOS]]'''

*'''[[EPOC]]'''

*'''[[EXEC]]'''

*'''[[FreeVMS]]'''

*'''[[GCOS]] (aka, GECOS II, 3 and 8, or General Comprehensive Operating System)'''

*'''[[GEOS]]'''

*'''[[GEM OS]]'''

*'''[[GENIAC]] (aka, Genius Almost-Automatic Computer)'''

*'''[[H316|Honeywell Kitchen Computer]] (aka, H316)'''

*'''[[Haiku]]'''

*'''[[IMSAI 8080]]'''

*'''[[ITS]] (aka, Incompatible Time-Sharing System)'''

*'''[[KolibriOS]]'''

*'''[[MenuetOS]]'''

*'''[[Mertvaya Ruka]] (aka, Система Периметр or Perimeter System)'''

*'''[[MITS Altair 8800]]'''

*'''[[MorphOS]]'''

*'''[[Multics]]'''

*'''[[ORIC]]'''

*'''[[OS-9]]'''

*'''[[OS2|OS/2]] (aka, OS/2 Warp)'''

*'''[[OS/8]]'''

*'''[[PalmOS]]'''

*'''[[PilotOS]]'''

*'''[[Primos]]'''

*'''[[ReactOS]]'''

*'''[[RISC OS]]'''

*'''[[RSTS]]'''

*'''[[RT11]]'''

*'''[[RSX]]'''

*'''[[SharpOS]]'''

*'''[[SinclairQL | Sinclair QL]] (aka, Sinclair QDOS)'''

*'''[[SkyOS]]'''

*'''[[Stratus VOS]]'''

*'''[[Syllable]]'''

*'''[[Tiny OS]]'''

*'''[[TOPS-10]]'''

*'''[[TOPS-20]] (aka, Tenex)'''

*'''[[TripOS]] (aka, Trivial Portable Operating System)'''

*'''[[TRS-DOS]]'''

*'''[[UNOS]]'''

*'''[[Unununium]]'''

*'''[[Visi On]]'''

*'''[[VMS]]'''

*'''[[VAXELN]]'''

*'''[[ZETA]]'''

*'''[[ZX Spectrum]]'''

==Non OS-tans==
===App-tans===

*'''[[Ad-Aware]]'''

*'''[[AOL]]'''

*'''[[Babel Fish]]'''

*'''[[Croquet]]'''

*'''[[DC-tan | DC++]]'''

*'''[[Flash]]'''

*'''[[Ghostzilla]]'''

*'''[[Git]]'''

*'''[[IE-tan | Internet Explorer]]'''

*'''[[IrfanView]]'''

*'''[[Java]]'''

*'''[[Kazaa-tan | Kazaa Media Desktop]]'''

*'''[[Konqueror]]'''

*'''[[LimeWire]]'''

*'''[[Lynx]]'''

*'''[[McAfee Antivirus]]'''

*'''[[MS BOB]]'''

*'''[[MSN | MSN Messenger]]'''

*'''[[Outlook | Microsoft Outlook]]'''

*'''[[Photoshop]]'''

*'''[[Quantum Link]]'''

*'''[[Red Office]]'''

*'''[[Safari | Safari]]'''

*'''[[Songbird]]'''

*'''[[Visio]]'''

*'''[[XFCE]]'''

===Hardware-tans===

*'''[[Playstaion]]'''
*'''[[Playstation 2]]'''
*'''[[Playstation 3]]'''
*'''[[Xbox]]'''
*'''[[Xbox 360]]'''
*'''[[Nintendo 64]]'''
*'''[[Wii]]'''
*'''[[DS]]'''
*'''[[USB]]'''

===Malware-tans===

*'''[[4K]]'''

*'''[[Abraxas]]'''

*'''[[A-Bomb]]'''

*'''[[Acid]]'''

*'''[[Acme]]'''

*'''[[Ah]]'''

*'''[[ANTI]]'''

*'''[[Bliss]]'''

*'''[[Bomber]]'''

*'''[[(c)Brain]]'''

*'''[[Butterfly]]'''

*'''[[Byte-Bandit]]'''

*'''[[Cascade]]'''

*'''[[Cerberus]]'''

*'''[[Christmas Tree]]'''

*'''[[CIH]]'''

*'''[[Disk Killer]]'''

*'''[[Esperanto]]'''

*'''[[Festering Hate]]'''

*'''[[Horror]]'''

*'''[[Lamer Exterminator]]'''

*'''[[Loveletter]]'''

*'''[[Mimail]] (aka, Rabbit.EXE)'''

*'''[[MyDoom]]'''

*'''[[nVIR]]'''

*'''[[Radiant]]'''

*'''[[Sasser]]'''

*'''[[Silver Dollar]]'''

*'''[[Slugger]]'''

*'''[[Spida]]'''

*'''[[Sunday]]'''

*'''[[Unstable]]'''

*'''[[Valentine]]'''

*'''[[Viru-tan]]'''

*'''[[WDEF]]'''

*'''[[Whale]]'''

===Moezilla===

*'''[[Firefox]]'''

*'''[[Thunderbird]]'''

*'''[[Opera]]'''

*'''[[SeaMonkey]]'''

*'''[[Nvu]]'''

===Site-tans===

*'''[[Error- 400]]'''

*'''[[Error- 401]]'''

*'''[[Error- 402]]'''

*'''[[Error- 403]]'''

*'''[[Error- 404]]'''

*'''[[Error- 405]]'''

*'''[[Error- 406]]'''

*'''[[Error- 407]]'''

*'''[[Error- 408]]'''

*'''[[Google]]'''

*'''[[Mixi]]'''

*'''[[Mugshot]]'''

*'''[[Twitter]]'''

*'''[[Uncyclopedia]]'''

*'''[[Wikipedia]]'''

==Male Characters==
===OS-Kuns===

*'''[[3.1-kun|Windows 3.1]]'''

*'''[[95-kun|Windows 95]]'''

*'''[[98-kun and 98SE-kun|Windows 98]]'''

*'''[[98-kun and 98SE-kun|Windows 98SE]]'''

*'''[[ME-kun|Windows ME]]'''

*'''[[2k-kun|Windows 2000 Professional]]'''

*'''[[Homeo | Windows XP Homeo]] (See also [[XP Family]])'''

*'''[[XP-kun|Windows XP Professional]] (See also [[XP Family]])'''

*'''[[OS9-kun|Mac OS9]]'''

*'''[[OSX-kun|Mac OSX]]'''

*'''[[DSL-kun|Damn Small Linux]]'''

*'''[[Oralux-kun|Oralux]]'''

===Non OS-Kuns===

*'''[[Emacs]]'''

*'''[[Google-kun | Google]]'''

*'''[[Norton Antivirus]]'''

*'''[[Red]]'''

*'''[[Trend Micro | Trend Micro Virus Buster]]'''

*'''[[Vi]]'''

===Malware-Kuns===
*'''[[Acme-kun]]'''

*'''[[A-Bomb-kun]]'''

*'''[[Abraxas-kun]]'''

*'''[[Ah-kun]]'''

*'''[[Cerberus-kun]]'''

*'''[[Horror-kun]]'''

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NejinOniwa: /* Other OS-tans */

==[[Windows-tans]]==

*'''[[Windows 1.0]]'''

*'''[[Windows 2.0]]'''

*'''[[Windows 3.1]]'''

*'''[[Windows 3.2]]'''

*'''[[NT-tan | Windows NT]]'''

*'''[[95-tan | Windows 95]]'''

*'''[[95 OSR 2.1-tan | Windows 95 OSR 2.1]]'''

*'''[[95 OSR 2.5-tan | Windows 95 OSR 2.5]]'''

*'''[[CE-tan | Windows CE]]'''

*'''[[InuT-tan | Windows NT Workstation]]'''

*'''[[Windows 97]]'''

*'''[[98-tan | Windows 98]]'''

*'''[[98SE-tan | Windows 98SE]]'''

*'''[[Neptune and Odyssey | Windows Neptune]]'''

*'''[[Neptune and Odyssey | Windows Odyssey]]'''

*'''[[Me-tan | Windows ME]]'''

*'''[[2k-tan | Windows 2000]]'''

*'''[[XP Family]]'''

**'''[[XP-tan | Windows XP Pro]]'''

**'''[[Homeko | Windows XP Homeko]]'''

**'''[[XPME-tan | Windows XP Media Center Edition]]'''

*'''[[2003 Server | Windows 2003 Server]]'''

*'''[[Vistan | Windows Vista]] (fka [[Longhorn]])'''

*'''[[2008 Server | Windows 2008 Server]]'''

*'''[[Vienna | Windows Vienna]] (fka Blackcomb, was changed to Windows 7)'''

*'''[[Windows 7 | Windows 7 ]] (fka Blackcomb, Vienna)'''

==[[Apple-tans]]==

*'''[[Apple I]]'''

*'''[[Apple II]]'''

*'''[[Apple III]]'''

*'''[[Apple Lisa]]'''

*'''[[GS/OS]]'''

*'''[[MacOS | Mac OS]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS1 | Mac System 1]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS2 | Mac System 2]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS3 | Mac System 3]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS34 | Mac System 3.4]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS4 | Mac System 4]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS 42 | Mac System 4.2]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS5 | Mac System 5]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS6 | Mac System 6]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS7 | Mac System 7]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS75 | Mac System 7.5]]'''

*'''[[Copland]]'''

*'''[[Newton OS]]'''

*'''[[OS8 | Mac OS8]]'''

*'''[[OS9 | Mac OS9]]'''

*'''[[OS91 | Mac OS9.1]]'''

*'''[[OS92 | Mac OS9.2]]'''

*'''[[OSX Server | Mac OSX Server]]'''

*'''[[OSX Cheetah | Mac OSX 10.0 Cheetah]]'''

*'''[[OSX Puma | Mac OSX 10.1 Puma]]'''

*'''[[OSX Jaguar | Mac OSX 10.2 Jaguar]]'''

*'''[[OSX Panther | Mac OSX 10.3 Panther]]'''

*'''[[OSX Tiger | Mac OSX 10.4 Tiger]]'''

*'''[[OSX Leopard | Mac OSX 10.5 Leopard]]'''

*'''[[OSX Snow Leopard | Mac OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard]]'''

==DOS-tans==

*'''[[FreeDOS]]'''

*'''[[DOSV | DOS/V]]'''

*'''[[DR-DOS]] (aka, CP/M) '''

*'''[[MSDOS | MS-DOS]]'''

*'''[[MSXDOS | MSX-DOS]]'''

*'''[[PCDOS | PC-DOS]]'''

*'''[[PTS-DOS]]'''

*'''[[QDOS]]'''

*'''[[ROMDOS]]'''

==Linux-tans==

*'''[[Linux]]'''

*'''[[64 Studio]]'''

*'''[[Adamantix]]'''

*'''[[Arch]]'''

*'''[[APODIO]]'''

*'''[[Barbie Linux]]'''

*'''[[ChainSawLinux]]'''

*'''[[CRUX]]'''

*'''[[Damn Small Linux]]'''

*'''[[Debian]]'''

*'''[[DreamLinux]]'''

*'''[[Elive]]'''

*'''[[EvilEntity]]'''

*'''[[Fedora]]'''

*'''[[Fried Chicken Linux]]'''

*'''[[Gentoo]]'''

*'''[[KateOS]]'''

*'''[[Knoppix]]'''

*'''[[Kubuntu]]'''

*'''[[Freespire]]'''

*'''[[Lindows|Linspire]] (aka Lindows)'''

*'''[[LinEspa]]'''

*'''[[Linux XP]]'''

*'''[[Lunar Linux]]'''

*'''[[Mandriva]]'''

*'''[[Momonga]]'''

*'''[[Musix]]'''

*'''[[Mutagenix]]'''

*'''[[NepaLinux]]'''

*'''[[OLPC]] (aka SugarOS)'''

*'''[[Oralux]]'''

*'''[[Pardus]]'''

*'''[[Parsix]]'''

*'''[[PCLinuxOS]] (aka PCLOS)'''

*'''[[Puppy Linux]]'''

*'''[[Red Flag]]'''

*'''[[RedHat]]'''

*'''[[RIPLinuX]]'''

*'''[[Sabayon]]'''

*'''[[SAM]]'''

*'''[[Scientific Linux]]'''

*'''[[Slackware]]'''

*'''[[Sorcerer]]'''

*'''[[Source Mage]]'''

*'''[[SuSE-Linux]]'''

*'''[[StressLinux]]'''

*'''[[Tinfoil Hat Linux]]'''

*'''[[TinySofa Linux]]'''

*'''[[Turbolinux]]'''

*'''[[Ubuntu]]'''

*'''[[Yellow Dog Linux]]'''

*'''[[YES]]'''

*'''[[Yggdrasil Linux]]'''

*'''[[Yoper]]'''

*'''[[Zenwalk]]'''

*'''[[Zeus Linux]]'''

==Unix-tans==

*'''[[A/UX]] (aka Apple Unix)'''

*'''[[AIX]]'''

*'''[[Belenix]]'''

*'''[[BSD]]'''

*'''[[Damn Small BSD]] (now called Evoke)'''

*'''[[Damn Small Solaris]] (now called MilaX)'''

*'''[[DarwinOS]]'''

*'''[[Dragonfly BSD]]'''

*'''[[FreeBSD]]'''

*'''[[FreeSBIE]]'''

*'''[[Inferno]]'''

*'''[[IRIX]]'''

*'''[[Midnight BSD]]'''

*'''[[Minix]]'''

*'''[[Minix vmd]]'''

*'''[[NetBSD]]'''

*'''[[Nexenta]]'''

*'''[[NeXTSTEP]]'''

*'''[[Octopus]]'''

*'''[[OliveBSD]]'''

*'''[[OpenBSD]]'''

*'''[[Plan 9]]'''

*'''[[Plan B]]'''

*'''[[QNX]]'''

*'''[[RoFreeSBIE]]'''

*'''[[Solaris]] (aka SunOS)'''

*'''[[SCO Unix]]'''

*'''[[The HURD]] (aka GNU/HURD)'''

*'''[[TUNIS]] (aka Toronto University System)'''

*'''[[Ultrix]]'''

*'''[[UNIX]] (Bell Labs)'''

*'''[[UnixWare]]'''

*'''[[VxWorks]]'''

*'''[[Weenix]]'''

*'''[[Xenix]]'''

*'''[[XINU]]'''

==Mainframe-tans==

*'''[[BESYS]] (aka, Bell Operating System)'''

*'''[[BOS/360]]'''

*'''[[BUIC]] (aka, Back Up Intercept Computer)'''

*'''[[Colossus]] (aka, Colossus Mark I and Colossus Mark II)'''

*'''[[CP/CMS]]'''

*'''[[CRAY-1]]'''

*'''[[DIPS]] (aka, Denden Information Processing System)'''

*'''[[DTSS]] (aka, Dartmouth Time Sharing System)'''

*'''[[ENIAC]]'''

*'''[[GMOS]] (aka, General Motors Operating System)'''

*'''[[Harvard Mark I]]'''

*'''[[Harvard Mark II]]'''

*'''[[Harvard Mark III]]'''

*'''[[Harvard Mark IV]]'''

*'''[[IBSYS]]'''

*'''[[KRONOS]]'''

*'''[[MACE]]'''

*'''[[Manchester Mark I]]'''

*'''[[MTS]] (aka, Michigan Terminal System)'''

*'''[[NOS]] (aka, Network Operating System)'''

*'''[[NOS/VE | NOS/VE]]'''

*'''[[OS/360 | OS/360]]'''

*'''[[SABRE]]'''

*'''[[SAGE]] (aka, Semi-Automatic Ground Environment)'''

*'''[[SCOPE | SCOPE]] (aka, Chippewa Operating System, COS)'''

*'''[[TSOS | RCA TSOS]] (aka, VS/9, BS2000)'''

*'''[[TOS/360]]'''

*'''[[TSS360 | TSS/360]]'''

*'''[[UMES]]'''

*'''[[VM/CMS]]'''

*'''[[VSE | VSE]] (fka, DOS/360)'''

*'''[[WAITS]]'''

*'''[[Whirlwind]]'''

==Other OS-tans==

*'''[[Aegis]] (aka, Domain/OS)'''

*'''[[Amber]]'''

*'''[[Amiga|Amiga OS]]'''

*'''[[Amstrad CPC]]'''

*'''[[AROS]]'''

*'''[[Atari DOS]] (aka, Atari 8-bit)'''

*'''[[Atari TOS]] (aka, Atari ST)'''

*'''[[Bluebottle]]'''

*'''[[BTSS]]'''

*'''[[ChibiOS | ChibiOS/RT]]'''

*'''[[ChromeOS | Chrome OS]]'''

*'''[[Chromium]]'''

*'''[[CoCo]] (aka, Tandy Color Computer)'''

*'''[[Coleco Adam]]'''

*'''[[Commodore PET]]'''

*'''[[Commodore VIC-20]]'''

*'''[[Commodore 64]]'''

*'''[[Commodore 65]]'''

*'''[[Commodore 128]]'''

*'''[[CommodorePlus4 | Commodore Plus/4]]'''

*'''[[Contiki OS]]'''

*'''[[CTSS]] (aka, Compatible Time-Sharing System)'''

*'''[[DexOS]]'''

*'''[[DOS-11]] (aka, BATCH-11)'''

*'''[[eComStation]]'''

*'''[[eCOS]]'''

*'''[[EPOC]]'''

*'''[[EXEC]]'''

*'''[[FreeVMS]]'''

*'''[[GCOS]] (aka, GECOS II, 3 and 8, or General Comprehensive Operating System)'''

*'''[[GEOS]]'''

*'''[[GEM OS]]'''

*'''[[GENIAC]] (aka, Genius Almost-Automatic Computer)'''

*'''[[H316|Honeywell Kitchen Computer]] (aka, H316)'''

*'''[[Haiku]]'''

*'''[[IMSAI 8080]]'''

*'''[[ITS]] (aka, Incompatible Time-Sharing System)'''

*'''[[KolibriOS]]'''

*'''[[MenuetOS]]'''

*'''[[Mertvaya Ruka]] (aka, Система Периметр or Perimeter System)'''

*'''[[MITS Altair 8800]]'''

*'''[[MorphOS]]'''

*'''[[Multics]]'''

*'''[[ORIC]]'''

*'''[[OS-9]]'''

*'''[[OS2|OS/2]] (aka, OS/2 Warp)'''

*'''[[OS/8]]'''

*'''[[PalmOS]]'''

*'''[[PilotOS]]'''

*'''[[Primos]]'''

*'''[[ReactOS]]'''

*'''[[RISC OS]]'''

*'''[[RSTS]]'''

*'''[[RT11]]'''

*'''[[RSX]]'''

*'''[[SharpOS]]'''

*'''[[SinclairQL | Sinclair QL]] (aka, Sinclair QDOS)'''

*'''[[SkyOS]]'''

*'''[[Stratus VOS]]'''

*'''[[Syllable]]'''

*'''[[Tiny OS]]'''

*'''[[TOPS-10]]'''

*'''[[TOPS-20]] (aka, Tenex)'''

*'''[[TripOS]] (aka, Trivial Portable Operating System)'''

*'''[[TRS-DOS]]'''

*'''[[UNOS]]'''

*'''[[Unununium]]'''

*'''[[Visi On]]'''

*'''[[VMS]]'''

*'''[[VAXELN]]'''

*'''[[ZETA]]'''

*'''[[ZX Spectrum]]'''

==Non OS-tans==
===App-tans===

*'''[[Ad-Aware]]'''

*'''[[AOL]]'''

*'''[[Babel Fish]]'''

*'''[[Croquet]]'''

*'''[[DC-tan | DC++]]'''

*'''[[Flash]]'''

*'''[[IE-tan | Internet Explorer]]'''

*'''[[Ghostzilla]]'''

*'''[[IrfanView]]'''

*'''[[Java]]'''

*'''[[Kazaa-tan | Kazaa Media Desktop]]'''

*'''[[Konqueror]]'''

*'''[[LimeWire]]'''

*'''[[Lynx]]'''

*'''[[McAfee Antivirus]]'''

*'''[[MS BOB]]'''

*'''[[MSN | MSN Messenger]]'''

*'''[[Outlook | Microsoft Outlook]]'''

*'''[[Photoshop]]'''

*'''[[Quantum Link]]'''

*'''[[Red Office]]'''

*'''[[Safari | Safari]]'''

*'''[[Songbird]]'''

*'''[[Visio]]'''

*'''[[XFCE]]'''

===Hardware-tans===

*'''[[Playstaion]]'''
*'''[[Playstation 2]]'''
*'''[[Playstation 3]]'''
*'''[[Xbox]]'''
*'''[[Xbox 360]]'''
*'''[[Nintendo 64]]'''
*'''[[Wii]]'''
*'''[[DS]]'''
*'''[[USB]]'''

===Malware-tans===

*'''[[4K]]'''

*'''[[Abraxas]]'''

*'''[[A-Bomb]]'''

*'''[[Acid]]'''

*'''[[Acme]]'''

*'''[[Ah]]'''

*'''[[ANTI]]'''

*'''[[Bliss]]'''

*'''[[Bomber]]'''

*'''[[(c)Brain]]'''

*'''[[Butterfly]]'''

*'''[[Byte-Bandit]]'''

*'''[[Cascade]]'''

*'''[[Cerberus]]'''

*'''[[Christmas Tree]]'''

*'''[[CIH]]'''

*'''[[Disk Killer]]'''

*'''[[Esperanto]]'''

*'''[[Festering Hate]]'''

*'''[[Horror]]'''

*'''[[Lamer Exterminator]]'''

*'''[[Loveletter]]'''

*'''[[Mimail]] (aka, Rabbit.EXE)'''

*'''[[MyDoom]]'''

*'''[[nVIR]]'''

*'''[[Radiant]]'''

*'''[[Sasser]]'''

*'''[[Silver Dollar]]'''

*'''[[Slugger]]'''

*'''[[Spida]]'''

*'''[[Sunday]]'''

*'''[[Unstable]]'''

*'''[[Valentine]]'''

*'''[[Viru-tan]]'''

*'''[[WDEF]]'''

*'''[[Whale]]'''

===Moezilla===

*'''[[Firefox]]'''

*'''[[Thunderbird]]'''

*'''[[Opera]]'''

*'''[[SeaMonkey]]'''

*'''[[Nvu]]'''

===Site-tans===

*'''[[Error- 400]]'''

*'''[[Error- 401]]'''

*'''[[Error- 402]]'''

*'''[[Error- 403]]'''

*'''[[Error- 404]]'''

*'''[[Error- 405]]'''

*'''[[Error- 406]]'''

*'''[[Error- 407]]'''

*'''[[Error- 408]]'''

*'''[[Google]]'''

*'''[[Mixi]]'''

*'''[[Mugshot]]'''

*'''[[Twitter]]'''

*'''[[Uncyclopedia]]'''

*'''[[Wikipedia]]'''

==Male Characters==
===OS-Kuns===

*'''[[3.1-kun|Windows 3.1]]'''

*'''[[95-kun|Windows 95]]'''

*'''[[98-kun and 98SE-kun|Windows 98]]'''

*'''[[98-kun and 98SE-kun|Windows 98SE]]'''

*'''[[ME-kun|Windows ME]]'''

*'''[[2k-kun|Windows 2000 Professional]]'''

*'''[[Homeo | Windows XP Homeo]] (See also [[XP Family]])'''

*'''[[XP-kun|Windows XP Professional]] (See also [[XP Family]])'''

*'''[[OS9-kun|Mac OS9]]'''

*'''[[OSX-kun|Mac OSX]]'''

*'''[[DSL-kun|Damn Small Linux]]'''

*'''[[Oralux-kun|Oralux]]'''

===Non OS-Kuns===

*'''[[Emacs]]'''

*'''[[Google-kun | Google]]'''

*'''[[Norton Antivirus]]'''

*'''[[Red]]'''

*'''[[Trend Micro | Trend Micro Virus Buster]]'''

*'''[[Vi]]'''

===Malware-Kuns===
*'''[[Acme-kun]]'''

*'''[[A-Bomb-kun]]'''

*'''[[Abraxas-kun]]'''

*'''[[Ah-kun]]'''

*'''[[Cerberus-kun]]'''

*'''[[Horror-kun]]'''

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==[[Windows-tans]]==

*'''[[Windows 1.0]]'''

*'''[[Windows 2.0]]'''

*'''[[Windows 3.1]]'''

*'''[[Windows 3.2]]'''

*'''[[NT-tan | Windows NT]]'''

*'''[[95-tan | Windows 95]]'''

*'''[[95 OSR 2.1-tan | Windows 95 OSR 2.1]]'''

*'''[[95 OSR 2.5-tan | Windows 95 OSR 2.5]]'''

*'''[[CE-tan | Windows CE]]'''

*'''[[InuT-tan | Windows NT Workstation]]'''

*'''[[Windows 97]]'''

*'''[[98-tan | Windows 98]]'''

*'''[[98SE-tan | Windows 98SE]]'''

*'''[[Neptune and Odyssey | Windows Neptune]]'''

*'''[[Neptune and Odyssey | Windows Odyssey]]'''

*'''[[Me-tan | Windows ME]]'''

*'''[[2k-tan | Windows 2000]]'''

*'''[[XP Family]]'''

**'''[[XP-tan | Windows XP Pro]]'''

**'''[[Homeko | Windows XP Homeko]]'''

**'''[[XPME-tan | Windows XP Media Center Edition]]'''

*'''[[2003 Server | Windows 2003 Server]]'''

*'''[[Vistan | Windows Vista]] (fka [[Longhorn]])'''

*'''[[2008 Server | Windows 2008 Server]]'''

*'''[[Vienna | Windows Vienna]] (fka Blackcomb, was changed to Windows 7)'''

*'''[[Windows 7 | Windows 7 ]] (fka Blackcomb, Vienna)'''

==[[Apple-tans]]==

*'''[[Apple I]]'''

*'''[[Apple II]]'''

*'''[[Apple III]]'''

*'''[[Apple Lisa]]'''

*'''[[GS/OS]]'''

*'''[[MacOS | Mac OS]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS1 | Mac System 1]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS2 | Mac System 2]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS3 | Mac System 3]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS34 | Mac System 3.4]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS4 | Mac System 4]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS 42 | Mac System 4.2]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS5 | Mac System 5]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS6 | Mac System 6]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS7 | Mac System 7]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS75 | Mac System 7.5]]'''

*'''[[Copland]]'''

*'''[[Newton OS]]'''

*'''[[OS8 | Mac OS8]]'''

*'''[[OS9 | Mac OS9]]'''

*'''[[OS91 | Mac OS9.1]]'''

*'''[[OS92 | Mac OS9.2]]'''

*'''[[OSX Server | Mac OSX Server]]'''

*'''[[OSX Cheetah | Mac OSX 10.0 Cheetah]]'''

*'''[[OSX Puma | Mac OSX 10.1 Puma]]'''

*'''[[OSX Jaguar | Mac OSX 10.2 Jaguar]]'''

*'''[[OSX Panther | Mac OSX 10.3 Panther]]'''

*'''[[OSX Tiger | Mac OSX 10.4 Tiger]]'''

*'''[[OSX Leopard | Mac OSX 10.5 Leopard]]'''

*'''[[OSX Snow Leopard | Mac OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard]]'''

==DOS-tans==

*'''[[FreeDOS]]'''

*'''[[DOSV | DOS/V]]'''

*'''[[DR-DOS]] (aka, CP/M) '''

*'''[[MSDOS | MS-DOS]]'''

*'''[[MSXDOS | MSX-DOS]]'''

*'''[[PCDOS | PC-DOS]]'''

*'''[[PTS-DOS]]'''

*'''[[QDOS]]'''

*'''[[ROMDOS]]'''

==Linux-tans==

*'''[[Linux]]'''

*'''[[64 Studio]]'''

*'''[[Adamantix]]'''

*'''[[Arch]]'''

*'''[[APODIO]]'''

*'''[[Barbie Linux]]'''

*'''[[ChainSawLinux]]'''

*'''[[CRUX]]'''

*'''[[Damn Small Linux]]'''

*'''[[Debian]]'''

*'''[[DreamLinux]]'''

*'''[[Elive]]'''

*'''[[EvilEntity]]'''

*'''[[Fedora]]'''

*'''[[Fried Chicken Linux]]'''

*'''[[Gentoo]]'''

*'''[[KateOS]]'''

*'''[[Knoppix]]'''

*'''[[Kubuntu]]'''

*'''[[Freespire]]'''

*'''[[Lindows|Linspire]] (aka Lindows)'''

*'''[[LinEspa]]'''

*'''[[Linux XP]]'''

*'''[[Lunar Linux]]'''

*'''[[Mandriva]]'''

*'''[[Momonga]]'''

*'''[[Musix]]'''

*'''[[Mutagenix]]'''

*'''[[NepaLinux]]'''

*'''[[OLPC]] (aka SugarOS)'''

*'''[[Oralux]]'''

*'''[[Pardus]]'''

*'''[[Parsix]]'''

*'''[[PCLinuxOS]] (aka PCLOS)'''

*'''[[Puppy Linux]]'''

*'''[[Red Flag]]'''

*'''[[RedHat]]'''

*'''[[RIPLinuX]]'''

*'''[[Sabayon]]'''

*'''[[SAM]]'''

*'''[[Scientific Linux]]'''

*'''[[Slackware]]'''

*'''[[Sorcerer]]'''

*'''[[Source Mage]]'''

*'''[[SuSE-Linux]]'''

*'''[[StressLinux]]'''

*'''[[Tinfoil Hat Linux]]'''

*'''[[TinySofa Linux]]'''

*'''[[Turbolinux]]'''

*'''[[Ubuntu]]'''

*'''[[Yellow Dog Linux]]'''

*'''[[YES]]'''

*'''[[Yggdrasil Linux]]'''

*'''[[Yoper]]'''

*'''[[Zenwalk]]'''

*'''[[Zeus Linux]]'''

==Unix-tans==

*'''[[A/UX]] (aka Apple Unix)'''

*'''[[AIX]]'''

*'''[[Belenix]]'''

*'''[[BSD]]'''

*'''[[Damn Small BSD]] (now called Evoke)'''

*'''[[Damn Small Solaris]] (now called MilaX)'''

*'''[[DarwinOS]]'''

*'''[[Dragonfly BSD]]'''

*'''[[FreeBSD]]'''

*'''[[FreeSBIE]]'''

*'''[[Inferno]]'''

*'''[[IRIX]]'''

*'''[[Midnight BSD]]'''

*'''[[Minix]]'''

*'''[[Minix vmd]]'''

*'''[[NetBSD]]'''

*'''[[Nexenta]]'''

*'''[[NeXTSTEP]]'''

*'''[[Octopus]]'''

*'''[[OliveBSD]]'''

*'''[[OpenBSD]]'''

*'''[[Plan 9]]'''

*'''[[Plan B]]'''

*'''[[QNX]]'''

*'''[[RoFreeSBIE]]'''

*'''[[Solaris]] (aka SunOS)'''

*'''[[SCO Unix]]'''

*'''[[The HURD]] (aka GNU/HURD)'''

*'''[[TUNIS]] (aka Toronto University System)'''

*'''[[Ultrix]]'''

*'''[[UNIX]] (Bell Labs)'''

*'''[[UnixWare]]'''

*'''[[VxWorks]]'''

*'''[[Weenix]]'''

*'''[[Xenix]]'''

*'''[[XINU]]'''

==Mainframe-tans==

*'''[[BESYS]] (aka, Bell Operating System)'''

*'''[[BOS/360]]'''

*'''[[BUIC]] (aka, Back Up Intercept Computer)'''

*'''[[Colossus]] (aka, Colossus Mark I and Colossus Mark II)'''

*'''[[CP/CMS]]'''

*'''[[CRAY-1]]'''

*'''[[DIPS]] (aka, Denden Information Processing System)'''

*'''[[DTSS]] (aka, Dartmouth Time Sharing System)'''

*'''[[ENIAC]]'''

*'''[[GMOS]] (aka, General Motors Operating System)'''

*'''[[Harvard Mark I]]'''

*'''[[Harvard Mark II]]'''

*'''[[Harvard Mark III]]'''

*'''[[Harvard Mark IV]]'''

*'''[[IBSYS]]'''

*'''[[KRONOS]]'''

*'''[[MACE]]'''

*'''[[Manchester Mark I]]'''

*'''[[MTS]] (aka, Michigan Terminal System)'''

*'''[[NOS]] (aka, Network Operating System)'''

*'''[[NOS/VE | NOS/VE]]'''

*'''[[OS/360 | OS/360]]'''

*'''[[SABRE]]'''

*'''[[SAGE]] (aka, Semi-Automatic Ground Environment)'''

*'''[[SCOPE | SCOPE]] (aka, Chippewa Operating System, COS)'''

*'''[[TSOS | RCA TSOS]] (aka, VS/9, BS2000)'''

*'''[[TOS/360]]'''

*'''[[TSS360 | TSS/360]]'''

*'''[[UMES]]'''

*'''[[VM/CMS]]'''

*'''[[VSE | VSE]] (fka, DOS/360)'''

*'''[[WAITS]]'''

*'''[[Whirlwind]]'''

==Other OS-tans==

*'''[[Aegis]] (aka, Domain/OS)'''

*'''[[Amber]]'''

*'''[[Amiga|Amiga OS]]'''

*'''[[Amstrad CPC]]'''

*'''[[AROS]]'''

*'''[[Atari DOS]] (aka, Atari 8-bit)'''

*'''[[Atari TOS]] (aka, Atari ST)'''

*'''[[Bluebottle]]'''

*'''[[BTSS]]'''

*'''[[ChibiOS | ChibiOS/RT]]'''

*'''[[ChromeOS | Chrome OS]]'''

*'''[[Chromium]]'''

*'''[[CoCo]] (aka, Tandy Color Computer)'''

*'''[[Coleco Adam]]'''

*'''[[Commodore PET]]'''

*'''[[Commodore VIC-20]]'''

*'''[[Commodore 64]]'''

*'''[[Commodore 65]]'''

*'''[[Commodore 128]]'''

*'''[[CommodorePlus4 | Commodore Plus/4]]'''

*'''[[Contiki OS]]'''

*'''[[CTSS]] (aka, Compatible Time-Sharing System)'''

*'''[[DexOS]]'''

*'''[[DOS-11]] (aka, BATCH-11)'''

*'''[[eComStation]]'''

*'''[[eCOS]]'''

*'''[[EPOC]]'''

*'''[[EXEC]]'''

*'''[[FreeVMS]]'''

*'''[[GCOS]] (aka, GECOS II, 3 and 8, or General Comprehensive Operating System)'''

*'''[[GEOS]]'''

*'''[[GEM OS]]'''

*'''[[GENIAC]] (aka, Genius Almost-Automatic Computer)'''

*'''[[H316|Honeywell Kitchen Computer]] (aka, H316)'''

*'''[[Haiku]]'''

*'''[[IMSAI 8080]]'''

*'''[[ITS]] (aka, Incompatible Time-Sharing System)'''

*'''[[KolibriOS]]'''

*'''[[MenuetOS]]'''

*'''[[Mertvaya Ruka]] (aka Система Периметр or Perimeter System)'''

*'''[[MITS Altair 8800]]'''

*'''[[MorphOS]]'''

*'''[[Multics]]'''

*'''[[ORIC]]'''

*'''[[OS-9]]'''

*'''[[OS2|OS/2]] (aka, OS/2 Warp)'''

*'''[[OS/8]]'''

*'''[[PalmOS]]'''

*'''[[PilotOS]]'''

*'''[[Primos]]'''

*'''[[ReactOS]]'''

*'''[[RISC OS]]'''

*'''[[RSTS]]'''

*'''[[RT11]]'''

*'''[[RSX]]'''

*'''[[SharpOS]]'''

*'''[[SinclairQL | Sinclair QL]] (aka, Sinclair QDOS)'''

*'''[[SkyOS]]'''

*'''[[Stratus VOS]]'''

*'''[[Syllable]]'''

*'''[[Tiny OS]]'''

*'''[[TOPS-10]]'''

*'''[[TOPS-20]] (aka, Tenex)'''

*'''[[TripOS]] (aka, Trivial Portable Operating System)'''

*'''[[TRS-DOS]]'''

*'''[[UNOS]]'''

*'''[[Unununium]]'''

*'''[[Visi On]]'''

*'''[[VMS]]'''

*'''[[VAXELN]]'''

*'''[[ZETA]]'''

*'''[[ZX Spectrum]]'''

==Non OS-tans==
===App-tans===

*'''[[Ad-Aware]]'''

*'''[[AOL]]'''

*'''[[Babel Fish]]'''

*'''[[Croquet]]'''

*'''[[DC-tan | DC++]]'''

*'''[[Flash]]'''

*'''[[IE-tan | Internet Explorer]]'''

*'''[[Ghostzilla]]'''

*'''[[IrfanView]]'''

*'''[[Java]]'''

*'''[[Kazaa-tan | Kazaa Media Desktop]]'''

*'''[[Konqueror]]'''

*'''[[LimeWire]]'''

*'''[[Lynx]]'''

*'''[[McAfee Antivirus]]'''

*'''[[MS BOB]]'''

*'''[[MSN | MSN Messenger]]'''

*'''[[Outlook | Microsoft Outlook]]'''

*'''[[Photoshop]]'''

*'''[[Quantum Link]]'''

*'''[[Red Office]]'''

*'''[[Safari | Safari]]'''

*'''[[Songbird]]'''

*'''[[Visio]]'''

*'''[[XFCE]]'''

===Hardware-tans===

*'''[[Playstaion]]'''
*'''[[Playstation 2]]'''
*'''[[Playstation 3]]'''
*'''[[Xbox]]'''
*'''[[Xbox 360]]'''
*'''[[Nintendo 64]]'''
*'''[[Wii]]'''
*'''[[DS]]'''
*'''[[USB]]'''

===Malware-tans===

*'''[[4K]]'''

*'''[[Abraxas]]'''

*'''[[A-Bomb]]'''

*'''[[Acid]]'''

*'''[[Acme]]'''

*'''[[Ah]]'''

*'''[[ANTI]]'''

*'''[[Bliss]]'''

*'''[[Bomber]]'''

*'''[[(c)Brain]]'''

*'''[[Butterfly]]'''

*'''[[Byte-Bandit]]'''

*'''[[Cascade]]'''

*'''[[Cerberus]]'''

*'''[[Christmas Tree]]'''

*'''[[CIH]]'''

*'''[[Disk Killer]]'''

*'''[[Esperanto]]'''

*'''[[Festering Hate]]'''

*'''[[Horror]]'''

*'''[[Lamer Exterminator]]'''

*'''[[Loveletter]]'''

*'''[[Mimail]] (aka, Rabbit.EXE)'''

*'''[[MyDoom]]'''

*'''[[nVIR]]'''

*'''[[Radiant]]'''

*'''[[Sasser]]'''

*'''[[Silver Dollar]]'''

*'''[[Slugger]]'''

*'''[[Spida]]'''

*'''[[Sunday]]'''

*'''[[Unstable]]'''

*'''[[Valentine]]'''

*'''[[Viru-tan]]'''

*'''[[WDEF]]'''

*'''[[Whale]]'''

===Moezilla===

*'''[[Firefox]]'''

*'''[[Thunderbird]]'''

*'''[[Opera]]'''

*'''[[SeaMonkey]]'''

*'''[[Nvu]]'''

===Site-tans===

*'''[[Error- 400]]'''

*'''[[Error- 401]]'''

*'''[[Error- 402]]'''

*'''[[Error- 403]]'''

*'''[[Error- 404]]'''

*'''[[Error- 405]]'''

*'''[[Error- 406]]'''

*'''[[Error- 407]]'''

*'''[[Error- 408]]'''

*'''[[Google]]'''

*'''[[Mixi]]'''

*'''[[Mugshot]]'''

*'''[[Twitter]]'''

*'''[[Uncyclopedia]]'''

*'''[[Wikipedia]]'''

==Male Characters==
===OS-Kuns===

*'''[[3.1-kun|Windows 3.1]]'''

*'''[[95-kun|Windows 95]]'''

*'''[[98-kun and 98SE-kun|Windows 98]]'''

*'''[[98-kun and 98SE-kun|Windows 98SE]]'''

*'''[[ME-kun|Windows ME]]'''

*'''[[2k-kun|Windows 2000 Professional]]'''

*'''[[Homeo | Windows XP Homeo]] (See also [[XP Family]])'''

*'''[[XP-kun|Windows XP Professional]] (See also [[XP Family]])'''

*'''[[OS9-kun|Mac OS9]]'''

*'''[[OSX-kun|Mac OSX]]'''

*'''[[DSL-kun|Damn Small Linux]]'''

*'''[[Oralux-kun|Oralux]]'''

===Non OS-Kuns===

*'''[[Emacs]]'''

*'''[[Google-kun | Google]]'''

*'''[[Norton Antivirus]]'''

*'''[[Red]]'''

*'''[[Trend Micro | Trend Micro Virus Buster]]'''

*'''[[Vi]]'''

===Malware-Kuns===
*'''[[Acme-kun]]'''

*'''[[A-Bomb-kun]]'''

*'''[[Abraxas-kun]]'''

*'''[[Ah-kun]]'''

*'''[[Cerberus-kun]]'''

*'''[[Horror-kun]]'''

----

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==[[Windows-tans]]==

*'''[[Windows 1.0]]'''

*'''[[Windows 2.0]]'''

*'''[[Windows 3.1]]'''

*'''[[Windows 3.2]]'''

*'''[[NT-tan | Windows NT]]'''

*'''[[95-tan | Windows 95]]'''

*'''[[95 OSR 2.1-tan | Windows 95 OSR 2.1]]'''

*'''[[95 OSR 2.5-tan | Windows 95 OSR 2.5]]'''

*'''[[CE-tan | Windows CE]]'''

*'''[[InuT-tan | Windows NT Workstation]]'''

*'''[[Windows 97]]'''

*'''[[98-tan | Windows 98]]'''

*'''[[98SE-tan | Windows 98SE]]'''

*'''[[Neptune and Odyssey | Windows Neptune]]'''

*'''[[Neptune and Odyssey | Windows Odyssey]]'''

*'''[[Me-tan | Windows ME]]'''

*'''[[2k-tan | Windows 2000]]'''

*'''[[XP Family]]'''

**'''[[XP-tan | Windows XP Pro]]'''

**'''[[Homeko | Windows XP Homeko]]'''

**'''[[XPME-tan | Windows XP Media Center Edition]]'''

*'''[[2003 Server | Windows 2003 Server]]'''

*'''[[Vistan | Windows Vista]] (fka [[Longhorn]])'''

*'''[[2008 Server | Windows 2008 Server]]'''

*'''[[Vienna | Windows Vienna]] (fka Blackcomb, was changed to Windows 7)'''

*'''[[Windows 7 | Windows 7 ]] (fka Blackcomb, Vienna)'''

==[[Apple-tans]]==

*'''[[Apple I]]'''

*'''[[Apple II]]'''

*'''[[Apple III]]'''

*'''[[Apple Lisa]]'''

*'''[[GS/OS]]'''

*'''[[MacOS | Mac OS]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS1 | Mac System 1]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS2 | Mac System 2]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS3 | Mac System 3]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS34 | Mac System 3.4]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS4 | Mac System 4]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS 42 | Mac System 4.2]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS5 | Mac System 5]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS6 | Mac System 6]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS7 | Mac System 7]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS75 | Mac System 7.5]]'''

*'''[[Copland]]'''

*'''[[Newton OS]]'''

*'''[[OS8 | Mac OS8]]'''

*'''[[OS9 | Mac OS9]]'''

*'''[[OS91 | Mac OS9.1]]'''

*'''[[OS92 | Mac OS9.2]]'''

*'''[[OSX Server | Mac OSX Server]]'''

*'''[[OSX Cheetah | Mac OSX 10.0 Cheetah]]'''

*'''[[OSX Puma | Mac OSX 10.1 Puma]]'''

*'''[[OSX Jaguar | Mac OSX 10.2 Jaguar]]'''

*'''[[OSX Panther | Mac OSX 10.3 Panther]]'''

*'''[[OSX Tiger | Mac OSX 10.4 Tiger]]'''

*'''[[OSX Leopard | Mac OSX 10.5 Leopard]]'''

*'''[[OSX Snow Leopard | Mac OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard]]'''

==DOS-tans==

*'''[[FreeDOS]]'''

*'''[[DOSV | DOS/V]]'''

*'''[[DR-DOS]] (aka, CP/M) '''

*'''[[MSDOS | MS-DOS]]'''

*'''[[MSXDOS | MSX-DOS]]'''

*'''[[PCDOS | PC-DOS]]'''

*'''[[PTS-DOS]]'''

*'''[[QDOS]]'''

*'''[[ROMDOS]]'''

==Linux-tans==

*'''[[Linux]]'''

*'''[[64 Studio]]'''

*'''[[Adamantix]]'''

*'''[[Arch]]'''

*'''[[APODIO]]'''

*'''[[Barbie Linux]]'''

*'''[[ChainSawLinux]]'''

*'''[[CRUX]]'''

*'''[[Damn Small Linux]]'''

*'''[[Debian]]'''

*'''[[DreamLinux]]'''

*'''[[Elive]]'''

*'''[[EvilEntity]]'''

*'''[[Fedora]]'''

*'''[[Fried Chicken Linux]]'''

*'''[[Gentoo]]'''

*'''[[KateOS]]'''

*'''[[Knoppix]]'''

*'''[[Kubuntu]]'''

*'''[[Freespire]]'''

*'''[[Lindows|Linspire]] (aka Lindows)'''

*'''[[LinEspa]]'''

*'''[[Linux XP]]'''

*'''[[Lunar Linux]]'''

*'''[[Mandriva]]'''

*'''[[Momonga]]'''

*'''[[Musix]]'''

*'''[[Mutagenix]]'''

*'''[[NepaLinux]]'''

*'''[[OLPC]] (aka SugarOS)'''

*'''[[Oralux]]'''

*'''[[Pardus]]'''

*'''[[Parsix]]'''

*'''[[PCLinuxOS]] (aka PCLOS)'''

*'''[[Puppy Linux]]'''

*'''[[Red Flag]]'''

*'''[[RedHat]]'''

*'''[[RIPLinuX]]'''

*'''[[Sabayon]]'''

*'''[[SAM]]'''

*'''[[Scientific Linux]]'''

*'''[[Slackware]]'''

*'''[[Sorcerer]]'''

*'''[[Source Mage]]'''

*'''[[SuSE-Linux]]'''

*'''[[StressLinux]]'''

*'''[[Tinfoil Hat Linux]]'''

*'''[[TinySofa Linux]]'''

*'''[[Turbolinux]]'''

*'''[[Ubuntu]]'''

*'''[[Yellow Dog Linux]]'''

*'''[[YES]]'''

*'''[[Yggdrasil Linux]]'''

*'''[[Yoper]]'''

*'''[[Zenwalk]]'''

*'''[[Zeus Linux]]'''

==Unix-tans==

*'''[[A/UX]] (aka Apple Unix)'''

*'''[[AIX]]'''

*'''[[Belenix]]'''

*'''[[BSD]]'''

*'''[[Damn Small BSD]] (now called Evoke)'''

*'''[[Damn Small Solaris]] (now called MilaX)'''

*'''[[DarwinOS]]'''

*'''[[Dragonfly BSD]]'''

*'''[[FreeBSD]]'''

*'''[[FreeSBIE]]'''

*'''[[Inferno]]'''

*'''[[IRIX]]'''

*'''[[Midnight BSD]]'''

*'''[[Minix]]'''

*'''[[Minix vmd]]'''

*'''[[NetBSD]]'''

*'''[[Nexenta]]'''

*'''[[NeXTSTEP]]'''

*'''[[Octopus]]'''

*'''[[OliveBSD]]'''

*'''[[OpenBSD]]'''

*'''[[Plan 9]]'''

*'''[[Plan B]]'''

*'''[[QNX]]'''

*'''[[RoFreeSBIE]]'''

*'''[[Solaris]] (aka SunOS)'''

*'''[[SCO Unix]]'''

*'''[[The HURD]] (aka GNU/HURD)'''

*'''[[TUNIS]] (aka Toronto University System)'''

*'''[[Ultrix]]'''

*'''[[UNIX]] (Bell Labs)'''

*'''[[UnixWare]]'''

*'''[[VxWorks]]'''

*'''[[Weenix]]'''

*'''[[Xenix]]'''

*'''[[XINU]]'''

==Mainframe-tans==

*'''[[BESYS]] (aka, Bell Operating System)'''

*'''[[BOS/360]]'''

*'''[[BUIC]] (aka, Back Up Intercept Computer)'''

*'''[[CP/CMS]]'''

*'''[[CRAY-1]]'''

*'''[[DIPS]] (aka, Denden Information Processing System)'''

*'''[[DTSS]] (aka, Dartmouth Time Sharing System)'''

*'''[[ENIAC]]'''

*'''[[GMOS]] (aka, General Motors Operating System)'''

*'''[[Harvard Mark I]]'''

*'''[[Harvard Mark II]]'''

*'''[[Harvard Mark III]]'''

*'''[[Harvard Mark IV]]'''

*'''[[IBSYS]]'''

*'''[[KRONOS]]'''

*'''[[MACE]]'''

*'''[[Manchester Mark I]]'''

*'''[[MTS]] (aka, Michigan Terminal System)'''

*'''[[NOS]] (aka, Network Operating System)'''

*'''[[NOS/VE | NOS/VE]]'''

*'''[[OS/360 | OS/360]]'''

*'''[[SABRE]]'''

*'''[[SAGE]] (aka, Semi-Automatic Ground Environment)'''

*'''[[SCOPE | SCOPE]] (aka, Chippewa Operating System, COS)'''

*'''[[TSOS | RCA TSOS]] (aka, VS/9, BS2000)'''

*'''[[TOS/360]]'''

*'''[[TSS360 | TSS/360]]'''

*'''[[UMES]]'''

*'''[[VM/CMS]]'''

*'''[[VSE | VSE]] (fka, DOS/360)'''

*'''[[WAITS]]'''

*'''[[Whirlwind]]'''

==Other OS-tans==

*'''[[Aegis]] (aka, Domain/OS)'''

*'''[[Amber]]'''

*'''[[Amiga|Amiga OS]]'''

*'''[[Amstrad CPC]]'''

*'''[[AROS]]'''

*'''[[Atari DOS]] (aka, Atari 8-bit)'''

*'''[[Atari TOS]] (aka, Atari ST)'''

*'''[[Bluebottle]]'''

*'''[[BTSS]]'''

*'''[[ChibiOS | ChibiOS/RT]]'''

*'''[[ChromeOS | Chrome OS]]'''

*'''[[Chromium]]'''

*'''[[CoCo]] (aka, Tandy Color Computer)'''

*'''[[Coleco Adam]]'''

*'''[[Commodore PET]]'''

*'''[[Commodore VIC-20]]'''

*'''[[Commodore 64]]'''

*'''[[Commodore 65]]'''

*'''[[Commodore 128]]'''

*'''[[CommodorePlus4 | Commodore Plus/4]]'''

*'''[[Contiki OS]]'''

*'''[[CTSS]] (aka, Compatible Time-Sharing System)'''

*'''[[DexOS]]'''

*'''[[DOS-11]] (aka, BATCH-11)'''

*'''[[eComStation]]'''

*'''[[eCOS]]'''

*'''[[EPOC]]'''

*'''[[EXEC]]'''

*'''[[FreeVMS]]'''

*'''[[GCOS]] (aka, GECOS II, 3 and 8, or General Comprehensive Operating System)'''

*'''[[GEOS]]'''

*'''[[GEM OS]]'''

*'''[[GENIAC]] (aka, Genius Almost-Automatic Computer)'''

*'''[[H316|Honeywell Kitchen Computer]] (aka, H316)'''

*'''[[Haiku]]'''

*'''[[IMSAI 8080]]'''

*'''[[ITS]] (aka, Incompatible Time-Sharing System)'''

*'''[[KolibriOS]]'''

*'''[[MenuetOS]]'''

*'''[[Mertvaya Ruka]] (aka Система Периметр or Perimeter System)'''

*'''[[MITS Altair 8800]]'''

*'''[[MorphOS]]'''

*'''[[Multics]]'''

*'''[[ORIC]]'''

*'''[[OS-9]]'''

*'''[[OS2|OS/2]] (aka, OS/2 Warp)'''

*'''[[OS/8]]'''

*'''[[PalmOS]]'''

*'''[[PilotOS]]'''

*'''[[Primos]]'''

*'''[[ReactOS]]'''

*'''[[RISC OS]]'''

*'''[[RSTS]]'''

*'''[[RT11]]'''

*'''[[RSX]]'''

*'''[[SharpOS]]'''

*'''[[SinclairQL | Sinclair QL]] (aka, Sinclair QDOS)'''

*'''[[SkyOS]]'''

*'''[[Stratus VOS]]'''

*'''[[Syllable]]'''

*'''[[Tiny OS]]'''

*'''[[TOPS-10]]'''

*'''[[TOPS-20]] (aka, Tenex)'''

*'''[[TripOS]] (aka, Trivial Portable Operating System)'''

*'''[[TRS-DOS]]'''

*'''[[UNOS]]'''

*'''[[Unununium]]'''

*'''[[Visi On]]'''

*'''[[VMS]]'''

*'''[[VAXELN]]'''

*'''[[ZETA]]'''

*'''[[ZX Spectrum]]'''

==Non OS-tans==
===App-tans===

*'''[[Ad-Aware]]'''

*'''[[AOL]]'''

*'''[[Babel Fish]]'''

*'''[[Croquet]]'''

*'''[[DC-tan | DC++]]'''

*'''[[Flash]]'''

*'''[[IE-tan | Internet Explorer]]'''

*'''[[Ghostzilla]]'''

*'''[[IrfanView]]'''

*'''[[Java]]'''

*'''[[Kazaa-tan | Kazaa Media Desktop]]'''

*'''[[Konqueror]]'''

*'''[[LimeWire]]'''

*'''[[Lynx]]'''

*'''[[McAfee Antivirus]]'''

*'''[[MS BOB]]'''

*'''[[MSN | MSN Messenger]]'''

*'''[[Outlook | Microsoft Outlook]]'''

*'''[[Photoshop]]'''

*'''[[Quantum Link]]'''

*'''[[Red Office]]'''

*'''[[Safari | Safari]]'''

*'''[[Songbird]]'''

*'''[[Visio]]'''

*'''[[XFCE]]'''

===Hardware-tans===

*'''[[Playstaion]]'''
*'''[[Playstation 2]]'''
*'''[[Playstation 3]]'''
*'''[[Xbox]]'''
*'''[[Xbox 360]]'''
*'''[[Nintendo 64]]'''
*'''[[Wii]]'''
*'''[[DS]]'''
*'''[[USB]]'''

===Malware-tans===

*'''[[4K]]'''

*'''[[Abraxas]]'''

*'''[[A-Bomb]]'''

*'''[[Acid]]'''

*'''[[Acme]]'''

*'''[[Ah]]'''

*'''[[ANTI]]'''

*'''[[Bliss]]'''

*'''[[Bomber]]'''

*'''[[(c)Brain]]'''

*'''[[Butterfly]]'''

*'''[[Byte-Bandit]]'''

*'''[[Cascade]]'''

*'''[[Cerberus]]'''

*'''[[Christmas Tree]]'''

*'''[[CIH]]'''

*'''[[Disk Killer]]'''

*'''[[Esperanto]]'''

*'''[[Festering Hate]]'''

*'''[[Horror]]'''

*'''[[Lamer Exterminator]]'''

*'''[[Loveletter]]'''

*'''[[Mimail]] (aka, Rabbit.EXE)'''

*'''[[MyDoom]]'''

*'''[[nVIR]]'''

*'''[[Radiant]]'''

*'''[[Sasser]]'''

*'''[[Silver Dollar]]'''

*'''[[Slugger]]'''

*'''[[Spida]]'''

*'''[[Sunday]]'''

*'''[[Unstable]]'''

*'''[[Valentine]]'''

*'''[[Viru-tan]]'''

*'''[[WDEF]]'''

*'''[[Whale]]'''

===Moezilla===

*'''[[Firefox]]'''

*'''[[Thunderbird]]'''

*'''[[Opera]]'''

*'''[[SeaMonkey]]'''

*'''[[Nvu]]'''

===Site-tans===

*'''[[Error- 400]]'''

*'''[[Error- 401]]'''

*'''[[Error- 402]]'''

*'''[[Error- 403]]'''

*'''[[Error- 404]]'''

*'''[[Error- 405]]'''

*'''[[Error- 406]]'''

*'''[[Error- 407]]'''

*'''[[Error- 408]]'''

*'''[[Google]]'''

*'''[[Mixi]]'''

*'''[[Mugshot]]'''

*'''[[Twitter]]'''

*'''[[Uncyclopedia]]'''

*'''[[Wikipedia]]'''

==Male Characters==
===OS-Kuns===

*'''[[3.1-kun|Windows 3.1]]'''

*'''[[95-kun|Windows 95]]'''

*'''[[98-kun and 98SE-kun|Windows 98]]'''

*'''[[98-kun and 98SE-kun|Windows 98SE]]'''

*'''[[ME-kun|Windows ME]]'''

*'''[[2k-kun|Windows 2000 Professional]]'''

*'''[[Homeo | Windows XP Homeo]] (See also [[XP Family]])'''

*'''[[XP-kun|Windows XP Professional]] (See also [[XP Family]])'''

*'''[[OS9-kun|Mac OS9]]'''

*'''[[OSX-kun|Mac OSX]]'''

*'''[[DSL-kun|Damn Small Linux]]'''

*'''[[Oralux-kun|Oralux]]'''

===Non OS-Kuns===

*'''[[Emacs]]'''

*'''[[Google-kun | Google]]'''

*'''[[Norton Antivirus]]'''

*'''[[Red]]'''

*'''[[Trend Micro | Trend Micro Virus Buster]]'''

*'''[[Vi]]'''

===Malware-Kuns===
*'''[[Acme-kun]]'''

*'''[[A-Bomb-kun]]'''

*'''[[Abraxas-kun]]'''

*'''[[Ah-kun]]'''

*'''[[Cerberus-kun]]'''

*'''[[Horror-kun]]'''

----

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List of OS-tans

2007-09-08T23:50:06Z

NejinOniwa: /* App-tans */

Featured prominently below is a list of OS-tans, which are named after the operating system they personify combined with the Japanese suffix -tan (たん), an overly cute mispronunciation of -chan (ちゃん) (specifically a child's slurring of it). All were created by various amateur artists; and although the OS-tan phenomenon originated in the Japanese imageboard Futaba Channel and the overwhelming majority of the artwork is still produced in Japan, a growing number of international artists are contributing both fan-based and original artwork of their own. Therefore, this list is meant to record all OS-tans drawn or discovered to date, regardless of location, artistic merit or popularity of the system personified. Profiles will be provided for each character if possible; however, given the incongruous nature of this fan-based movement, these may not always be comprehensive.

In addition, a large number of computer-related characters are also included in this list, given that their important support role also makes them indivisible from the OS-tans (both in fan-based media and real life). These include personfications of hardware, software applications, browsers, websites, malware and game consoles.

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==[[Microsoft Windows | Windows-tans]]==

*'''[[Windows 1.0]]'''

*'''[[Windows 2.0]]'''

*'''[[Windows 3.1]]'''

*'''[[Windows 3.2]]'''

*'''[[NT-tan | Windows NT]]'''

*'''[[95-tan | Windows 95]]'''

*'''[[95 OSR 2.1-tan | Windows 95 OSR 2.1]]'''

*'''[[95 OSR 2.5-tan | Windows 95 OSR 2.5]]'''

*'''[[CE-tan | Windows CE]]'''

*'''[[InuT-tan | Windows NT Workstation]]'''

*'''[[98-tan and 98SE-tan | Windows 98]]'''

*'''[[98-tan and 98SE-tan | Windows 98SE]]'''

*'''[[Neptune and Odyssey | Windows Neptune]]'''

*'''[[Neptune and Odyssey | Windows Odyssey]]'''

*'''[[Me-tan | Windows ME]]'''

*'''[[2k-tan | Windows 2000]]'''

*'''[[XP-tan | Windows XP Pro]] (See also [[XP Family]])'''

*'''[[Homeko | Windows XP Homeko]] (See also [[XP Family]])'''

*'''[[XPME-tan | Windows XP Media Center Edition]] (See also [[XP Family]])'''

*'''[[2003 Server | Windows 2003 Server]]'''

*'''[[Vistan | Windows Vista]] (fka [[Longhorn]])'''

*'''[[Vienna | Windows Vienna]] (fka Blackcomb)'''

==Apple-tans==

*'''[[Apple I]]'''

*'''[[Apple II]]'''

*'''[[Apple Lisa]]'''

*'''[[GS/OS]]'''

*'''[[MacOS | Mac OS]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS1 | Mac System 1]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS2 | Mac System 2]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS3 | Mac System 3]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS4 | Mac System 4]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS5 | Mac System 5]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS6 | Mac System 6]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS7 | Mac System 7]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS75 | Mac System 7.5]]'''

*'''[[Copland]]'''

*'''[[Newton OS]]'''

*'''[[OS8 | Mac OS8]]'''

*'''[[OS9 | Mac OS9]]'''

*'''[[OS91 | Mac OS9.1]]'''

*'''[[OS92 | Mac OS9.2]]'''

*'''[[OSX Server | Mac OSX Server]]'''

*'''[[OSX Cheetah | Mac OSX 10.0 Cheetah]]'''

*'''[[OSX Puma | Mac OSX 10.1 Puma]]'''

*'''[[OSX Jaguar | Mac OSX 10.2 Jaguar]]'''

*'''[[OSX Panther | Mac OSX 10.3 Panther]]'''

*'''[[OSX Tiger | Mac OSX 10.4 Tiger]]'''

*'''[[OSX Leopard | Mac OSX 10.5 Leopard]]'''

==DOS-tans==

*'''[[FreeDOS]]'''

*'''[[DOSV | DOS/V]]'''

*'''[[DR-DOS]] (aka, CP/M) '''

*'''[[MSDOS | MS-DOS]]'''

*'''[[MSXDOS | MSX-DOS]]'''

*'''[[PCDOS | PC-DOS]]'''

*'''[[PTS-DOS]]'''

*'''[[QDOS]]'''

==Linux-tans==

*'''[[Linux]]'''

*'''[[64 Studio]]'''

*'''[[Arch]]'''

*'''[[Barbie Linux]]'''

*'''[[CRUX]]'''

*'''[[Damn Small Linux]]'''

*'''[[Debian]]'''

*'''[[Elive]]'''

*'''[[EvilEntity]]'''

*'''[[Fedora]]'''

*'''[[Gentoo]]'''

*'''[[KateOS]]'''

*'''[[Knoppix]]'''

*'''[[Kubuntu]]'''

*'''[[Freespire]]'''

*'''[[Lindows|Linspire]] (aka Lindows)'''

*'''[[Linux XP]]'''

*'''[[Mandriva]]'''

*'''[[NepaLinux]]'''

*'''[[Pardus]]'''

*'''[[PCLinuxOS]] (aka PCLOS)'''

*'''[[Puppy Linux]]'''

*'''[[Red Flag]]'''

*'''[[RedHat]]'''

*'''[[Sabayon]]'''

*'''[[SAM]]'''

*'''[[Scientific Linux]]'''

*'''[[Slackware]]'''

*'''[[SuSE-Linux]]'''

*'''[[Tinfoil Hat Linux]]'''

*'''[[Turbolinux]]'''

*'''[[Ubuntu]]'''

*'''[[Yellow Dog Linux]]'''

*'''[[Yoper]]'''

*'''[[Zenwalk]]'''

*'''[[Zeus Linux]]'''

==Unix-tans==

*'''[[A/UX]]'''

*'''[[BSD]]'''

*'''[[DarwinOS]]'''

*'''[[FreeBSD]]'''

*'''[[Nexenta]]'''

*'''[[NeXTSTEP]]'''

*'''[[OpenBSD]]'''

*'''[[Plan 9]]'''

*'''[[QNX]]'''

*'''[[Solaris]] (aka SunOS)'''

*'''[[Minix]]'''

*'''[[SCO Unix]]'''

*'''[[The HURD]]'''

*'''[[UNIX]] (Bell Labs)'''

*'''[[Xenix]]'''

==Other OS-tans==

*'''[[Amiga|Amiga OS]]'''

*'''[[Amstrad CPC]]'''

*'''[[AROS]]'''

*'''[[Bluebottle]]'''

*'''[[CoCo]]'''

*'''[[Commodore PET]]'''

*'''[[Commodore VIC-20]]'''

*'''[[Commodore 64]]'''

*'''[[Commodore 128]]'''

*'''[[eComStation]]'''

*'''[[Haiku]]'''

*'''[[GEOS]]'''

*'''[[GEM OS]]'''

*'''[[MorphOS]]'''

*'''[[ORIC]]'''

*'''[[OS2|OS/2]]'''

*'''[[PalmOS]]'''

*'''[[ReactOS]]'''

*'''[[RISC OS]]'''

*'''[[SkyOS]]'''

*'''[[Syllable]]'''

*'''[[TRS-DOS]]'''

*'''[[VMS]]'''

*'''[[ZETA]]'''

*'''[[ZX Spectrum]]'''

==Non OS-tans==
===App-tans===

*'''[[Ad-Aware]]'''

*'''[[DC-tan | DC++]]'''

*'''[[IE-tan | Internet Explorer]]'''

*'''[[Java]]'''

*'''[[Kazaa-tan | Kazaa Media Desktop]]'''

*'''[[Konqueror]]'''

*'''[[LimeWire]]'''

*'''[[Lynx]]'''

*'''[[McAfee Antivirus]]'''

*'''[[MS BOB]]'''

*'''[[MSN | MSN Messenger]]'''

*'''[[Outlook | Microsoft Outlook]]'''

*'''[[Safari | Safari]]'''

*'''[[Windows Media Player | Windows Media Player]]

*'''[[XFCE]]'''

===Game Console-tans===

*'''[[Apple Pippin]]'''

*'''[[NES]] (aka Famicom)'''

*'''[[Game Boy | Nintendo Game Boy]]'''

*'''[[SNES]] (aka Super Famicom)'''

*'''[[Nintendo 64]]'''

*'''[[Nintendo GameCube]]'''

*'''[[Nintendo DS]]'''

*'''[[Wii | Nintendo Wii]]'''

*'''[[Sega Genesis]] (aka Sega MegaDrive)'''

*'''[[Sega Saturn]]'''

*'''[[Sega Dreamcast]]'''

*'''[[Play Station | Sony Playstation]]'''

*'''[[PS2 | Sony PS2]]'''

*'''[[PSP | Sony PSP]]'''

*'''[[PS3 | Sony PS3]]'''

*'''[[Xbox]]'''

*'''[[Xbox 360]]'''

===Hardware-tans===

*''Data Pending''

===Malware-tans===

*'''[[Abraxas]]'''

*'''[[A-Bomb]]'''

*'''[[Acid]]'''

*'''[[Acme]]'''

*'''[[Ah]]'''

*'''[[Bliss]]'''

*'''[[Bomber]]'''

*'''[[(c)Brain]]'''

*'''[[Butterfly]]'''

*'''[[Byte-Bandit]]'''

*'''[[Cascade]]'''

*'''[[Cerberus]]'''

*'''[[CIH]]'''

*'''[[Lamer Exterminator]]'''

*'''[[Mimail]] (aka, Rabbit.EXE)'''

*'''[[MyDoom]]'''

*'''[[Spida]]'''

*'''[[Viru-tan]]'''

===Moezilla===

*'''[[Firefox]]'''

*'''[[Thunderbird]]'''

*'''[[Opera]]'''

*'''[[SeaMonkey]]'''

*'''[[Nvu]]'''

===Site-tans===

*'''[[BBSpot]]'''

*'''[[Error- 400]]'''

*'''[[Error- 401]]'''

*'''[[Error- 402]]'''

*'''[[Error- 403]]'''

*'''[[Error- 404]]'''

*'''[[Error- 405]]'''

*'''[[Error- 406]]'''

*'''[[Error- 407]]'''

*'''[[Error- 408]]'''

*'''[[Fark]]'''

*'''[[Foobies]]'''

*'''[[Google]]'''

*'''[[SlashDot]]'''

*'''[[Something Awful]]'''

*'''[[The Smoking Gun]]'''

*'''[[TotalFark]]'''

*'''[[Wikipedia]]'''

==Male Characters==
===OS-Kuns===

*'''[[3.1-kun|Windows 3.1]]'''

*'''[[95-kun|Windows 95]]'''

*'''[[98-kun and 98SE-kun|Windows 98]]'''

*'''[[98-kun and 98SE-kun|Windows 98SE]]'''

*'''[[ME-kun|Windows ME]]'''

*'''[[2k-kun|Windows 2000 Professional]]'''

*'''[[Homeo | Windows XP Homeo]] (See also [[XP Family]])'''

*'''[[XP-kun|Windows XP Professional]] (See also [[XP Family]])'''

*'''[[OS9-kun|Mac OS9]]'''

===Non OS-Kuns===

*'''[[Norton Antivirus]]'''

*'''[[Trend Micro | Trend Micro Virus Buster]]'''

Kazaa-tan

2007-09-08T23:46:05Z

NejinOniwa: New page: {| class=infobox bordered align=right style=width: 25em; text-align: left; font-size: 95%; |+ style=font-size: larger; | '''DC-tan''' |- | colspan=2 style=text-align:center; |...

{| class=infobox bordered align=right style=width: 25em; text-align: left; font-size: 95%;
|+ style=font-size: larger; | '''DC-tan'''
|-
| colspan=2 style=text-align:center; | [[Image:Kazaa-tan.jpg|Kazaa-tan]]br
|-
! Also Known As:
|
|-
! Original Creator:
| NejinOniwa
|-
! First appearance:
| (to come)
|-
! Application Personified:
| Kazaa Media Desktop
|-
! Application Developer:
| Niklas Zennström Janus Friis
|-
! First Deployed:
| March 2000
|-
! Latest Stable Release:
| v. 3.2.5 (2006)
|}
Kazaa-tan was originally a friendly, cheerful person, but faults in programming as well as ill intents from her creators gave her stalker-like streaks, which scared many users away from her networks. She is also well known of being a magnet for misfortune and viruses, which further reduced her popularity. Now that both her user circle and her creators has abandoned her, she is a somewhat hollow shell of what she once was, with a tilted, cheerful attitude on the outside but an empty, sad one inside. Recent contacts with other likeminded has gotten her hopes up, though - and she now has hopes for forming a pact together with Bearshare and Limewire-tan, with the intent of uniting networks and user circles, for the sake of peace and love (She has occasional Mahou-shojou streaks, where she goes around doing lots of weird, presumably good things for 'the sake of peace and love', due to the previously mentioned programming faults)
Her outfit is mainly green, with a few blue streaks, and consists of a halfshirt marked with the K logo, paired with wide Gi-like pants.

LimeWire

2007-09-08T17:23:34Z

NejinOniwa:

LimeWire-tan is the personification of LimeWire, the file sharing program. She has light green hair with part of it tied back with a hair clip, green eyes, and a light green dress with the LimeWire logo and Japanese writing that says Lime! above the logo. Her favourite colour is green and can sometimes be seen with a glass of lime juice.

LimeWire-tan is a shy but kind girl. But she does get angry very easily and sometimes get uncooperative. Therefore, she can cause problems that frustrate the other OS-tans. She is also very perverted (hence the fact that LimeWire is a wormhole for porn). She keeps her videos and pictures in her database and doesn't mind sharing them with the world. While she doesn't mind watching and looking at hentai, yuri, and yaoi, she would never get into any those kinds of acts unless it's with the one she truly loves.

She's currently in love with [[Kazaa-tan]], who is also another file sharing program.

DC-tan

2007-08-28T14:20:38Z

{| class=infobox bordered align=right style=width: 25em; text-align: left; font-size: 95%;
|+ style=font-size: larger; | '''DC-tan'''
|-
| colspan=2 style=text-align:center; | [[Image:DC-tan.jpg|DC-tan]]br
|-
! Also Known As:
|
|-
! Original Creator:
| NejinOniwa
|-
! First appearance:
| 10 Feb 2007
|-
! Application Personified:
| DC++
|-
! Application Developer:
| Jacek Siekca
|-
! First Deployed:
| June 2001
|-
! Latest Stable Release:
| v 0.699 December 2006
|}
DC-Tan is the personification of the DC++ file sharing client. This is one thing that largely influences her personality, and she is depicted as a pirate girl with gray-and-white hair, most often covered by a black pirate hat with the DC++ logo on it. She is not particularly well-endowed, and wears mostly gray-scale clothing - the most common one being a coat brandished with the icons for Downloads and Uploads, and the two Favorites stars from the original program graphics. She has a crisscross scar on her left cheek, and her left eye is covered by an eyepatch (which she doesn't even take off while showering). She is also known to be a practiced gunner.
Personality-wise she is of slight Tsundere quality, but mainly she goes around being generally cynical, making fun of anyone in her vicinity, occasionally using her 'MAIN' sign (derived from the Mainchat function in DC++) as a chalkboard to write witty comments on.
Due to the fact that DC++ is the program on which almost all other opensource clients using the DirectConnect are derived from, she personalizes them all in general, while still being a specific personification of DC++.

List of OS-tans

2007-08-28T13:39:01Z

NejinOniwa: /* App-tans */

Featured prominently below is a list of OS-tans, which are named after the operating system they personify combined with the Japanese suffix -tan (たん), an overly cute mispronunciation of -chan (ちゃん) (specifically a child's slurring of it). All were created by various amateur artists; and although the OS-tan phenomenon originated in the Japanese imageboard Futaba Channel and the overwhelming majority of the artwork is still produced in Japan, a growing number of international artists are contributing both fan-based and original artwork of their own. Therefore, this list is meant to record all OS-tans drawn or discovered to date, regardless of location, artistic merit or popularity of the system personified. Profiles will be provided for each character if possible; however, given the incongruous nature of this fan-based movement, these may not always be comprehensive.

In addition, a large number of computer-related characters are also included in this list, given that their important support role also makes them indivisible from the OS-tans (both in fan-based media and real life). These include personfications of hardware, software applications, browsers, websites, malware and game consoles.

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==[[Microsoft Windows | Windows-tans]]==

*'''[[Windows 1.0]]'''

*'''[[Windows 2.0]]'''

*'''[[Windows 3.1]]'''

*'''[[Windows 3.2]]'''

*'''[[NT-tan | Windows NT]]'''

*'''[[95-tan | Windows 95]]'''

*'''[[95 OSR 2.5-tan | Windows 95 OSR 2.5]]'''

*'''[[CE-tan | Windows CE]]'''

*'''[[98-tan and 98SE-tan | Windows 98]]'''

*'''[[98-tan and 98SE-tan | Windows 98SE]]'''

*'''[[Neptune and Odyssey | Windows Neptune]]'''

*'''[[Neptune and Odyssey | Windows Odyssey]]'''

*'''[[Me-tan | Windows ME]]'''

*'''[[2k-tan | Windows 2000]]'''

*'''[[XP-tan | Windows XP Pro]] (See also [[XP Family]])'''

*'''[[Homeko | Windows XP Homeko]] (See also [[XP Family]])'''

*'''[[XPME-tan | Windows XP Media Center Edition]] (See also [[XP Family]])'''

*'''[[2003 Server | Windows 2003 Server]]'''

*'''[[Vistan | Windows Vista]] (fka [[Longhorn]])'''

*'''[[Vienna | Windows Vienna]] (fka Blackcomb)'''

==Apple-tans==

*'''[[Apple I]]'''

*'''[[Apple II]]'''

*'''[[Apple Lisa]]'''

*'''[[GS/OS]]'''

*'''[[MacOS | Mac OS]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS1 | Mac System 1]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS2 | Mac System 2]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS2 | Mac System 2]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS3 | Mac System 3]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS4 | Mac System 4]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS5 | Mac System 5]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS6 | Mac System 6]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS7 | Mac System 7]]'''

*'''[[Mac OS75 | Mac System 7.5]]'''

*'''[[Copland]]'''

*'''[[Newton OS]]'''

*'''[[OS8 | Mac OS8]]'''

*'''[[OS9 | Mac OS9]]'''

*'''[[OS91 | Mac OS9.1]]'''

*'''[[OS92 | Mac OS9.2]]'''

*'''[[OSX Server | Mac OSX Server]]'''

*'''[[OSX Cheetah | Mac OSX 10.0 Cheetah]]'''

*'''[[OSX Puma | Mac OSX 10.1 Puma]]'''

*'''[[OSX Jaguar | Mac OSX 10.2 Jaguar]]'''

*'''[[OSX Panther | Mac OSX 10.3 Panther]]'''

*'''[[OSX Tiger | Mac OSX 10.4 Tiger]]'''

*'''[[OSX Leopard | Mac OSX 10.5 Leopard]]'''

==DOS-tans==

*'''[[FreeDOS]]'''

*'''[[DOSV | DOS/V]]'''

*'''[[DR-DOS]] (aka, CP/M) '''

*'''[[MSDOS | MS-DOS]]'''

*'''[[MSXDOS | MSX-DOS]]'''

*'''[[PCDOS | PC-DOS]]'''

*'''[[PTS-DOS]]'''

*'''[[QDOS]]'''

==Linux-tans==

*'''[[Linux]]'''

*'''[[64 Studio]]'''

*'''[[Arch]]'''

*'''[[Barbie Linux]]'''

*'''[[CRUX]]'''

*'''[[Damn Small Linux]]'''

*'''[[Debian]]'''

*'''[[Elive]]'''

*'''[[EvilEntity]]'''

*'''[[Fedora]]'''

*'''[[Gentoo]]'''

*'''[[KateOS]]'''

*'''[[Knoppix]]'''

*'''[[Kubuntu]]'''

*'''[[Freespire]]'''

*'''[[Lindows|Linspire]] (aka Lindows)'''

*'''[[Linux XP]]'''

*'''[[Mandriva]]'''

*'''[[NepaLinux]]'''

*'''[[Pardus]]'''

*'''[[PCLinuxOS]] (aka PCLOS)'''

*'''[[Puppy Linux]]'''

*'''[[Red Flag]]'''

*'''[[RedHat]]'''

*'''[[Sabayon]]'''

*'''[[SAM]]'''

*'''[[Scientific Linux]]'''

*'''[[Slackware]]'''

*'''[[SuSE-Linux]]'''

*'''[[Tinfoil Hat Linux]]'''

*'''[[Turbolinux]]'''

*'''[[Ubuntu]]'''

*'''[[Yellow Dog Linux]]'''

*'''[[Yoper]]'''

*'''[[Zenwalk]]'''

*'''[[Zeus Linux]]'''

==Unix-tans==

*'''[[A/UX]]'''

*'''[[BSD]]'''

*'''[[DarwinOS]]'''

*'''[[FreeBSD]]'''

*'''[[Nexenta]]'''

*'''[[NeXTSTEP]]'''

*'''[[OpenBSD]]'''

*'''[[Plan 9]]'''

*'''[[QNX]]'''

*'''[[Solaris]] (aka SunOS)'''

*'''[[Minix]]'''

*'''[[SCO Unix]]'''

*'''[[The HURD]]'''

*'''[[UNIX]] (Bell Labs)'''

*'''[[Xenix]]'''

==Other OS-tans==

*'''[[Amiga|Amiga OS]]'''

*'''[[Amstrad CPC]]'''

*'''[[AROS]]'''

*'''[[Bluebottle]]'''

*'''[[CoCo]]'''

*'''[[Commodore PET]]'''

*'''[[Commodore VIC-20]]'''

*'''[[Commodore 64]]'''

*'''[[Commodore 128]]'''

*'''[[eComStation]]'''

*'''[[Haiku]]'''

*'''[[GEOS]]'''

*'''[[GEM OS]]'''

*'''[[MorphOS]]'''

*'''[[ORIC]]'''

*'''[[OS2|OS/2]]'''

*'''[[PalmOS]]'''

*'''[[ReactOS]]'''

*'''[[RISC OS]]'''

*'''[[SkyOS]]'''

*'''[[Syllable]]'''

*'''[[TRS-DOS]]'''

*'''[[VMS]]'''

*'''[[ZETA]]'''

*'''[[ZX Spectrum]]'''

==Non OS-tans==
===App-tans===

*'''[[Ad-Aware]]'''

*'''[[DC-tan | DC++]]'''

*'''[[IE-tan | Internet Explorer]]'''

*'''[[Java]]'''

*'''[[Konqueror]]'''

*'''[[Lynx]]'''

*'''[[McAfee Antivirus]]'''

*'''[[MS BOB]]'''

*'''[[MSN | MSN Messenger]]'''

*'''[[Outlook | Microsoft Outlook]]'''

*'''[[Safari | Safari]]'''

*'''[[Windows Media Player | Windows Media Player]]

*'''[[XFCE]]'''

===Game Console-tans===

*'''[[Apple Pippin]]'''

*'''[[NES]] (aka Famicom)'''

*'''[[Game Boy | Nintendo Game Boy]]'''

*'''[[SNES]] (aka Super Famicom)'''

*'''[[Nintendo 64]]'''

*'''[[Nintendo GameCube]]'''

*'''[[Nintendo DS]]'''

*'''[[Wii | Nintendo Wii]]'''

*'''[[Sega Genesis]] (aka Sega MegaDrive)'''

*'''[[Sega Saturn]]'''

*'''[[Sega Dreamcast]]'''

*'''[[Play Station | Sony Playstation]]'''

*'''[[PS2 | Sony PS2]]'''

*'''[[PSP | Sony PSP]]'''

*'''[[PS3 | Sony PS3]]'''

*'''[[Xbox]]'''

*'''[[Xbox 360]]'''

===Hardware-tans===

*''Data Pending''

===Malware-tans===

*'''[[Abraxas]]'''

*'''[[Acid]]'''

*'''[[Acme]]'''

*'''[[Ah]]'''

*'''[[Mimail]] (aka, Rabbit.EXE)'''

*'''[[MyDoom]]'''

*'''[[Spida]]'''

*'''[[Viru-tan]]'''

===Moezilla===

*'''[[Firefox]]'''

*'''[[Thunderbird]]'''

*'''[[Opera]]'''

*'''[[SeaMonkey]]'''

*'''[[Nvu]]'''

===Site-tans===

*'''[[BBSpot]]'''

*'''[[Fark]]'''

*'''[[Foobies]]'''

*'''[[Google]]'''

*'''[[SlashDot]]'''

*'''[[Something Awful]]'''

*'''[[Wikipedia]]'''

*'''[[Error- 404]]'''

==Male Characters==
===OS-Kuns===

*'''[[3.1-kun|Windows 3.1]]'''

*'''[[95-kun|Windows 95]]'''

*'''[[98-kun and 98SE-kun|Windows 98]]'''

*'''[[98-kun and 98SE-kun|Windows 98SE]]'''

*'''[[ME-kun|Windows ME]]'''

*'''[[2k-kun|Windows 2000 Professional]]'''

*'''[[Homeo | Windows XP Homeo]] (See also [[XP Family]])'''

*'''[[XP-kun|Windows XP Professional]] (See also [[XP Family]])'''

*'''[[OS9-kun|Mac OS9]]'''

===Non OS-Kuns===

*'''[[Norton Antivirus]]'''

*'''[[Trend Micro | Trend Micro Virus Buster]]'''