OS-tan Annex Project

[C-Chan]

Bios have been moved to the OSC wiki article.
Introduction

Hello and welcome everyone to the OS-tan Annex thread.  ^__^
Here I've chosen to consolidate all the OS-tan renditions, fanart and contributions that make up the building blocks of the annex to the OS-tan universe that I'm developing.  This "Annex" is meant to be a backstory intended to integrate my new OS-tans into the preexisting OS-tan universe without overwriting too much work done by countless other artists.  For this reason I've categorized the OS-tans into "factions", not to force political separations on the poor girls, but rather to better organize the storytelling elements.  It would certainly be much easier to remember an obscure OS-tan if she has a familiar group representing her.  ^__^

The first 17 posts on this thread are where I will be posting my content or any valuable content created by others.  So whenever I churn out new drawings, or artists create new OS-tans, or biographies need updating or new OS-tans are suggested, look to these pages for the updated material.  I'll likely flag it somehow for easy identification.

All other posts after that are free-for-all, of course.  My goal is to get away from posting a thread for each new OS-tan, in order to free up space, ensure that their background info is easily accessible, and (hopefully) streamline the conversation pertaining to new OS-tans or the Annex in general.  If this format works, the subsequent posts should make for some very interesting reading.  ^__^

Keep in mind that, due to time constraints, these posts are still under construction as of this writing.  New OS-tans will only be displayed with their chibi preconcepts (and not with Wiki-style logos as I had hoped I'd have done by now), and it's likely that not every preexisting OS-tan will have her link(s) set up yet.  In short, as is always the case with me, this will all look like one giant mess.  ^^'

But please bear with me for a while, and I promise this thread will flourish with sweet (56K-friendly) eye-candy one day.  ^v^

To help out, I've borrowed the services of C-One, a lovely and versatile hardware-tan under the employee of the Binteeji Renmei OS-tans.  She'll help me a lot with the work around here, and may even cameo in the subsequent posts.  However, her contract is only valid for this thread, and she's forbidden from wandering off to any other corner of this forum.  If by any chance you spot her where she don't belong, shoo her away and contact me immediately.  ^_~
(Incidentally, I ran out of time drawing her on my own, so her avatar is a heavily-modified version of her anime inspiration.  I'll be flattered if you can't immediately guess who.  ^.^)

Again, thanks for visiting and I hope you enjoy your time here.  ^__^

Sincerely,

C-chan the Pig

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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01 ââ,¬â€œ Introduction (you're in itââ,¬Â¦ `v')
02 ââ,¬â€œ Annex Roadmap and Faction Descriptions
03 ââ,¬â€œ Faction OS-tans: The Microsoft Family
04 ââ,¬â€œ Faction OS-tans: The House of Mac
05 ââ,¬â€œ Faction OS-tans: The Binteji Renmei ("Vintage Federation")
06 ââ,¬â€œ Faction OS-tans: The Anti$oft Coalition
07 ââ,¬â€œ Faction OS-tans: The Linux/Unix Consortium
08 ââ,¬â€œ Faction OS-tans: The User Space Gang
09 ââ,¬â€œ Faction OS-tans: The DOSSE
10 ââ,¬â€œ Faction OS-tans: The Mainframe Guild
11 ââ,¬â€œ Faction OS-tans: The CIOST (Confederation of Independent OS-Tans)
12 ââ,¬â€œ Faction OS-tans: The Wanderer Class
13 ââ,¬â€œ Deceased OS-tans
14 ââ,¬â€œ Expansion Slot 1 (wiggle room for the future)
15 ââ,¬â€œ Expansion Slot 2 (more wiggle roomââ,¬Â¦ ^__^)
16 ââ,¬â€œ Expansion Slot 3 (one more, in case I get some creative suggestionsââ,¬Â¦ ^.^)
17 ââ,¬â€œ Faction History
18 ââ,¬â€œ Research Material and Links
19 ââ,¬â€œ Scheduling and Picture Ideas

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[C-One]

Annex Roadmap and Faction Descriptions

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*loads Romaji ROM*

10 ? "Hajimemashite"
20 ? "Watakushi C-One desu"
30 ? "Dozo yoroshiku onegaiteshimasu"

*loads English ROM*

40 ? "The following is a list detailing the major factions of the Annex Universe,"
41 ? "and the OS-tans that belong to them."
42 ? "The list is not meant to be inclusive, and additional OS-tans"
43 ? "and new factions will be added as research permits."
44 ? "Please note that the list only includes OS-tans, with noted exceptions"
45 ? "relevant to C-chan's Annex storyline."
46 ? "App-tans, hardware-tans, videogame-tans, mechamusume and"
47 ? "OS-kuns are omitted, although this does not mean that they will"
48 ? "be excluded from any artwork or story elements."

50 GOTO 70

70 ? "If you have any questions, suggestions or comments, please
71 ? "post them on this thread and we will address them as soon as possible"
72 PRINT "Thank you very much for your patronage."

*bows*

Roadmap Legend
Blue = character exists, either as a stand-alone or produced by several artists
Red = character concept has been proposed, either by one or more artists.
Black = character has not been created or discovered yet, and no known concepts exist.
Green = general comments pertaining to a collection of characters.

The Microsoft Family
The richest and most influential OS-tan faction of all, The Windows Family has all but monopolized the consumer market, their company having secured a "Pax Micrsoftica" for nearly 15 years.  No other faction in recent history has so successfully matched the aggressive marketing tactics, scorched-earth policy towards rivals and wide appeal to the masses that has supported the Family's rise to power.  But while the older members appreciate (through experience) the need to get their hands dirty, long-standing peace and prosperity has all but cloistered the newer generation of Windows-tans.  They go on about their enjoyable daily lives, secure in the belief that only the Macs present any kind of nuisance, and completely oblivious to the political, economic and tactical maneuverings of parties largely unknown to them.

Note about Logo:  A reinvention of the Windows logo (for obvious reasons).  Each colored panel has the customary Window's title bars, plus the Min, Max and Close buttons.

MSDOS
Windows 3.11
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows 98SE
Windows NT
Windows NT Workstation (aka "Inu-T")
Windows CE
Windows 2000
Windows ME
Windows XP Professional
Windows XP Home
Windows XP Media Edition
Windows 2003 (aka "Saba")
Windows Vista (fka "Longhorn")
Windows 7 (prototype; fka "BlackComb, Vienna")
[/list]

The House of Mac
The second most influential OS-tan faction -- and perhaps the most glamorous in the eyes of the average consumer -- the Mac-tans have long since realized that taking on an economic juggernaut like the Windows Family would be financial suicide.  Therefore, following their defeat in the Consumer War of the mid-90's, they stepped up efforts to reorganize around their niche markets and rebuild their two decade-old brand name one loyal customer at a time.  Their strategy has so far been success as the Apple brand has had a strong resurgence in the consumer lexicon in recent years.  However, this comeback is still primarily white-collar, the Macs not yet ready (or willing) to seek the exposure of the wider masses.  The newer Mac-tans, in fact, are so far removed from their down-to-earth roots, that while they remain friendly, intelligent and sophisticated for the most part, they're not adverse to let slip a posh or elitist remark (carelessly, of courseââ,¬Â¦) during idle conversation.  That, or engage in the secret, "playful" activities of the rich and famous.

Note about Logo:  A reinvention of the MacOS logo (for obvious reasons).  It's essentially a depiction of Tragedy and Mirth using both halves of the Mac face, although full pairs of eyes had to be added to avoid an unsightly "cyclops" effect.

Mac (Generic)
Mac OS1
Mac OS2
Mac OS3
Mac OS4
Mac OS5
Mac OS6
Mac OS7
Mac OS8
Mac OS9
Mac OS9.2
Mac OSX Server
Mac OSX 10.0 "Cheetah"
Mac OSX 10.1 "Puma"
Mac OSX 10.2 "Jaguar"
Mac OSX 10.3 "Panther"
Mac OSX 10.4 "Tiger"
Mac OSX 10.5 "Leopard"
Mac OSX 10.6 "Snow Leopard"
Wide variety of iPod-tans[/list]

The Binteji Renmei ("Vintage Federation")
The Binteji Renmei (written in Japanese as "ãÆ'“ãÆ'³ãÆ'†ãÆ'¼ã‚¸ éâ,¬Â£Ã§â€ºÅ¸t", translated in English as "The Vintage Federation" or in French as "Le Fédération de Vieux Systèmes D'Exploitation") is itself inspired by the remarkable Anime/Manga " Haibane Renmei" created by Yoshitoshi Abe.
It is a non-profit organization dedicated primarily to assisting vintage and abandoned OS-tans, and providing a voice for them in a world that barely remembers them.  It was originally conceived by Amiga-tan, having spent several years as a wanderer and witnessing the plight of countless vintage OS-tans (once the marvel of their day) whittling the remainder of their lives in obscurity.  However, in a rare (and as yet unexplained) bout of compassion by Unix, she provided the funding to help Amiga-tan make the Binteji Renmei a reality, and to this date continues to offer the fledgling faction a token annual stipend.
The Binteji Renmei is not rich by any stretch of the imagination and many of its members are either too outdated to work a decent-paying job or require special assistance.  Nevertheless they remain very talented and resourceful individuals, and by binding together as a community they're able to pool their resources far more effectively, as well as discover newfound strengths and motivations.  Self-esteem, self-education and self-sufficiency are among the many values that they help each other learn and practice to a fault.  Whereas once the organization subsisted entirely on charity, now it's grown and sustained itself to the point where it can offer charity of its own.  If not in the form of money, certainly in the form of hope,ââ,¬Â¦

Hope for any OS-tan resigned to the belief that happiness and belonging are reserved only for the state-of-the-art.

Note about Logo:  A parody of the Haibane Renmei logo.  The outline of the  Commodore PET hardware, with a smiling face and angel wings.

Amiga
AcornMOS (aka "BBC Micro")
AMSDOS (aka "Amstrad Disc Operating System")
Apple II
Apple Lisa
ArthurOS
AtariDOS (aka "Atari 8-bit")
AtariTOS (aka "Atari ST")
Coleco Adam
Commodore PET
Commodore 64 (aka "C64")
Commodore Plus/4 (aka "C264 Series")
DTSS (aka "Dartmouth Time-Sharing System")
DX10
EXEC (aka "EXEC I", "II" or "III")
GEOS (aka "GeoWorks")
GEM OS (aka, "FreeGEM", "OpenGEM")
GENIAC
GS/OS
JOHNNIAC (aka "John v. Neumann Numerological Integrator and Automatic Computer")
MITS Altair 8800
Multics (aka "Multiplexed Information and Computing Service")
ORIC
DEC's OS/8
PilotOS (aka "Xerox Star")
RT-11
Sinclair QL
SMIL (aka "Siffermaskinen i Lund", "The Digit Machine in Lund")
THOR
TOPS-10
Windows 1.0
Windows 2.0
Yggdrasil Linux
ZX Spectrum
All permanent DOSSE members
C-One (hardware-tan)[/list]

The Anti$oft Coalition
A tiny political faction founded by OS/2-tan in the mid 90's and originally meant to challenge the legality of several of Microsoft's business practices.  But after further funding cuts, scorn and ridicule by her parent company destroyed any chance of her faction gaining mainstream credibility, she was forced to take it underground and fund it entirely out-of-pocket.  As her desperation and anger for the continuous injustice grew, so did the faction's slide towards the use of guerrilla tactics.

Due in part to its low recognition and her notoriously bitter temperament, she's only succeeded in hiring four other members (plus a die-hard "fan" that she can't seem to shake off).  Since these loyal followers possess a string of quirks of their own,ââ,¬Â¦ and have very questionable combat experience,ââ,¬Â¦ the once proud A$C is now often derided as a "ragtag group of bitter old women" (or "hags", in less courteous circles).  They may get away with petty sabotage or a 1-on-5 ambush, but have a humiliating track record of regularly botching ambitious and often not-so-ambitious attacks.  

Even as financial woes grow more and more merciless, OS/2 stubbornly refuses to give up on the A$C and sees no end in sight (short of her own demise).  

Note about Logo:  A hurled brick (to break the Windows), bearing the initial $ (just for the sake of being in the middle) and knocking off the A (for "Antisoft") and the C (for "Coalition") on impact.  An unintentionally self-deprecating logo, since in reality they're often the cause of their own failures.

OS/2 Warp
QNX
RISC OS
TRSDOS (aka "Tandy", "TRS-80" and variants)
eComstation (aka "eCS"; not an official A$ Coalition member)
VisiOn[/list]

The Linux/Unix Consortium
The largest and strongest faction of all, created from the merger between the ineffectual Linux Union and the tattered remnants of the once-dominant Unix Family.  It was cofounded by Unix and Linux-tan, once sworn enemies, now friendly and productive partners working toward a viable future for their kind.  The Unix-types bring to the table the experience of a three decade-old dynasty (the long-lasting of all), plus a respectable amount of wealth and a loyal corporate and industrial base.  The Linux-types offer a long sought-after infusion of new talent, being spreaders of an admirable ideological doctrine that have garnered them support from a far more diverse consumer, academic and technocratic base across the world.   With their combined strength, they are (at least on paper) the most powerful faction in terms of raw strength, numbers and performance stability per capita.

Ironically, the "LUC" also happens to be the LEAST politically-stable faction of all, as both Unix and Linux-tan were forced to combine two very different cultures too quickly.  Staunchly independent spirits, conflicting agendas, flagrant power boasting and polarized ideologies are some of the many problems that bring about almost daily infighting between the members.  The problem is aggravated further by frequent returns and departures of members disinterested in a unified front, having preferring instead to add to the medley of splinter factions or opt for the quiet life of a Wanderer.

Nevertheless, the struggle to sort through the chaos continues, and progress has been made to bridge the Linux-Unix divide, as well as create inroads into previously untapped and potentially strong emerging markets.  Should the day come when the LUC members settle their differences and agree to form a unified front, the resulting explosion of power and talent (reaching to every corner of the known world) is said to be akin to the awakening of a sleeping dragon.  

Note about Logo:  A hybrid of the Linux Union insignia and the Unix Family coat-of-arms, it displays a heraldic penguin with shield and encircled by bare twigs (likely stemming from a tenet of Unix' Philosophy).  The simple shield bears the words "Nullus Unus", which can have many translations depending on context, but is likely meant to imply "not, one", or "0, 1" (again, probably a result of Unix' obsession with simplicity).  It should be noted that even the logo itself is a big source of contention for members, the Linux-types viewing it as too austere, the Unix-types deriding it as too silly.

Unix
Linux (aka "GNU/Linux")
Minix
AIX
Arch Linux
BlueCat Linux
BSD
CRUX
Debian
EnGarde Secure Linux
Fedora Core
Gentoo
GNU/HURD
HP-UX
ILLIAC* (aka "Illinois Automatic Computer"; *Original versions are neither Linux nor Unix, but the latest version is Linux-based)
IRIX
Knoppix
Linux XP
Mandriva
MERT
MKLinux
Nexenta
NimbleX
NSA Secure Linux
PC Linux OS
Puppy Linux
Red Flag Linux
Red Hat Linux
SAM Linux
SCO Unix
Slackware
Solaris (fka, "SunOS")
Sorcerer Linux
SUSE Linux
Ubuntu
UnixWare
Xandros
Yellow Dog
Zenwalk
Zeus Linux
Other Linux distros not mentioned yet
Other Unix descendants not mentioned yet
BASH (shell-tan)[/list]

The User Space Gang
The most powerful, successful and longest-standing LUC splinter group ever formed.  Originally founded by Plan 9-tan (one of Unix' direct descendants), it began in protest for her mother's decision to reject her as an heir to the Unix throne.  While access to the throne and the consequent family fortunes are still of interest to her, the birth of her own daughter (Inferno-tan) has expanded her ambitions exponentially.  Putting it simply, she wishes to convert the tiny "gang" into the beginnings of a new dynasty -- and the trickling in of other disgruntled Unix-types into her faction have only helped fuel her visions of grandeur.

At least on paper, the User Space Gang shares a few similarities with the Anti$oft Coaltiion.  But unlike the latter, the User Space Gang has the power, resources and intelligence to be a forced to be reckoned with.  They're able to launch rebel attacks against the LUC without fear of [total] annihilation and can certainly reign down destruction against any of the "lesser" factions foolish enough to stand in their way.  Clearly there are no impediments to the formation of a "User Space Dynasty" ââ,¬â€œ why that hasn't happened yet has much to do with the state of the leader's sanity (to say nothing of her daughter'sââ,¬Â¦).

Note about Logo:  1950's-style flying saucer with bunny ears.  It is essentially a stylized depiction of Plan 9's warship, the USS ["User Space Ship"] Glenda ââ,¬â€œ a product of Plan 9's genius (and homage to cheesy horror/sci-fi films) that is all but invincible (except for one very peculiar weakness).

Plan 9
Inferno
DragonflyBSD
FreeBSD
Midnight BSD
NetBSD
Octopus
Olive BSD
OpenBSD
Plan B[/list]


The DOSSE
More of a club than a faction, all its members reside with other factions and simply convene as the "DOSSE" when scheduling permits (or the occasion calls for it).  Automatic membership is given to all x86 DOS-tans, though other non-GUI OS-tans can join if they're willing to pass through "The Trial".  The DOSSE's mission is to speak up for the rights and recognition of command line OS-tans everywhere, who are often derided by the consumer class for being "not user-friendly enough".  They offer free assistance and technical support to fellow sisters in need, maintain their own free BBS and even release a crude (but charmingly-detailed) monthly newsletter.  However, since all current DOSSE members are child-types, they don't shy from spending some or all of their meeting time having a little fun,ââ,¬Â¦ And on occasion, too much fun,ââ,¬Â¦ And on rare instances, even a little neighborhood mischief.

The DOSSE was first founded by x86 DOS-tans residing at the Binteji Renmei ââ,¬â€œ however, it was not their original idea.  The concept was first drafted by an as-yet undisclosed OS-tan over a decade ago, and she clearly supported the idea once it was that someone would make it a reality.  Even to this day, she remains the anonymous benefactor to the DOSSE, and it is the hope of all its members that they will meet her one day.

Note about Logo:  A simple command prompt with "DOSSE" spelled out, not particularly original but appropriate.  "DOSSE", incidentally, is a combination of the words "DOS" with "posse".

DOS/V
DR-DOS
FreeDOS
PC-DOS
PTS-DOS
QDOS
ROM-DOS
Additional members from other factions[/list]

The Mainframe Guild
The word "faction" is probably ill-suited since the group is exclusive only to Mainframe OS-tans, the goddesses of the OS-tan Annex Universe.  Akin to the Meltlandi of Macross lore or the goddesses of ancient Mount Olympus, the Mainframe OS-tans are literally giants (no shorter than 16 meters) that overlook the workings of the world from behind the scenes.  Contact with mortal OS-tans is considered taboo and forbidden (with the exception of former Mainframe-tans who have simply undergone microsizing), and, conversely, many obstacles have been emplaced to prevent mortal OS-tans from accessing the "Mainframe".  Therefore, little is generally known about these mysterious OS-tans, other than that they are physically enormous, insanely powerful and impossibly arrogant.  Even less is known about the occasional secret "meddling" in the affairs of mortal OS-tans, which again is forbidden (but perhaps not as well-enforced as it should).

note+updated description: The heights listed for the mainframe characters are their normal, human-sized heights. Traditionally, the Mainframe-tans were very arrogant due to competition, power struggles, or it was just in their nature to be. Nowadays, The Guild is divided by the Old School elitists who are proudly arrogant, and the down-to-earth types who are there out of obligations or for the sake of tradition.

Note about Logo:  An abstract and stylized "M" in the general form of a Z-series IBM mainframe computer.

BESM ("Ð'ольшая ЭлекÑ,ронно-СчÑ'Ñ,ная Машина "Large Electronically Computing Machine")
COS "Chippewa Operating System, SCOPE
CP/CMS
Cray-1
IAS (aka "Institute for Advanced Study Machine")
KRONOS
MACE
MCP (aka "Master Control Program")
Music/CP
NOS (aka "Network Operating System)
NOS/VE
NTT DIPS
ORDVAC
OS/360
RCA TSOS (aka "VS/9", "BS2000")
SWAC
VM/CMS
VSE (fka "DOS/360")
Z/OS[/list]

The CIOST ("Confederation of Independent OS-Tans")
Not a true faction in the literal sense, since members don't regularly convene, live together (or even close by) or have any defined territory borders or markets.  The Confederation of Independent OS-tans is essentially a mutual defense pact for non-aligned OS-tans, who fiercely defend their own independence and (unlike Wanderers) have agreed to defend the independence of their fellow sisters.  A number of its members have had run-ins with Windows, Macs, Unix and Linux-types in the past, so almost no CIOST members are related to any of these factions.  Therefore, the CIOST membership boasts an enormous and colorful diversity of OS-tans of all types, trades and personalities.  The majority of its members, however, are generally considered (in varying degrees) to be quite powerful, resourceful to an art, and a touch antisocial.  

The CIOST was first established by VMS-tan, after witnessing the travesty that became of her involvement with Windows NT.  Recognizing the threat posed by well-marketed inferior programming in an ignorant world, the pact was set up as quickly as possible to admit and protect as many of her kind as possible from the ravages of the 90's.  Sadly, her own hermit-like lifestyle and laissez-faire approach to everything but defense did much to influence the CIOST in becoming the decentralized organization that it remains today.  United, the CIOST is powerful enough to shatter the Windows hegemony and even take on the LUCââ,¬Â¦!

But divided, they are neither a threat nor much of an inspiration.

Note about Logo:  A stylized asterisk, a common programming wildcard for "all other characters".  Special thanks to Alex Stankevitch for donating this one!.

VMS (aka, "OpenVMS")
Amoeba
AOS
Apollo Domain/OS
Argante
BeOS
DG/UX
eCOS
EPOC
FreeVMS
GCOS (aka "GECOS", "General Comprehensive Operating System")
IMSAI 8080
MenuetOS (aka "MeOS")
MPE (aka "MPE/iX")
NEXTSTEP
Oberon
OpenVME
OS-9 (not to be confused with MAC OS9)
PRIMOS
RDOS
RSX-11
SkyOS
TinyOS
TOPS-20 (aka "Tenex"]
TRON
TSX-Plus
Unununium
VxWorks
ZETA (aka, "YellowTAB ZETA")[/list]

The Wanderer Class
As stated, this is really a "class" of OS-tans and not a faction thereof, since there is no organization or membership to speak of.  A Wanderer is a slang term for an "unaligned" OS-tan, someone who either travels too much within different factions to settle down in one, or wants to live a completely independent life with no strings attached, or who simply isn't aware-enough of the ways of the world to know that factions exist.  As the Wanderer Class is a catch-all term, the number of OS-tans falling under this group is currently unknown, although the number is expected to be as great as the number of obscure systems around the world (and their derivatives).

While the independent life of a Wanderer may sound particularly enticing, the reality of the challenges involved cannot be understated enough.  Living alone, without the protection of a group or any inherit means of defense, leaves the poor OS-tan vulnerable to attacks by misfits, bootlegs, hackers, viruses and any number of real-world dangers.  Even worse, the danger of fading into obscurity becomes exponentially greater for a Wanderer.  It is for this reason that factions such as the Binteji Renmei often try to recruit Wanderers, although the stigma of the "vintage" label may turn off more than a fair share of them still convinced of their own self-worth.

Note about Logo:  A hobo's sack and stick ââ,¬â€œ not a real logo, but a popular self-parodying symbol by veteran Wanderers.

A/UX (aka "Apple Unix")
AGC/Luminary
AROS (aka "Amiga Research Operating System")
ArrayOS
Barbie Linux (aka, "BarbieOS")
Bendix G-15
CapROS
Commodore VIC-20
Commodore C128
Commodore C65
Contiki
Copland
CoyotOS
Damn Small BSD (aka "Evoke")
Damn Small Linux
Damn Small Solaris (aka "MilaX")
DarwinOS
DexOS
DigiComp
EROS (aka "Extremely Reliable Operating System")
Fried Chicken Linux
Haiku OS
KolibriOS
LGP-30
Lunar Linux
Mac OS 3.4
Mac OS 7.5
Mertvaya Ruka (aka "The Dead Hand")
Momonga Linux
MorphOS 1
MorphOS 2.x
MSX-DOS
NewtonOS
Palm OS
RSTS/E
SABRE ("Semi-Automated Business Research Environment")
SAGE ("Semi-Automated Ground Environment")
Source Mage Linux
Stratus VOS
Stress Linux
Syllable
Symbian
Tinfoil Hat Linux
TripOS
VAXELN
Windows 3.2
Windows 95 OSR 2.1
Windows 95 OSR 2.5
Windows 97
Windows Odyssey
Windows Neptune
Xebian
Other Linux distros not mentioned yet.
Other Unix descendants not mentioned yet.[/list]

Deceased OS-tans
It's not enough to discontinue a system to end her life.  But if she is discontinued by her developers AND her former user base AND she is ultimately forgotten,ââ,¬Â¦ then life takes its inevitable course and ends for her.

All these OS-tans, and more to come, have served their function well with dedication and loyalty to their users.  They have done much to build this world that our generation often takes so much for granted.

May you rest in peace and may you never be forgottenââ,¬Â¦.

Amber
AMIX (aka "Amiga Unix")
Apple I
AVIDAC ("Argonne Version of the Institute's Digital Automatic Computer")
ARX ("Acorn's Unix" prototype)
BESK ("Binary Electronic Sequence Calculator")
BESYS
BOS/360
BTSS (aka "Berkeley Timesharing System")
CAOS (aka "Commodore Amiga Operating System")
CSIRAC
CTOS ("Convergent Technologies OS")
CTSS ("Compatible Time-Sharing System")
CYCLONE
EDVAC
EMAG-III
ENIAC
EMAS (aka "Edinburgh Multi-Access System")
FMS (aka "FORTRAN Monitor System")
GEORGE
GM OS (aka "General Motors Operating System")
Harvard Mark I
Harvard Mark II
Harvard Mark III
Harvard Mark IV
Honeywell 6000
IBM 610
IBM 1620
IBM Stretch ("7030 Data Processing System")
IBSYS
KeyKOS
Manchester Mark I
MANIAC
MISTIC ("Michigan State Integral Computer")
MONECS
MUSASINO-1
MTS ("Michigan Terminal System")
NLS ("ONline System")
ORACLE ("Oak Ridge Automatic Computer and Logical Engine")
RISC iX ("Acorn's Unix")
Oregon State Open Shop OS (aka "OS^3")
RAYDAC
RW-300 (aka "Ramo-Woolridge RW-300 Realtime Executive")
SARA
SEAC
SILLIAC ("Sydney version of the Illinois Automatic Computer")
SIMMON
SpriteOS
SpringOS
SSEC ("Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator")
Thoth
TOS/360
TSS/360
Tynix
UMES
V (aka "V-System")
Verax
WAITS
WEIZAC
WWMCCS ("Wimex")
Whirlwind I
Xenix ("Microsoft's Unix")[/list]

[C-Chan]

The Microsoft Family

MS-DOS

Name: MS-DOS-tan
aka:  Microsoft DOS, Microsoft Disk Operating System
Debut: circa 1981
Height: 125 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Blue
Hair: Dark Grey
Blood Type: 16

Quick Facts:

- Has shy, mousy and depressed disposition.
- Intelligent, but has trouble expressing herself clearly.
- Twin sister of PC-DOS-tan; younger sister of QDOS-tan; biological daughter of DR-DOS-tan.
- Keeps hair in pigtails.
- Dons a light-blue grade school uniform with "MS-DOS" armband and glasses.
- Carries around Microsoft keyboard everywhere she goes.
- Official engineer of the Windows Family, though diminishing demand has turned her more into an unofficial house servant.
- Generally found peeking around corners.
- Known forum lurker.
- Personality changes dramatically when reunited with PC-DOS-tan

From old Wikipedia article:

A rarer character, MS-DOS is a cute but very shy little girl carrying around a keyboard and usually peeking around corners. The implication is that, like MS-DOS itself on non-NT versions of Windows, she is always lurking somewhere in the background, just out of sight.

Sample depictions:

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Windows 3.11

Name: Windows 3.11-tan
aka:  Windows 3.0, Windows 3.1, Windows 3.x, WfW 3.11,
Debut: 5/22/1990
Height: 137 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Red
Hair: Grey
Blood Type: 16

Quick Facts:

- Has quiet, serious and cheerless disposition.
- Always carries or is accompanied by DOSKitty
- Keeps hair long and loose, tied only by a violet bow on her head.
- Dons a violet frilly gown with a "3.1" brooch on her collar.
- Keeps her smiles a rarity.
- Is slightly aristocratic and prefers to be referred to as "3.11-sama"
- Is somewhat distant with the newer Windows, preferring the company of MS-DOS and 95-tan.
- Has only a patchy memory of her youth and seems unable to recollect her older sister [Win 2.0] or mother [Win 1.0].

From old Wikipedia article:

A rare character, the few appearances of Windows 3.1 have used a white "mech-box" similar to that used by 98 and 98SE, piloted by a girl who appears to be DOS/V. Another version becoming more popular is a frail grey-haired young woman in a long frilly violet gown, with a "3.1" brooch on her collar. She is usually accompanied by either a black cat or a small black-haired catgirl in a nurse's outfit, both representing DOS.

Sample Depictions

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http://ostan.matrix.jp/d3/src.php[/list]
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Windows 95

Name: Windows 95-tan
aka:  Win95, "Chicago"
Debut: 8/24/1995
Height: 157 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Brown
Hair: Brown
Blood Type: 16/32

Quick Facts:

- Has gentle and mild-mannered disposition when in a good mood, becoming aggressive and violent when not.
- Always carries a Katana with her and is still considered an excellent swordswoman.
- Keeps hair long, tied with a ribbon bearing the Windows colors.
- Dons a pink traditional kimono, hakama and geta, typical female college student apparel during the Japanese Meiji era.
- Acts much older than she actually is, never having bothered to keep up with the times.
- Still has enough clout and force to keep the newer generation of Windows in line.
- Led vanguard in Microsoft's dominance of the PC market, and is still able to summon her old battle suit.
- Hates Macs with a vengeance, more so now that they are staging a strong recovery.
- Is generally snide and arrogant with other alternative OS-tans, but knows enough not to pick a fight with everyone (e.g, the Linux distros).
- Aside from Windows 3.11-tan and DOS, she will not comment on earlier Windows versions.

From old Wikipedia article:

95, being an older version of "modern" Windows, is usually represented as a traditional lady from the early modern era of Japan. She is a gentle-looking brown haired woman in a kimono, with a hair ribbon showing the four Windows colors. The pattern of her kimono is based on the file "hana256.bmp," which was used as a desktop wallpaper pattern in the Japanese version of Windows. Her costume is a traditional kimono and a hakama of Japan, and she wears thick sandals, geta on her feet. These are women's college student's typical clothes as seen in the earliest period during the course of the modernization in Japan (from the Meiji period to the Taisho period), and the cultural background for the comparison of the modernization of Windows to modernization of Japan is seen there.

Her most common activities are drinking tea, serving meals or doing other housework. One recurring theme is her unfamiliarity with newer, post Win-95 technologies, such as USB devices and broadband internet connections. She is also occasionally depicted wielding a katana in an aggressive manner, symbolizing that it was her generation of operating systems that Microsoft finally achieved full dominance of the personal computer market. One comic strip shows her talking to other OS-tans about beating up MacOS; and 95 is commonly portrayed with an overwhelming hatred of the Macintosh OS-Tans, particularly her bitter rival MacOS-tan.

Due the popular belief that Mozilla Firefox is incompatible with Windows 95, several OS-tan four-panel comics have been made portraying other OS-tans encouraging 95-tan to "think in Russian!" and 95-tan's inability to internalize the Russian language enough to accomplish this.

Sample Depictions

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Windows 98

Name: Windows 98-tan
aka:  Windows 97, "Memphis", Hacchan
Debut: 6/25/1998
Height: 145 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Navy Blue
Hair: Navy Blue
Blood Type: 16/32

Quick Facts:

- Has shy and demure disposition.
- Frequently travels with her blue-colored Mech-Box.
- Keeps hair short, with a "98"-shaped hair clip attached to her left bang.
- Dons a white and blue sleeveless school uniform, with gloves and a windows necktie.
- Is a futanari.
- Has a crush on Homeo.
- Prefers to stick with (and "joust") with her sister, 98SE-tan.

From old Wikipedia article:

Many variations exist; however, the most common is a pair of young girls. The First Edition of 98 has a white and blue uniform, a navy blue hair with a clip shaped like "98", and has a windows logo as part of a necktie, she is also somtimes seen as a futanari (female with male genitals) and is said to fancy Homeo. The 98 Second Edition mascot normally has grey-blue hair and a green sailor school uniform with the letters SE on the front, and her most commonly used phrase is "all dicks seriously need to die".

Two early versions that continue to be used alongside the girls are a pair of stick-limbed snack-boxes with a face and version number drawn in crayon, based on the "Vulcan 300" toy that appeared in the anime series Konjiki no Gash Bell!!. In the very early days before the designs of the primary OS-tans had settled, generic stick-limbed boxes were often used as placeholders; there had been instances of small DOS and Windows 3.11 boxes before other designs gained popularity. Both girls now make regular use of these as "mechanical suits." The "mech-box" used by 98 is blue in colour, and likewise the 98SE mech-box has a green theme. The mechs are sometimes shown as guardians or friends to the 98-tans, otherwise the two girls can be seated inside them as pilots. The box sizes can vary, ranging from doll-like when carried by the girls to taller than an adult when they ride inside them. While both are fairly shy girls, 98SE is seen hiding in her mech-box a lot more often.

Sample Depictions

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Windows 98SE

Name: Windows 98SE-tan
aka:  Windows 98 Second Edition, Secchan
Debut: 5/5/1999
Height: 144 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Blue
Hair: Grey Blue
Blood Type: 16/32

Quick Facts:

- Shares shy and demure disposition as her sister 98-tan, but is often a little more brazen.
- As with her sister 98-tan, she often travels with her green-colored Mech-Box.
- Keeps hair short and topped only by a single pigtail on her left side.
- Dons a white and green sailor school uniform, with the letters "SE" printed in the front.
- Is not a futanari like her sister 98-tan, and in fact carries a bottle opener to brandish her disdain for such things.
- Prefers to stick with (and "joust") with her sister, 98SE-tan.
- Despite the small disparity in age, she's clearly the more innocent and naive of the two 98 sisters.

From old Wikipedia article:

Many variations exist; however, the most common is a pair of young girls. The First Edition of 98 has a white and blue uniform, a navy blue hair with a clip shaped like "98", and has a windows logo as part of a necktie, she is also somtimes seen as a futanari (female with male genitals) and is said to fancy Homeo. The 98 Second Edition mascot normally has grey-blue hair and a green sailor school uniform with the letters SE on the front, and her most commonly used phrase is "all dicks seriously need to die".

Two early versions that continue to be used alongside the girls are a pair of stick-limbed snack-boxes with a face and version number drawn in crayon, based on the "Vulcan 300" toy that appeared in the anime series Konjiki no Gash Bell!!. In the very early days before the designs of the primary OS-tans had settled, generic stick-limbed boxes were often used as placeholders; there had been instances of small DOS and Windows 3.11 boxes before other designs gained popularity. Both girls now make regular use of these as "mechanical suits." The "mech-box" used by 98 is blue in colour, and likewise the 98SE mech-box has a green theme. The mechs are sometimes shown as guardians or friends to the 98-tans, otherwise the two girls can be seated inside them as pilots. The box sizes can vary, ranging from doll-like when carried by the girls to taller than an adult when they ride inside them. While both are fairly shy girls, 98SE is seen hiding in her mech-box a lot more often.

Sample Depictions

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Windows NT

Name: Windows NT-tan
aka:  Windows New Technology, Windows NT 3.1, OS/2 3.0
Debut: 7/27/1993
Height: 162 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Blue
Hair: Lilac
Blood Type: 32

Quick Facts:

- Has sweet, quiet and maternal disposition.
- Keeps hair in a short ponytail tied with a blue ribbon.
- Dons a simple pink dress.
- Can multitask, but is usually quite error-prone and unreliable compared to her daughters: NT Workstation, Windows 2000, Windows 2003 Server, Windows XP, etc.
- Was first Windows Family liason to the higher-end, non-x86 architecture hardware-tans.
- Helped establish her company's foothold in the server market, capitalizing on clever marketing and the weaknesses of a war-torn Unix Family.
- Is largely unaware that she's a clone of VMS-tan and a true biological sister to OS/2-tan.

From old Wikipedia article:

This character is not very common. She usually has the purple hair and the pink dress seen here, but her age can range from child to adult. Sometimes she is also portrayed as the mother of 2K-tan.
NT-tan

Another version, Windows NT Workstation, also exists and has recently been more common than the original NT-tan, at least on the Futaba image boards. "NT" has the romaji representation of "enu ti"ââ,¬â€this sounds a lot like "inu ti", and "inu" is the Japanese word for dog. Inu-T has blue hair, dog ears, a dog's tail and a collar. She usually wears gloves and boots shaped like paws, and colored blue to match her ears and tail.

Yet another NT-tan, Windows NT SP6, was designed by the dÃ...jinshi group Deja vu, but it was considered a bootleg design by Futaba society and not an "official" OS-Tan. (See "Dispute between Futaba Society and Deja Vu" for the details.)

Sample Depictions

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Windows NT Workstation

Name: Windows NT Workstation-tan
aka:  Windows NT 4.0, Inu-T
Debut: 7/29/1996
Height: 138 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Blue
Hair: Light Blue
Blood Type: 32

Quick Facts:

- Has cheerful, carefree, canine disposition.
- Has dog ears and a dog's tail, and also wears gloves and boots shaped like paws.
- Keeps hair in a short but wild ponytail, tied with a large yellow ribbon.
- Dons a simple blue dress, with a red dog's collar bearing the words NT.
- Is fast and reliable performance-wise, but her dog intellect limits her ability to handle more complex tasks (such as playing human games).
- Is considered a fine gourmand, second only to Windows XP-tan
- Is very friendly with every Windows girl, but surprisingly close to Windows 95-tan.
- Is not, however, universally-friendly with all OS-tans -- may either have a barking match with other canine OS-tans (particularly the Linux variety) or will chase after the feline OS-tans (such as the OSX girls).

From old Wikipedia article:

This character is not very common. She usually has the purple hair and the pink dress seen here, but her age can range from child to adult. Sometimes she is also portrayed as the mother of 2K-tan.
NT-tan

Another version, Windows NT Workstation, also exists and has recently been more common than the original NT-tan, at least on the Futaba image boards. "NT" has the romaji representation of "enu ti"ââ,¬â€this sounds a lot like "inu ti", and "inu" is the Japanese word for dog. Inu-T has blue hair, dog ears, a dog's tail and a collar. She usually wears gloves and boots shaped like paws, and colored blue to match her ears and tail.

Yet another NT-tan, Windows NT SP6, was designed by the dÃ...jinshi group Deja vu, but it was considered a bootleg design by Futaba society and not an "official" OS-Tan. (See "Dispute between Futaba Society and Deja Vu" for the details.)

Sample Depictions

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Windows CE

Name: Windows CE-tan
aka:  WinCE, "Wince", Windows "Consumer Electronics", Windows "Compact Edition", Windows Mobile, Pocket PC
Debut: 11/1/1996
Height: 29 cm
Weight: ? kg
Eye Color: Red
Hair: Orange
Blood Type: 16

Quick Facts:

- Has cheerful "magical girl" disposition, though becomes frightening and hysterical when angry.
- Is a fairy, complete with wings (that she uses to actually fly) and a USB cable.
- Keeps hair short, topped with two miniature pigtails tied with red ribbons.
- Dons a simple pink dress, black stretch shorts and boots.
- Is small and unassuming-enough to go largely unnoticed.
- Is also a tad bit too self-conscious, working under the impression that no one likes her despite her massive popularity in the handheld market.
- Considers the Sega Dreamcast to be the best console ever made.
- While usually civil with Palm Pilot-tan, she does have an ongoing blood feud with her prominant rival PalmOS-tan.
- Is also locked in petty disputes and the occasional serious skirmish with other portable OS-tans (such as Minix-tan), but prefers not to involve her larger relatives in these miniature conflicts.

From old Wikipedia article:

Being an OS designed for small devices, the personification of Windows CE (CE for short) is portrayed as diminutive and fairy-like; complete with gossamer wings and wielding a USB cable wand. Because a modified version of Windows CE was the operating system of the Sega Dreamcast console, there are several illustrations of CE standing upon or around the Dreamcast's "swirl" logo.

Sample Depictions

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Windows 2000

Name: Windows 2000-tan
aka:  Windows 2000 Professional, Win2K, Windows NT 5
Debut: 2/17/2000
Height: 168 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Blue
Hair: Blue
Blood Type: 32

Quick Facts:

- Has intelligent, professional and reserved disposition.
- Is a world reknowned "Meganekko",
- Keeps hair short, with cat ear-shaped hairclips and a small white bonnet with the Windows logo.
- Dons a Windows logo-colored swimsuit underneath a blue long coat.
- Is considered the most stable and dependable of all the present Windows Girls, although constantly fears being outperformed by the newer generations.
- Is still the official family Domain Controller
- Is considered Me-tan's guardian due, but is mainly responsible for keeping ALL Windows-tans out of trouble (Me requiring the most attention).
- Is perhaps the most aware of the "outside" world due to her position, but generally keeps this to herself so as not to disrupt the peace.
- Dislikes being outclassed, so prefers to avoid contact with higher-end OS-tans.

From old Wikipedia article:

A few variants exist, but the most common is Win2K Professional. She is typically drawn as an intelligent, professional, reserved looking woman with short blue hair, glasses, and hairclips that resemble cat ears flanking a small white bonnet or ruffle, similar to maid's hairclip, that shows the windows logo. Her outfit resembles a swimsuit suggesting the Windows logo colors, and she wears a blue long coat. This is thought to reflect the opinion that Windows 2000 is the most stable, dependable, and balanced system. She is characterized as the "dependable woman" among the OS-tans and one of the domain controllers. Because of the greater stability of Win2K compared with WinME, which was released near 2K, 2K-tan is often described as a guardian of ME-tan. The blue in the picture is close to the default Windows 2000 desktop colour.

2k-tan is often associated with Futanari, and is sometimes depicted as being one herself.

Sample Depictions

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Windows Me

Name: Windows Me-tan
aka:  Windows ME, Windows Millennium Edition, Emui-chan
Debut: 9/14/2000
Height: 153 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Green
Hair: Green
Blood Type: 16/32

Quick Facts:

- Has cheery and cutesy disposition.
- Has long and unusually-strong cowlick.
- Keeps hair in long braided pigtails.
- Dons a maid outfit with an error icon badge.
- Freezes constantly and is generally considered least reliable Windows OS.
- Is a certified klutz
- Is the second most prolific scallion user before Linspire-tan.
- Is much sought after by OS9-kun.
- Loves rollcake.

From old Wikipedia article:

The more cutesy personification of the much maligned and infamously unreliable Windows Me OS, ME-tan's appearance rarely varies and was the first OS-tan created, by the one now called "ME-aki". She is instantly recognizable; she has green hair in long pigtails and wears a maid outfit with a ! badge on the front in the spirit of the Windows yellow error icon. ME-tan is a hard worker and always wants to help her master (Toshiaki), but predictably fails at everything she tries to do, and often literally crashing and irritating her sisters. When she is not frozen or out of control, she tends to do things showing a lack of common sense or knowledge, such as putting soda into a microwave oven or attempting to kill people by swinging a scallion (see here). In spite of, or perhaps due to, her pitiful plight, the clumsy ME-tan is one of the most beloved OS girls.

Sample depictions:
http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/thumbnails.php?album=3
http://ostan.matrix.jp/me/src.php
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Windows XP Professional

Name: Windows XP Professional-tan
aka:  "XP", "XP-Pro", Windows "Experience", "Whistler", "Saseko"
Debut: 10/25/2001
Height: 171 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Blue
Hair: Dark Blue
Blood Type: 32

Quick Facts:

- Has friendly, energetic and youthful disposition.
- Has exceedingly large breasts due to her bloated size and memory consumption.
- Keeps hair long, and wears a ribbon shaped as the "XP" logo over her left bang.
- Dons a somewhat-skimpy blue and white uniform with a passive resemblance to a sailor uniform; the disjointed sleaves add a rare kind of beauty but are otherwise pointless.
- Is considered the prettiest Windows-tan of all and has a massive following of fanboys (and some fangirls).
- But is also derided as an "Activation Whore" by those who know her more closely.
- Is the most energetic and best performing of all the Windows-tans, but this also makes her very jealous of the emerging Vista-tan.
- Has voracious eating habits due to her system hogging, so much so that she's considered more "glutton" than "gourmand"
- Has recently been appointed to lead reconciliation efforts with the House of Mac, and is the first Windows-tan in history to work closely with a Mac-tan (OSX Tiger-san) without any [recorded] hostilities.

From old Wikipedia article:

XP-tan is a dark-haired girl with ribbons in her hair and an "XP" hair ornament worn on the left side (infrequently, she is depicted with ornaments on both sides). As Windows XP is criticized for bloating a system and being very pretty without being equally as useful, XP-tan wears tight clothing and has large breasts. Also, as Windows XP uses up large amounts of memory, XP-tan is often seen eating or holding an empty donburi labeled "Memory." A variant that represents XP Home is known as "Homeko" (pronounced [homeko], not [ˈhoʊmko]) has green hair that she wears in a short ponytail and wears two large XP-shaped hairclips that cover her ears. She is characterized as a fujoshi and yaoi doujinshi artist who has an unhealthy fascination with her gender-confused brother Homeo (/homeo/). There is a rarer variant representing Windows XP Media Center Edition. The costumes of the two main variants are based on the loading lines at the Windows splash screen during startup.

Sample Depictions

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Windows XP Home

Name: Windows XP Home-tan
aka:  "XP-Home", "Homeko"
Debut: 10/25/2001
Height: 169 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Blue
Hair: Dark Green
Blood Type: 32

Quick Facts:

- Is XP Pro-tan's twin sister
- Has impulsive, antagonistic and lecherous disposition.
- Also has large breasts like her twin sister, but not nearly as unwieldly.
- Keeps hair tied up in a short ponytail, and wears "XP"-shaped hair clips over her left bang.
- Often dons a simple green sweatsuit, not fussing over her appearance as much as XP-tan.
- Is considered pretty, but not particularly approachable; fanboys must advance at their own risk.
- Is a famous hentai manga artist, and often likes to practice unique "approaches" on her own to improve her work.
- Is a tad bit of a glutton as well, but is usually too engrossed in her work to eat regularly.
- Has reliable-enough performance, but is too sloppy to compete with her sister; nevertheless, it's not beneath her to flaunt her skills with lesser Windows-tans.
- Doesn't seem to mind her borderline-incestual fascination with her younger brother Homeo.

From old Wikipedia article:

XP-tan is a dark-haired girl with ribbons in her hair and an "XP" hair ornament worn on the left side (infrequently, she is depicted with ornaments on both sides). As Windows XP is criticized for bloating a system and being very pretty without being equally as useful, XP-tan wears tight clothing and has large breasts. Also, as Windows XP uses up large amounts of memory, XP-tan is often seen eating or holding an empty donburi labeled "Memory." A variant that represents XP Home is known as "Homeko" (pronounced [homeko], not [ˈhoʊmko]) has green hair that she wears in a short ponytail and wears two large XP-shaped hairclips that cover her ears. She is characterized as a fujoshi and yaoi doujinshi artist who has an unhealthy fascination with her gender-confused brother Homeo (/homeo/). There is a rarer variant representing Windows XP Media Center Edition. The costumes of the two main variants are based on the loading lines at the Windows splash screen during startup.

Sample Depictions

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Windows XP Media Edition

Name: Windows XPME-tan
aka:  Windows XP MCE, Windows XP Media Center Edition, "Symphony"
Debut: 10/12/2004
Height: 173 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Green
Hair: Green, w/blue tips
Blood Type: 32

Quick Facts:

- Has gentle, cheerful and oblivious disposition.
- Has ridiciously-large and unwieldy breasts, since she possesses the highest hardware requirements to date.
- Keeps hair long, topped with a maid's bonnet and ME-tan style cowlick.
- Dons a revealing green and blue hybrid between a school uniform and a maid outfit.
- Also dons an error icon badge eerily similar to ME-tan's.
- Officially XP Pro and XP Home-tan's sister, but is far more sisterly with ME-tan and spends the most time with her.
- Not a clutz or a system wreck like ME-tan, but is fairly error-prone and buggy in her own right.
- Is very knowledgeable with home electronics, but second-rate when it comes to actual computing issues.

From old Wikipedia article:

XP-tan is a dark-haired girl with ribbons in her hair and an "XP" hair ornament worn on the left side (infrequently, she is depicted with ornaments on both sides). As Windows XP is criticized for bloating a system and being very pretty without being equally as useful, XP-tan wears tight clothing and has large breasts. Also, as Windows XP uses up large amounts of memory, XP-tan is often seen eating or holding an empty donburi labeled "Memory." A variant that represents XP Home is known as "Homeko" (pronounced [homeko], not [ˈhoʊmko]) has green hair that she wears in a short ponytail and wears two large XP-shaped hairclips that cover her ears. She is characterized as a fujoshi and yaoi doujinshi artist who has an unhealthy fascination with her gender-confused brother Homeo (/homeo/). There is a rarer variant representing Windows XP Media Center Edition. The costumes of the two main variants are based on the loading lines at the Windows splash screen during startup.

Sample Depictions

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Windows 2003 Server

Name: Windows 2003 Server-tan
aka:  Windows 2002 Server, Windows .NET Server, "Whistler Server", "Saba"
Debut: 4/24/2003
Height: 140 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Blue-Green
Hair: Plum
Blood Type: 32

Quick Facts:

- Has friendly, devoted and adventerous disposition.
- Is half-human, half mackerel, and can be easily-recognized by the large fishtail behind her.
- Keeps hair long, topped with an ethernet hub in place of a bonnet.
- Dons a grey vest-style top, a short white skirt, ethernet cables for a belt, and water-tight grey leggings and boots.
- Has red bows with the Windows logo decorating her chest as well as her tail.
- Is usually a workaholic of the 2K-tan calibre and rarely has a chance to interact with non-fish Windows girls.
- But she does use her leisure time effectively, roaming both land and sea, and generally getting herself into trouble.
- Is often accompanied by other "Saba"-tans, although the latter are seen even more rarely than 2003.

From old Wikipedia article:

2003 Server is often portrayed as being half-girl, half-fish, with an ethernet hub as a bonnet on her head. Other versions show her as a girl with a short white skirt and a vest-style top with a long tail in the back (usually with a bow) and Windows four-square logo pins in the bow at her neck and on the tail. In some forms, she has a belt made from ethernet cable wrapped around her waist. Saba is a pun: in Japanese, the word for "server" is pronounced "saaba", while "saba" is the word for mackerel.

Saba-tan is constantly being eaten by cats (another fish gag), also in one episode, Windows 95 is seen cooking Saba-tan for lunch, she has been gutted, stunned, and placed on a cutting board as 95 is seen with a sharp knife, preparing to chop Saba-tan up and cook her for ME and 2K to eat. It is still unknown how she escaped that situation since she was unconscious while 95 held the knife up ready to chop her up.

Also in the picture of all the OS-tans, she is seen becoming a cats lunch, however she returns in a later comic, indicating that she somehow escaped being eaten for lunch, or the fact that there are many Saba OS-tans in the OS-tan universe.

Sample Depictions

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Windows Vista

Name: Windows Vista-tan
aka:  Windows Longhorn
Debut: 1/30/2007
Height: cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Unknown
Hair: Unknown
Blood Type: 64

Quick Facts:

- No definitive information is available at this time, other than that multiple versions will appear concurrently.

From old Wikipedia article:

Longhorn's most distinguishing characteristic is usually her horn-shaped pigtails (some variants have up to four pigtails). Silver or white hair appears to be the most frequent, although light blue and black are also seen. A common costume design was a white and red sailor fuku and stockings. Since the release of more details about Vista's interface, her look has changed slightly. A black maid's outfit is now emerging in popularity (which matches the new default Vista color scheme), as well as a circular Windows logo hair clip, identical to the new Start Menu button in Vista. No word yet on whether breast size or appetite will increase dramatically with Vista, to reflect the increased system requirements compared to previous Windows operating systems.

Sample Depictions

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Windows 7

Name: Windows 7-tan
aka:  "Windows Blackcomb", "Vienna"
Debut: 10/22/2009
Height: cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: ?
Hair: ?
Blood Type: 64

Quick Facts:

- Information is either unavailable or classified at this time.

Sample Depiction:

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[C-One]

The House of Mac

Macintosh

Name: Mac-tan
aka: Mac OS-tan, Generic Mac, Classic Mac, Mac OSX
Debut:  unconfirmed
Height: 164cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Blue-Green
Hair: Blonde
Blood Type:  16/32/64

Quick Facts:

-Originally a catch-all for the classic Macs, she now represents ALL Macs including OSX. 
-Is normally non-chalant and short-tempered, slipping into fits of rage and insanity when angered.
-Dons a platinum white body suit, boots and gloves.
-Keeps her long hair loose, usually decorated with an apple atop her head.
-Is grand master of the Macintosh art of bomb-wielding.
-Helps police the OSX-kuns, but argues consistently with the OSX girls over her "OSX" status.
-Locked in backhanded power struggle with OSX Tiger-tan.
-Is most comfortable around OS9-tan and OS8-tan.
-Loathes Windows 95-tan.
-Can butter up if given the appreciation she feels she deserves.

From old Wikipedia article:

Mac OS is the commonly known MacOS girl during the early times of the OS-tan creation. Being short-tempered, she is mostly known for being into insane rages when angered. She wears a "platinum white" bodysuit. She usually carries a large apple on her head, or a bomb from the standard Macintosh error dialog. She always uses those bombs against the Windows girls. Knowing that she always had a bitter rivalvry against 95-tan, their rivalry is based on true to life situation about the same year Apple System 7.5 and Windows 95 were released.

She is also seen to use her bombs on other characters like Toshiaki in a 4koma and also whenever the OSX-kuns do something perverted against her and OS9. In fact, she is also once known as OS9 in Futaba long ago until after that time, the girl "Sonata teacher" have came from a standard wallpaper for OS 9. Some artist also reffered her as "OSX" although there is a dispute due to MacOSX are used to have the Apple "wild cat" naming tradition.

Even though she is short-tempered and always seen irritated on other OS-tans, she becomes friendly whenever she is given appreciation.

Sample Depictions:

http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/thumbnails.php?album=7&page=1
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Mac OS1

Name: Mac OS1-tan
aka:  "System 1"
Debut: 1/24/1984
Height: 125 cm [4'1"]
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Silver
Hair: Black
Blood Type: 16

Quick Facts:

-Is feisty, bold, charismatic straightforward and wants to be a leader, but is childish and has a one-track mind.
-Is scatterbrained and speaks primarily in newspeak (despite the irony of being an aggressive non-conformist in her youth) because it's easier for her.
-Is stronger than she looks and wields a hammer as her weapon of choice.
-Still regards herself as a vigilante fighting against tyranny, even though her glory days are long behind her.
-Had a rough upbringing before her public debut in 1984, having been forced by Lisa to be her servant.
-Was happy to become independent and speak out against Lisa, but now feels sorry for her.
-Means well and strives to be a mother figure to all the Mac-tans, though nearly all of them treat her as a little sister figure who needs to be cared for.
-Considered GEM a rival and major threat back in '85 and took action against her, but has long since regretted it.
-Has reconciled with GEM recently and the two became friends, but still has long-standing rivalries with PCDOS and Sinclair QL. Is also friends with QDOS.

Known Depiction:
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Mac OS2

Name: Mac OS2-tan
aka:  "System 2", "Ahiru-chan"
Debut: Apr 1985
Height: 127 cm [4'2"]
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Silver
Hair: Black
Blood Type: 16

Quick Facts:
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Mac OS3

Name: Mac OS3-tan
aka:  "System 3"
Debut: 1/16/1986
Height: 130 cm [4'3"]
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Silver
Hair: Black, w/ multicolored streaks
Blood Type: 16

Quick Facts:
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Mac OS4

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Name: Mac OS4-tan
aka:  "System 4", "MacOS4"
Debut: 3/2/1987
Height: 132 cm [4'4"]
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Silver
Hair: Black
Blood Type: 16

Quick Facts:
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Mac OS5

Name: Mac OS5-tan
aka:  "System 5", "The Fictitious MacOS", "The Phantom of the Macintosh"
Debut: unknown
Height: 163 cm [5'4"]
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: silver

, pink

Hair: Dark Purple
Blood Type: unknown

Quick Facts:
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Mac OS6

Name: Mac OS6-tan
aka:  "System 6", "Antares", "Big Deal", "Six Pack", "Terminator"
Debut:  4/30/1988
Height: 185 cm [6'1"]
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Silver

, red

Hair: Dark blue-grey
Blood Type: 16

Quick Facts:
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Mac OS7

Name: Mac OS7-tan
aka:  "System 7", "Blues", "Capone"
Debut: 5/13/1991
Height: 170 cm [5'7"]
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Green
Hair: Dark Blue
Blood Type: 32
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Known Depictions:
95-tan vs. Systen 7-tan: "Cruel Mercy"
C-Chan's rendition
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Mac OS8

Name: Mac OS8-tan
aka:  "Veronica", "Tempo"
Debut: 7/26/1997
Height: 148 cm [4'10"]
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Bondi Blue
Hair: Blonde
Blood Type: 32

Quick Facts:
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From old Wikipedia article:

Mac OS 8 is a character occasionally seen at Futaba Channel. Her hat's colors are based on the rainbow Apple logo of the classic Macintosh. She is rarely seen, and pictures of her are only available at an old archive specializing in the Mac OS girls.

Known Depictions:

Toddler version
Another toddler version
Gallery with line-art renditions from various artists
C-chan's wiki avi scrapart. [Adolescent version][/list]
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Mac OS9

Name: Mac OS9-tan
aka: Sonata, "Sonata Sensei", "9ne-san"
Debut:  10/23/1999
Height: 160cm [5'3"]
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Blue
Hair: Blonde
Blood Type:  32

Quick Facts:

-Holds title as the most commonly-known and revered Mac OS-tan.
-Has sweet, well-mannered and classy disposition, but is occasionally prone to fits of violence and perversion.
-Dons a white dress with a Mac face logo motif on the skirt, and white "dockbar" sleeves and boots.
-Keeps hair short, decorated by giant "9' hairclips and a long cowlick streaked across her face.
-Loves to paint and judge artwork in general, but also has a less-than-subtle appreciation for nude modeling.
-Is virtually worshipped by the OSX-kuns.
-Is relatively civil with the Windows-tans compared to the average Mac-tan, and has been seen hanging around the most with ME-tan and XP-tan.
-Is somehow the universal "big sister" to the OSX-tans and even to some of the older classic Mac-tans.
-Enjoys Mac-tan's company the most, since they've been together the longest.
-Enjoys OS9.2-tan's company the least for some reason.

From old Wikipedia article:

Mac OS 9 is currently the most common and adored MacOS girl. Japanese artists frequently refer to her as "Sonata sensei". She wears a white dress with the Mac face logo on the skirt with a slit up the front that follows the nose/profile line. Unlike MacOS-tan, she is always seen as cheerful, modest and responsible like 2k-tan. Knowing that she is the only maid in the Mac group. She is always responsible for taking care of the OSX girls. Her main hobby is art (mostly painting).

Also unlike MacOS-tan, she had a good relations with the other OS-tans like Windows girls. She is mostly seen hanging out with ME-tan, and like XP-tan, she would oftenly be seen in ecchi situations in the Mac 4koma.

Sample Depictions:
http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/thumbnails.php?album=7&page=1
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Mac OS9.2

Name: Mac OS9.2-tan
aka: Moonlight
Debut:  7/1/2001
Height: 166cm [~5'5"]
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Blue
Hair: Blonde
Blood Type:  32

Quick Facts:

-Is considered the Apple-equivalent of Windows XP Pro-tan in both appearance and disposition (minus the gluttony).
-Is exeptionally sweet and mild-mannered, but not particularly outgoing and is hardly known outside of tight circles.
-Dons a white and lilac sailor school uniform (a la XP-tan), a rainbow apple lapel, and white "dockbar" sleeves
and boots.
-Keeps long blond hair loose (again, a la XP-tan), decorated only by two blue apple-shaped "9.2" hairclips.
-Has larger-than-average breats for a Mac-tan of her era, due in part to her higher hardware requirements (again, not unlike XP-tan).
-Is friendly with the Windows-tans, particularly 98-tan.
-Enjoys the company of the0 OSX-tans the most, but seems locked in some silent competition with OS9-tan for some reason.

Known Depictions:

http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/albums/userpics/10570/1149619393655.jpg
http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?album=7&pos=38
http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/albums/userpics/10570/1153840461586.jpg
http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/albums/userpics/10570/1143651316421.jpg
C-Chan's Mac OS9.2 & Windows XP Holiday Card[/list]

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Mac OSX Server

Name: Mac OSX Server-tan
aka:  "Rhapsody"
Debut: circa 1999
Height: 178 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Blue
Hair: Blonde
Blood Type: 32

Quick Facts:
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Mac OSX 10.0 "Cheetah"

Name: Mac OSX 10.0-tan
aka:  "Cheetah"
Debut: 3/24/2001
Height: 180 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Red
Hair: Lilac
Blood Type: 32

From old Wikipedia article:

The Mac OS X girl is often portrayed as cat-eared, following with the Apple "wild cat" naming tradition. (Every Mac OS X release has a codename like "Jaguar", "Panther", "Tiger" and so on.) Otherwise, she is shown as an older variation of the Mac OS 9 girl, wearing a platinum white coat and a wireless AirPort device fashioned as a hat. She is occasionally shown holding a publication of some sort, as Macs are often used for desktop publishing.

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Mac OSX 10.1 "Puma"

Name: Mac OSX 10.1-tan
aka:  "Puma"
Debut: 9/25/2001
Height: 145 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Light green
Hair: Blue
Blood Type: 32

From old Wikipedia article:

The Mac OS X girl is often portrayed as cat-eared, following with the Apple "wild cat" naming tradition. (Every Mac OS X release has a codename like "Jaguar", "Panther", "Tiger" and so on.) Otherwise, she is shown as an older variation of the Mac OS 9 girl, wearing a platinum white coat and a wireless AirPort device fashioned as a hat. She is occasionally shown holding a publication of some sort, as Macs are often used for desktop publishing.

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Mac OSX 10.2 "Jaguar"

Name: Mac OSX 10.2-tan
aka:  "Jaguar"
Debut: 8/24/2002
Height: 167 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Blue
Hair: Red
Blood Type: 32

From old Wikipedia article:

The Mac OS X girl is often portrayed as cat-eared, following with the Apple "wild cat" naming tradition. (Every Mac OS X release has a codename like "Jaguar", "Panther", "Tiger" and so on.) Otherwise, she is shown as an older variation of the Mac OS 9 girl, wearing a platinum white coat and a wireless AirPort device fashioned as a hat. She is occasionally shown holding a publication of some sort, as Macs are often used for desktop publishing.

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Mac OSX 10.3 "Panther"

Name: Mac OSX 10.3-tan
aka: "Panther"
Debut: 10/24/2003
Height: 175 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Orange
Hair: Dark Blue
Blood Type: 32

From old Wikipedia article:

The Mac OS X girl is often portrayed as cat-eared, following with the Apple "wild cat" naming tradition. (Every Mac OS X release has a codename like "Jaguar", "Panther", "Tiger" and so on.) Otherwise, she is shown as an older variation of the Mac OS 9 girl, wearing a platinum white coat and a wireless AirPort device fashioned as a hat. She is occasionally shown holding a publication of some sort, as Macs are often used for desktop publishing.

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Mac OSX 10.4 "Tiger"

Name: Mac OSX 10.4-tan
aka:  "Tiger"
Debut: 4/29/2005
Height: 166 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Blue
Hair: Blonde
Blood Type: 32

From old Wikipedia article:

The Mac OS X girl is often portrayed as cat-eared, following with the Apple "wild cat" naming tradition. (Every Mac OS X release has a codename like "Jaguar", "Panther", "Tiger" and so on.) Otherwise, she is shown as an older variation of the Mac OS 9 girl, wearing a platinum white coat and a wireless AirPort device fashioned as a hat. She is occasionally shown holding a publication of some sort, as Macs are often used for desktop publishing.

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Mac OSX 10.5 "Leopard"

Name: Mac OSX 10.5-tan
aka:  "Leopard"
Debut: 10/26/2007
Height: cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Varies
Hair: Varies
Blood Type: 32/64

Quick Facts:

- Time travels using her Time Machine pocket watch.
- Wears hair in a ponytail tied by a small black "X-shaped" bow.
- Wears a teal-uniform, with futuristic boots and gloves that presumably facilitate the time-travelling process.
- Has had extensive boot camp training, and promises to be the "worldliest" of all the Mac-tans to date.
- Possesses not only the sharpness and intelligence of a Unix-like OS-tan, but also a keen design sense.
- Known additional information is available at this time.

From old Wikipedia article:

The Mac OS X girl is often portrayed as cat-eared, following with the Apple "wild cat" naming tradition. (Every Mac OS X release has a codename like "Jaguar", "Panther", "Tiger" and so on.) Otherwise, she is shown as an older variation of the Mac OS 9 girl, wearing a platinum white coat and a wireless AirPort device fashioned as a hat. She is occasionally shown holding a publication of some sort, as Macs are often used for desktop publishing.

Known Depictions:

"Running OS-tan" Rendition [3rd from the left]
C-chan's Chibi Rendition [combination of Aurora's and "Running OS-tan" versions]
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Mac OSX 10.6 "Snow Leopard"

Name: Mac OSX 10.6
aka: "Snow Leopard"
Debut: 8/26/2009
Height: 163 cm
Weight: 52 kg
Eye Color: Light Blue
Hair: Light Blue
Note: in various OSC storylines, Snow Leopard-tan is considered to be a more mature version Mac OSX 10.5 Leopard-tan. She exists in the present and alongside Leopard-tan, however, due to her unique ability to traverse the spacetime contiuum.

Quick Facts:

-More serene and mature-acting than her “predecessor” Leopard-tan.
-Has largely relinquished her time machine, but is known to do a bit of traveling on occasion.
-Knows just as much (or more) now about the backgrounds of various OS-tans, but seems at peace with this information and chooses to keep what's past past.
-Dresses in light, feminine-looking clothing with a touch of the futuristic.
-Has white snow leopard ears and a tail and long, wavy hair.
-Affable toward the Windows-tans.
-Considers herself a part of the Unix family.

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[C-Chan]

The Binteji Renmei 

Amiga

Known Depictions
C-chan's Picture #1
C-chan's Post-Concept Chibi Rendition
C-chan's Wiki Avatar Scrap Art
C-chan's C64 & Amiga "Sisterly Love" Portraiture
C-chan's C64 & Amiga "Sisterly Love" Portraiture Version 2
C-chan's Windows ME and Amiga in Gala Dress Rendition [SKETCH]

C-chan's Old Description:

Name: AmigaOS-tan
Nationality: Commodore/Escom/Gateway/Amiga Inc
DOB: 1985
Height: 182 cm
Weight: 73 kg
Eye Color: Prism
Hair: Orange
Blood Type: 16
Current Affiliation: Binteji Renmei
Relatives:  Commodore PET/VIC-20/64/128 (half-sisters), TripOS (mother), Amix (apprentice [deceased]), MorphOS (unknown [clone?]), AROS (daughter [adopted])
Likes: Everyone!! (or just relationships in general), art, vintage games, video recording, voice impersonations, vintage hardware, charity
Dislikes: Meditation of any kind

The cofounder and leader of the Binteji Renmei ("Vintage Federation"), Amiga-tan is best suited to head this non-profit organization dedicated to assisting vintage and abandoned OS-tans.  Standing taller and prouder than any other member -tan, she continuously exudes confidence and dynamism that inspires work to get done and potential to be tapped.  Yet she remains charismatically friendly, selfless in her drive to help others and honest to a fault.  Her exceptional creativity often borders on a tacit genius, be it in her uncanny ability to produce breathtaking drawings (without modern tools) or in her ability to successfully counsel member -tans with troubled pasts (equipped with nothing but a protective maternalism).

Amiga-tan is often trusting to the point of naivity, however.  While she's matured considerably over the years, this used to cost her much contention (almost her life) in her youth.  For this reason, while she does not officially have (or believe in) enemies, there are still OS-tans she would prefer to avoid if possible (such as 95-tan).  Even so, she's never unwilling to engage anyone (or anything) in friendly conversation, regardless of the outcome to her (though perfectly considerate of any risks posed to her friends).

Also, while she clearly "towered" over the competition in the past, this too posed its own set of problems.  Prospective users were quick to ogle at her physical appearance, but were too intimidated to get to know her beyond that.  Users kind enough to accept her, however, were also inconvenienced with the necessity of finding custom-fitting "clothes" for her.  Regardless, she has a small but loyal community that continues to love her and support her modern-day efforts.  She in turn loves them more, almost as much as she does each and every member -- big or small, fast or slow, competent or 'special' -- of the Binteji Renmei.

From old Wikipedia article:

Another rare character depicting the old Amiga operating system as a casually dressed artist with rainbow eyes, plaid shirt, and artist supplies.

She was not the creation of Futaba Channel or Nijiura, but that of OS-Tan Collections, creator of several other new OS-Tans.

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AcornMOS

Name: Acorn MOS
aka: "BBC Micro"
Debut: 1981
Height: 131 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Dark Green
Hair: Brown
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AMSDOS

Name: AMSDOS-tan
aka: "Amstrad CPC"
Debut: circa 1984
Height: 138 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Blue
Hair: Blonde w/ black streaks

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Apple II

Name: Apple II
aka: "II-chan"
Debut: 6/5/1977
Height: 128 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Red
Hair: Blonde

Known Depictions
C-Chan's Preconcept Chibi Rendition [full version]
NewYinzer's Jack of Diamonds Card Rendition[/list]
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Apple Lisa

Name: Apple Lisa
aka:
Debut: 1/19/1983
Height: 160 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Silver
Hair: Blonde

Known Depictions
C-Chan's Preconcept Chibi Rendition [full version][/list]
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ArthurOS

Name: Arthur OS-kun
aka:
Debut: circa 1987
Height: 174 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Varies
Hair: Blond

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AtariDOS

Name: Atari DOS
aka: "Atari 8-bit"
Debut: 1979
Height: 125 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Yellow
Hair: Blonde

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AtariTOS

Name: Atari TOS
aka: "Atari ST"
Debut: Jan 1985
Height: 161 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Teal
Hair: Light Blue
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Coleco Adam

Name: Coleco Adam
aka: "Adam"
Debut: 1983
Height: 142 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Dark Red
Hair: Orange
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Commodore PET

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Name: Commodore PET
aka: "PET-2001", "CBM-3000", "CBM-4000"
Debut: Dec 1977
Height: 123 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: 
Hair:

Known Depictions
C-Chan's Preconcept Chibi Rendition [full version][/list]
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Commodore 64

Name: Commodore 64
aka: "C64", "C=64", "PANchan"
Debut: Aug 1982
Height: 157 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Lilac
Hair: Indigo

Known Depictions
C-Chan's Preconcept Chibi Rendition [full version]
C-chan's C64 & Amiga "Sisterly Love" Portraiture
C-chan's C64 & Amiga "Sisterly Love" Portraiture Version 2[/list]
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Commodore Plus/4

Name: Commodore Plus/4*
aka: "C264", "Minus/60"
Debut: 1984
Height: 164 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Dark Blue
Hair: Light Blue
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DTSS

Name: EXEC*
aka: "UNIVAC series"
Debut:  1951**
Height: 163 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Red
Hair: Indigo

Note 1: Represents the EXEC series and all the UNIVAC computers
Note 2: EXEC debuted in 1962, and the UNIVAC series debuted in 1951. Both systems are combined for storyline purposes.
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GEOS

Name: GEOS
aka: "GeoWorks"
Debut: 1986
Height: 150 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Light Blue
Hair: Blue
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GEM OS

Name: GEM OS
aka: "FreeGEM", "OpenGEM", "Crystal"
Debut: 2/28/1985
Height: 144 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Light Blue
Hair: Light Blue
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GENIAC

Name: GENIAC
aka: "Genius Almost-Automatic Computer", "Tyniac", "Weeniac", "Brainiac"
Debut: 1955
Height: 100 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Orange
Hair: Brown
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GS/OS

Name: GS/OS
aka: "Apple //GS", "Rambo", "Phoenix"
Debut: circa 1986
Height: 175 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Blue
Hair: Brown

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JOHNNIAC

Data Pending

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MITS Altair 8800

Name: MITS Altair 8800
aka: "Altair"
Debut: Jan 1975
Height: 137 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Red
Hair: White

Quick Facts:
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Multics

Name: Multics
aka: "Multiplexed Information and Computing Service"
Debut: born ~1965, debuted 1969
Height: 176 cm
Weight: 61 kg
Eye Color: Blue
Hair: Dark Purple
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ORIC

Data Pending

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OS/8

Name: OS/8
aka: OS/12, MS/8, PS/8
Debut: 1971
Height: 168 cm
Weight: 54 kg
Eye Color: Green
Hair: Black
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PDP-1

Name: PDP-1
aka: "Programmable Data Processor-1"
Debut: early 1959
Height: 122 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Blue
Hair: Blonde

note: Also represents PDP-1's OS, THOR
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PilotOS

Name: Pilot OS
aka: "Xerox Star"
Debut: 1981
Height: 148 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Red
Hair: Blonde
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RT-11

Name: RT-11
aka:
Debut:  1973
Height: 152 cm
Weight: 48 kg
Eye Color: Blue
Hair: Red
[/list]

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Sinclair QL

Name: Sinclair QL
aka: "Sinclair QDOS"
Debut: 1/12/1984
Height: 166 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Teal 
Hair: Blonde
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SMIL

Data Pending

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TOPS-10

Name: TOPS-10
aka: PDP-6 / PDP-10 Monitor Software, Timesharing / Total Operating System
Debut: 1964
Height: 170 cm [5'7']'
Weight: 63kg
Eye Color: purple
Hair: lavender
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Windows 1.0
Name: Windows 1.0
aka:
Debut: 11/20/1985
Height: 161 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Green
Hair: Green
[/list]

Known Depictions
C-Chan's Preconcept Chibi Rendition [full version]
Unknown Artist's Rendition[/list]
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Windows 2.0

Name: Windows 2.0
aka:
Debut: 11/1/1987
Height: 127 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Blue
Hair: Black

Known Depictions
C-Chan's Preconcept Chibi Rendition [full version][/list]
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Yggdrasil Linux

Name: Yggdrasil Linux
aka:
Debut: 1992
Height: 172 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Red
Hair: Blonde
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ZX Spectrum

Known Depictions
C-Chan's Preconcept Chibi Rendition [full version]
NewYinzer's King-of-Spades Card Rendition

C-chan's Description:

Name: ZX Spectrum-tan
Nationality:  Sinclair
DOB:  1982
Height:  155 cm
Weight:  xx kg
Eye Color:  Blue-Green
Hair:  Blonde
Blood Type:  8
Current Affiliation:  Binteji Renmei
Known Siblings:  Sinclair QL (and lots of bootlegs)
Likes:  Books, audio cassettes, black-and-white films, exotic apparel.
Dislikes:  R Tape loading errors

One of the earliest members of the Binteji Renmei ("Vintage Federation"), ZX Spectrum-tan retired with the comfort of knowing  that she was the starting point for many talented programmers around the world.  She is sweet and mild-mannered, but playful enough to be approachable and frugal enough to care for your wallet.  Despite her demure appearance, she's actually quite adventurous, and doesn't shy from meeting new people, trying new things and traveling to any imaginable country.  Her worldly knowledge, coupled with her studiousness and prior experience as an educational aid, makes her well-suited for her position as primary teacher at the Binteji Renmei.

She has few personality quirks, but she's not as physicially capable as many of the other member -tans of her generation and tends to be quite poor at sports or high-performance games.  She has some technical talent, but mainly narrowed to her particular hobbies (e.g, musical composition, code-breaking, etc).  Additionally, while she's not color-blind, she could easily fool anyone as she has a strange fascination for color-clashing (and/or style-clashing) her clothing.  It takes seconds to befriend her as a person, but weeks to get used to her as a "fashion disaster".

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C-One

Concept art only.[/list]
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[C-One]

The Anti$oft Coalition

OS/2 Warp

Name: OS/2-tan
aka: "OS/2 Warp"
Debut:  Apr 1987
Height: 171cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Blue
Hair: Blue with white streaks

Quick Facts:

-Was born into the ill-fated Microsoft-IBM family.
-Lived a sheltered but happy childhood in the company of the early Windows-tans, MS DOS and PC DOS and Xenix.
-Was also trained rather rigorously in preparation for her future duty as the flagship OS of MS and IBM.
-Took the breakup of her family and subsequent separation from her sisters very badly.
-She fell into the custody of IBM; while she was trained in advanced fighting skills, these would be no match for the broad and aggressive marketing of the Windows-tans.
-Blames Windows NT and 95 (her sister and step-sister respectively) for the breakup of the family; as such, she harbours a vendetta toward them.
-While outwardly vengeful toward the Windows-tans, she really just wanted her family and old life back.
-Was generally nice, but arrogant, as a child; her attitude has since morphed into one of bitterness, hostility and a touch of insanity.
-A fan of Star Trek.
-Dressed in business-like clothing during her youth, but now dons a Starfleet uniform (complete with phaser).
-Multitasks using prehensile hair.
-Leader of the Anti$oft Coalition, a ragtag resistance movement.

Known depictions:
C-chan's Preconcept Chibi Renditon [full version]
SleepyD's Rendition [in progress]
Darknight_88's Rendition [in progress]
NewYinzer's 4-of-Spades Card Rendition
Darknight_88's Rendition [FINAL]
C-chan's eComStation "Doll-Making" Portraiture
SleepyD's OS/2 fighting Binary Men Rendition
Bella's "OS-tan Sketchbook 4"
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QNX

Name: QNX-tan
aka: "QNX Neutrino"
Debut:  circa 1982
Height: 168 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Yellow 
Hair: Cyan

Quick Facts:

-Cheerful, polite and non-chalant; difficult to scare and does not easily show anger or sadness, and is cordial to everyone.
-Regarded as one of the most stable OS-tans ever, yet is still quirky, such as her only counting in even numbers. (latest QNX is v.6.4, there is no v. 3 or 5)
-First profession was as a teacher and was affiliated with Unisys in the 80's (ran on the Unisys Icon computer), but wasn't very successful.
-Was drafted into the Unix Wars of the 90's to serve as a medic. Had for a long time hated the Unices, except for the defectors who she admired.
-Got her current job as a mechanic after the wars, and especially likes working with cars and other large machines.
-Excels at engineering, chemistry and nuclear physics, but is terrible at domestic tasks.
-Is rivals with OS-9 and ROMDOS.
-Holds herself up to very high standards in her day jobs and can't tolerate failure in them, but being with the A$C allows her to have time to relax, even in their latest misadventures!
-Has recently started using some Open Source technology.
-Keeps her hair tied up and decorated with a gold QNX pin and Neutrino logo, dresses professionally and usually wears a lab coat and tie with her outfits.

Known depictions:
C-chan's eComStation "Doll-Making" Portraiture
Bella's "OS-tan Sketchbook 4"
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RISC OS

Name: RISC OS-tan
aka:
Debut:  circa 1988
Height: ??cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Green
Hair: Blonde

Known depictions:
C-chan's Preconcept Chibi Renditon [full version]
C-chan's eComStation "Doll-Making" Portraiture
Bella's "OS-tan Sketchbook 4"
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TRSDOS

Name: TRS-DOS-tan
aka: "TRS-80", "Tandy-chan"
Debut:  8/3/1977
Height: ?? cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Light Blue
Hair: Grey

Known depictions:
C-chan's eComStation "Doll-Making" Portraiture
Bella's "OS-tan Sketchbook 4"
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eComstation

Name: eComStation-tan
aka: eCS
Debut:  circa 2001
Height: ?? cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Blue
Hair: Blue

Known depictions:
C-chan's eComStation "Doll-Making" Portraiture
Bella's "OS-tan Sketchbook 4"
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Visi On

Name: Visi On-tan
aka:
Debut:  circa 1983
Height: 163 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Blue
Hair: White with black streaks
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[C-Chan]

The Linux/Unix Consortium

Unix

Name: Bell Labs Unix
aka: "UNIX", "Unics"
Debut: 1969
Height: 153 cm
Weight: 40 kg
Eye Color: Blue
Hair: Dark Purple

Quick Facts:

-Created at Bell Labs, Unix is the “biological daughter” of Multics.
-Practised what many consider an early version of open sorcery.
-Initiated a ruthless takeover of the mainframe and minicomputer (and later workstation) markets.
-The ultimate ancestor of all Unices --genetically, in the case of true Unices; conceptually, for Unix-likes--.
-Considered difficult, manipulative, even monstrous by some, Unix does have an agreeable side which only her friends and sympathizers are aware of.
-Wears plain, conservative and monotone clothing, boots and horn-rimmed glasses and carries an aluminum staff.
-Physically ageless, she's appeared to be in the mid-teens for nearly 40 years.
-Has owl ears.
-Has ridden a wheelchair since the early 1990s. (near the end of the Unix Wars)

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Linux

Name: Linux-tan
aka: "GNU/Linux"
Debut:  circa 1991
Height: 168 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Purple
Hair: Purple

--note: Used to be depicted with black hair and red eyes, but now more commonly purple-haired and purple-eyed.--

Quick Facts:

-The most successful Open Sourcer and Unix-like.
-Born in Finland in 1991, was turned over to Minix-sensei for tutoring at a young age.
-Effectively homeless, she traveled extensively throughout her youth; an experience that shaped her personality and worldview.
-Avoided the Unix Wars during her youth, allowing her to develop free of the conflict's damaging influences.
-Was powerless until her involvement with the GNU project, where she learned most of her sorcery and strategic skills.
-Her source code was made freely available, allowing her better health and many children to be created from her “genes”.
-An alliance with Apache-tan boosted her influence and made her a viable threat to the Unix dynasty.
-Initially considered harmless, her increasing power, following and growing family made her the target of suspicion and attack by mainstream Unixes.
-Since the mid 1990s has worked with Unix-sama to secure the mutual success and survival of their families.
-While best friends with Unix-sama, her relationship with most of the Unix-tans continues to be uneasy at best.
-Considered a possible heir to the Unix throne.
-Pragmatic, optimistic and idealistic, but perhaps a bit too blunt and verbose.
-Originally wielded a spear and wore a helmet, now carries a halberd and uses advanced cyber-armour.
-Prefers hand-to-hand combat in battle, instead using her sorcery in more constructive pursuits.
-Physically an older teen, athletic with long hime-cut hair. Wears white tights, a short skirt, a “compiz” cape, navy blue jacket with gold accents and similarly coloured boots.

From old Wikipedia article:

Originally seen as a bearded penguin (a reference to Tux, the penguin mascot of the kernel program Linux), the more friendly image of a girl with helmet and flippers was chosen as a human alternative. Her helmet usually has horns on it, likely a reference to the GNU operating system whose components usually combine the system programs in Linux systems (hence "GNU/Linux"). The "gear-teeth" on the helmet is a reference to KDE, a common desktop environment used with GNU/Linux. Also, the foot symbol on her shirt is a reference to GNOME, another common desktop environment. She is often seen with a spear that has flags attached representing the GRUB, LILO and GCC tools for GNU/Linux. The helmet and spear most likely reference the high level of attention to security (defensive helmet) and hacking (offensive spear) found in Linux applications.

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Minix

Data Pending

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AIX

Known Depiction:
Bella's "OS-tan Sketchbook 5"
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Arch Linux

From old Wikipedia article:

As there are numerous distributions of Linux, it makes sense to have a different OS-Tan for each one (or at least the popular ones).

An artist who goes by the name of juzo-kun has gone that extra step and developed a different girl for each of the 10 most popular distributions. There's one for Arch, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Knoppix, Mandriva, Red Hat, Slackware, Suse, and Ubuntu.

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Bluecat Linux

Data Pending

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BSD

Data Pending

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CRUX

Data Pending

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Debian

From old Wikipedia article:

As there are numerous distributions of Linux, it makes sense to have a different OS-Tan for each one (or at least the popular ones).

An artist who goes by the name of juzo-kun has gone that extra step and developed a different girl for each of the 10 most popular distributions. There's one for Arch, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Knoppix, Mandriva, Red Hat, Slackware, Suse, and Ubuntu.

Known Depiction:
Juzo-kun's rendition
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EnGarde Secure Linux

Data Pending

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Fedora Core

From old Wikipedia article:

As there are numerous distributions of Linux, it makes sense to have a different OS-Tan for each one (or at least the popular ones).

An artist who goes by the name of juzo-kun has gone that extra step and developed a different girl for each of the 10 most popular distributions. There's one for Arch, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Knoppix, Mandriva, Red Hat, Slackware, Suse, and Ubuntu.

Known Depictions:
+Nijiura+ design
Juzo-kun's rendition
infinity_zero's Fedora-tan minis
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Freespire

Known Depiction:
Freespire-tan and Linspire-tan
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Gentoo

From old Wikipedia article:

As there are numerous distributions of Linux, it makes sense to have a different OS-Tan for each one (or at least the popular ones).

An artist who goes by the name of juzo-kun has gone that extra step and developed a different girl for each of the 10 most popular distributions. There's one for Arch, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Knoppix, Mandriva, Red Hat, Slackware, Suse, and Ubuntu.

Known Depictions:
Juzo-kun's rendition
Bella's rendition

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GNU/HURD

Name: GNU/HURD
aka:
Debut: 1990
Height: ?? cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Yellow
Hair: Purple

Known Depiction:
Kami-Tux's rendition
Bella's "OS-tan Sketchbook 5"
Thurosis' rendition in black
Thurosis' rendition in violet
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HP-UX

Data Pending

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ILLIAC

Name: ILLIAC
aka: Illinois Automatic Computer
Debut: 1952
Height: 158 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Blue
Hair: Red-orange

Known Depiction:
Concept sketch "IAS-tans part 1"
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IRIX

Known Depiction:
Bella's "OS-tan Sketchbook 5"
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Knoppix

From old Wikipedia article:

As there are numerous distributions of Linux, it makes sense to have a different OS-Tan for each one (or at least the popular ones).

An artist who goes by the name of juzo-kun has gone that extra step and developed a different girl for each of the 10 most popular distributions. There's one for Arch, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Knoppix, Mandriva, Red Hat, Slackware, Suse, and Ubuntu.

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Linspire

Sample Depictions:
Freespire-tan and Linspire-tan
http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/thumbnails.php?album=6
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Linux XP

Name: Linux XP-tan
aka:
debut: circa 2005
height: unknown
weight: ?? kg
eye color: varies
hair: varies
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Mandriva

From old Wikipedia article:

As there are numerous distributions of Linux, it makes sense to have a different OS-Tan for each one (or at least the popular ones).

An artist who goes by the name of juzo-kun has gone that extra step and developed a different girl for each of the 10 most popular distributions. There's one for Arch, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Knoppix, Mandriva, Red Hat, Slackware, Suse, and Ubuntu.

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MKLinux

Data Pending

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Nexenta

Data Pending

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NimbleX

Data Pending

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PC Linux OS

Data Pending

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Puppy Linux

Name: Puppy Linux
aka: Puppy, Pup-chan
Debut: 2005
Height: 145 cm
Weight: 39 kg
Eye Color: brown
Hair: blonde
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Red Flag Linux

Known Depiction:
Kami-Tux's rendition
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Red Hat Linux

Name: Red Hat Linux
aka: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Debut: 1994 (original), 2003 (Red Hat Enterprise)
Height: 164 cm
Weight: ??kg
Eye color: red
Hair: dark red w/ red streaks
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From old Wikipedia article:

As there are numerous distributions of Linux, it makes sense to have a different OS-Tan for each one (or at least the popular ones).

An artist who goes by the name of juzo-kun has gone that extra step and developed a different girl for each of the 10 most popular distributions. There's one for Arch, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Knoppix, Mandriva, Red Hat, Slackware, Suse, and Ubuntu.

Known Depictions:
+Nijiura+ Design
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SAM Linux

Data Pending

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SCO Unix

Name: SCO Unix
aka: OpenServer, OpenDesktop
Debut:  1989
Height: 163 cm
Weight: 56 kg
Eye Color: Blue
Hair: Blue
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Known Depiction:
Bella's "OS-tan Sketchbook 5"
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Slackware

Name: Slackware
aka: formerly known as "Softlanding Linux System", "SLS"
Debut: 1992 (as SLS), 1993 (as Slackware)
Height: 168 cm
Weight: 59 kg
Eye Color: Brown
Hair: Brown

Known Depictions:
"Linux-tans no Yuutsu" by Hakori-Sanchin
Juzo-kun's "Slackware II"
Juzo-kun's Slackware-tan wallpaper
Bella's "OS-tan Sketchbook 2"
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Solaris (fka, "SunOS")

Known Depictions:
Kami-Tux's rendition
Solaris-san's Adventures Through the Magnifying Glass by Bella
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Sorcerer Linux

Data Pending

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SUSE Linux

From old Wikipedia article:

As there are numerous distributions of Linux, it makes sense to have a different OS-Tan for each one (or at least the popular ones).

An artist who goes by the name of juzo-kun has gone that extra step and developed a different girl for each of the 10 most popular distributions. There's one for Arch, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Knoppix, Mandriva, Red Hat, Slackware, Suse, and Ubuntu.

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Ubuntu

From old Wikipedia article:

As there are numerous distributions of Linux, it makes sense to have a different OS-Tan for each one (or at least the popular ones).

An artist who goes by the name of juzo-kun has gone that extra step and developed a different girl for each of the 10 most popular distributions. There's one for Arch, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Knoppix, Mandriva, Red Hat, Slackware, Suse, and Ubuntu.

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UnixWare

Known Depiction:
Bella's "OS-tan Sketchbook 5"
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Xandros

Data Pending

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Yellow Dog

Data Pending

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Zenwalk

Data Pending

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Zeus Linux

Data Pending

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Bash

Data Pending

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[C-One]

The User Space Gang

Plan 9

Name: Plan 9 from Bell Labs
aka: "Plan 9"
Debut: 1993
Height: 160 cm [5'3"]
Weight: 51 kg
Eye Color: Grey
Hair: Light Grey

Quick Facts:

-Of all the Unix-tans, Plan 9 could be the most physically like Bell Labs Unix.
-Except for their shared obsession with simplicity and elegant solutions, she has little in common with her mother.
-This difference caused a rift between Unix-sama and Plan 9-tan, that eventually culminated with Plan 9 renouncing her position as heir to the Unix throne.
-A nonparticipant in the Unix Wars, she advocates the need for unification and peace between all Unix-tans.
-Has an extremely strange, but harmless, personality.
-Has trouble expressing herself clearly and talks awkwardly.
-Described as “alien” by her fellow OS-tans-- a label compounded by the fact that she, indeed, owns and pilots a flying saucer.
-A necromancer.
-Enjoys camp culture and B-horror movies, especially Ed Wood films.
-Has white bunny-ears and short light grey hair, typically dons an astronaut outfit or a low-cut “Vampira”-style dress and wears glasses.
-Has two daughters, Plan B and Inferno.

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DragonFlyBSD

Data Pending

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FreeBSD

Name: FreeBSD
aka: FreeB-chan
Debut: Nov 1993
Height: 172 cm [5'8"]
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Green
Hair: Light Red

Quick Facts:

-The de-facto leader of the User Space Gang, her larger-than-life demeanor overshadows Plan 9.
-Younger sister to NetBSD, and older sister to the other Open Source BSD-tans.
-Fun-loving, highly extroverted and ambitious, and loves to take the initiative with anything.
-Has long light red hair and wears a red minidress with long black boots and gloves.
-Carries a shapeshifting pitchfork-flail combo weapon.
-Laid-back and informal, to the point she's mistaken for a slacker, but is very intelligent.
-Was drafted into the Unix Wars, but deserted.
-Escaped arrest for desertion due to simple but clever tactics, met Plan 9, NetBSD and OpenBSD and the four of them co-founded the User Space Gang.
-Gets along very well with the Open Source Unix-tans plus A/UX (who is closed-source but shares their ideals) but speaks little about the rest of her family.
-Has an impressive appetite and can eat just about anything.
-Values freedom above all.

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Inferno

Data Pending

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Midnight BSD

Name: Midnight BSD
aka:
Debut: unknown
Height: 176 cm [~5'9.5"]
Weight: ??kg
Eye Color: Yellow
Hair: Black

Quick Facts:

-Is outspoken, has a sense of humor that can range from sophisticated to downright bawdy.
-Closest friends with OpenBSD-tan, the two love to exchange jokes and song parodies.
-Admires NeXTSTEP-tan and sees her as a role model (Midnight BSD's GUI looks much like NeXTSTEP's)
-Doesn't live with the rest of the User Space Gang, but affiliates with them.
-Wears her hair up in twin buns that resemble cat ears, tied with a red ribbon.
-Wears a light blue sleeveless kimono with a butterfly pattern and butterfly-shaped sash.

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NetBSD

Data Pending

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Octopus

Name: Octopus
aka: Octo-chan
Debut: unknown
Height: 169 cm [~5'6.5"]
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Dark Red
Hair: Orange

Quick Facts:

-Is Plan B's daughter/clone and Plan 9's granddaughter.
-Calm, focused on order and thinking outside the box.
-Has a gentle, playful demeanor.
-At times, she accidentally causes more chaos than she tried to stop.
-When created, she didn't turn out how Plan B expected, and at first saw Octopus as an abomination, but soon accepted her.
-Despite being Plan B's clone, she has a curious resemblance to Inferno.
-Is fire-resistant and has retractable tentacles. Her hair is even prehensile, but not very functional.
-Wears a white dress and boots with a tentacle theme to them.

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Olive BSD

Data Pending

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OpenBSD

Data Pending

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Plan B

Name: Plan B
aka:
Debut: unknown
Height: 160 cm [5'3"]
Weight: ??kg
Eye Color: Grey
Hair: White w/ purple tips

Quick Facts:

-One of Plan 9's daughters, actually a clone created by Plan 9 to assist in managing the User Space Gang.
-Sticks close to Plan 9 and writes down everything that she [Plan 9] says as notes to teach the young Inferno, even if it is embarrassing.
-Is very nonchalant to the point nothing appears to surprise her.
-Is incredibly resourceful and excels at improvising.
-Usually quiet, but known to be the deadpan snarker of the group.
-Has short, spiky white hair with purple tips, and perpetually droopy, dark grey eyes.
-Wears mini-dresses with long, fin-like sleeves.
-Taking after Plan 9-tan, she has created a clone of her own

[Octopus-tan].
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[C-Chan]

The DOSSE

DOS/V
Name: DOS/V-tan
aka:  DOS/VGA
Debut: circa 1990
Height: 128 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Pale Green
Hair: Grey


Quick Facts:

- Relative of PC-DOS/MS-DOS, with Japanese language support.
- Keeps hair long and loose.
- Dons black bodysuit with DOS insignia.
- Is more outgoing than MSDOS and less standoffish than PC-DOS, but still not a socialite.
- Is not much of a talker.
- Has memorized more Kanji than anyone can practically use in their lifetime.
- Loves to collect two pairs of everything.

From old Wikipedia article:

DOS/V is a variant of PC-DOS designed with Japanese language support. She is about the same size as MS-DOS but has long grey or grey-blue hair and a dark bodysuit. She is also a lot less shy.

Sample Depiction:
http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/albums/os-tans/DOS/dos04.jpg[/list]
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DR-DOS
Name: DR DOS-tan
aka: CP/M, Caldera OpenDOS, "Control Program for Microcomputers"
Debut: 1976
Height: 146 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Blue-green
Hair: Grey

Quick Facts:

-The mother of the x86 DOS-tans, and GEM's older sister.
-Works as a doctor for the vintage OS-tans for free, but extremely expensive to everyone else.
-Is hard-working yet laid-back pleasant, and motherly, but not adverse to using sadistic punishment either.
-Childhood friends with IMSAI 8080, who inspired her to great ambitious, at a cost...
-Used to be an aggressive workaholic who didn't often see her children, and outright scorned QDOS, MSDOS and PCDOS for several years.
-After she joined the Binteeji Renmei and DOSSE, she strived to atone for her past negligence towards her children and get to know them, especially towards QDOS, who she hurt the most.
-Helped her sister GEM recover from traumatic experiences.
-Had multiple name changes and had moved to multiple different companies, including Novell where she became a colleague of Netware and UnixWare.
-Tallest of the DOS-tans, has long grey hair in pigtails, and wears a stylized doctor's uniform with a nurse's hat.
-Wears hair clips alluding to her original name: CP/M.

Known Depiction:
C-Chan's Preconcept Chibi Rendition [full version][/list]
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FreeDOS

Known Depiction:
C-quel's Chibi Rendition
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PC-DOS

C-Chan's Preconcept Chibi Rendition [full version][/list]
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PTS-DOS
Name: PTS-DOS
aka:
Debut: 1993 
Height: 135 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Lilac
Hair: Light Blue

Quick Facts:

-Speaks entirely in Russian, but understands other languages too.
-Likes to be around others, even if she can't always reply to them.
-Taking advantage of language barriers, she likes to jokingly point out the obvious or speaks in non-sequiturs.
-Is a prankster with a mischievous streak.
-However, she usually keeps to herself.
-Is sharp, witty and knowledgeable in history, philosophy and the arts, but appears offish and apathetic to those that cannot understand her.
-Even though she can't communicate with most OS-tans (including her sisters), she cares a lot about her peers very much and gladly helps them.
-A master of reverse engineering, and can work wonders with technology that seems impossible to decipher and software that seem impossible to duplicate.
-Wears a traditional Russian school uniform and keeps her hair braided and decorated with floral hair clips.
-PCDOS considers her a close friend who she can talk about her problems to.

Known Depiction:
C-Chan's Preconcept Chibi Rendition [full version][/list]
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QDOS

Name:QDOS
aka:  86-DOS
Debut: circa 1980
Height: 92 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Grey
Hair: Dark green

Quick Facts:

-The oldest of DR-DOS's daughters, but is the smallest and seems the youngest.
-Has short green hair decorated with metal accessories, and has glasses that double as goggles.
-Wears a schoolgirl outfit with a tool belt.
-Was taken in by the Microsoft-IBM Family for a few days.
-MSDOS and PCDOS were cloned from her, and QDOS was abandoned after their creation.
-Survived in a junkyard for several years but is physically and mentally stunted.
-A miracle mechanic that can repair anything. The results aren't always smooth but get the job done.
-Cheerful and fearless, incapable of feeling hate towards anyone or anything.
-Has always been happy since reuniting with her family.

Known Depiction:
C-Chan's Preconcept Chibi Rendition [full version][/list]
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ROM-DOS

Name: ROM-DOS
aka:
Debut: 1989
Height: 117 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Purple 
Hair: Purple

Quick Facts:

-Is hot-headed, highly ambitious and determined.
-Has her hair tied in 5 ponytails, with functional metal hair clips she can attach small devices to.
-Wears a red+black streamlined school uniform, and a hi-tech monocle.
-Has the ability to control, manipulate and disable electronics.
-The most aggressive of the DOS-tans, she is willing and able to fight against aggressors head-on.
-Very competitive, is rivals with TRON, eCOS, OS-9 and QNX.
-Doesn't have a good track record against her rivals, nor is she good at planning ahead.
-Determined to make money by any means necessary, with the hopes of buying back QDOS's source code and treating her incompleteness.
-Gets along well with her sisters, especially QDOS, who she is very protective of.

Known Depiction:
C-quel's Chibi Rendition
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[C-One]

The Mainframe Guild

BESM

Name: BESM
Debut: ?
Height: 181 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Green
Hair: Black

Quick Facts:

-Outcast member of the IAS family. (Soviet computer, considering IAS Machine's political beliefs....)
-Unlike BESK, is multilingual, including English. (widely exported throughout Eastern Europe)
-Very arrogant and a braggert, insists she's always been and always will be better then her sisters. (Claimed to be better then US contemporaries of the 70's)
-Attempted to challenge CDC6600 & SCOPE for fastest computer in the world, but lost.
-As fond of jokes as IAS, often regales listeners with tales of her past works.
-Beloved by her users, friend to many European OS's.
-Not afraid to work hard at any number of tasks.
-Second tallest of the IAS-tans.
-Wears her hair in a bun, wears a grey overcoat with a striped sweater and casual slacks.
-Almost always smiling.

Known Depiction:
Concept sketch "IAS-tans part 1"
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CP/CMS

Data Pending

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Cray-1

Name: Cray-1-tan
aka:
Debut: 1976
Height: 213 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Silver
Hair: Light Blue

Known Depictions:
Early concept sketch
Cameo appearance in "Mainframe OS-tan concept sketches 2"
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IAS

Name: IAS-sama
aka: "Institute for Advanced Study Machine"
Debut:  1951
Height: 163 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Gold
Hair: Silver

Quick Facts:

-Mother of the large IAS machine family, proud of her children and their descendants. Except for BESM.
-Avowed enemy of her cousin, the Manchester Small-Scale Experimental machine.
-Has a poor sense of time and trouble keeping up with assignments, but proud of her advanced design and achievements.
-Speaks Hungarian and English, occasionally slipping between the two.
-Interested and knowledgeable in a wide range of scientific fields.
-Too fond of explosions for her daughter ILLIAC's taste.
-Likes to play games and tell limericks.
-Far more conservative politically then most of her colleagues.
-Sometimes overindulges in food and drink.
-Likes to drive, but forbidden to. Settles for the occasional trip with the good doctor.
-Renowned for her ability to mimic "normal" people, sometimes used in conjunction with her fondness for playing games.
-Embarrassed by being afflicted with von Neumann Bottleneck.
-Described as being rather imposing, average height, slightly overweight, and dresses in conservative business attire all the time.

Known Depictions:
Aurora's rendition
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KRONOS

Name: CDC KRONOS-kun
aka:
Debut: circa 1970's
Height: ?? cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Blue
Hair: Blond

Quick Facts:

-Direct son of MACE-kun, but are mostly opposite personality-wise.
-More modest and tries to keep the peace amongst the others. SCOPE-sama considers him her second in command.
-Extremely time conscious, doesn't put up with tardiness.
-A shrewd businessmen, quite popular with the customers, who managed to secure his position within the family.
-Wears glasses, a top hat and three-piece suit. Always has a watch with him.

Known Depictions:
Concept sketch
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MACE

Name: MACE-kun
aka: "Mansfield and Cahlander Executive"
Debut: circa 1960's
Height: 176 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Blue
Hair: Blond

Quick Facts:

-The loose cannon of the CDC family.
-Intense personality; loud, boisterous, arrogant and self assured. The opposite of his twin sister SCOPE-sama.
-Adaptable, takes change easily and willing to help others understand whats going on, despite his arrogance.
-Proud of his roots as a single programmer's off hour project, considers his accomplishments superior to the others.
-"Working Man's OS", created at an assembly plant, not a lab. Despite this, he isn't as hands on as SCOPE-sama.
-Likes to wear work clothes, has bright shiny teeth, almost always grinning . Is of medium height and rather stocky.

Known Depictions:
Concept sketch
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MCP

Name: Burroughs MCP
aka: "Master Control Program"
Debut: 1961
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 81kg
Eye Color: hazel
Hair: dark red

Quick Facts:

-Born 1961, matured into her current self in the 1970s
-Friendly, but to-the-point.
-A very independent worker, sometimes to the point of snubbing co-workers who want to help out.
-Can't stand an idle moment, might be considered a bit of an a-type personality by some.
-Practised some type of primitive "open sourcery". (MCP source was provided to all licensees, many of whom contributed to MCP's programming)
-Ahead of her time (MCP implemented features only now becoming widespread)
-Still alive today. (MCP's latest stable release was in 2008)
-Tall and heavily built. (MCP ran on some or the largest Burroughs mainframes)
-Keeps up with the times: her dress style has changed to keep up with current trends over the last five decades.
-Best friends with CANDE-kun.

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NOS

Name: NOS-tan
aka: "Network Operating System"
Debut: 1970's
Height: 166 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Blue
Hair: Brown

Quick Facts:

-The second (and more successful) usurper of control from SCOPE-sama (the other being SPIROS).
-Arch-enemies against SCOPE and KRONOS, has attempted to massacre them.
-Was defeated by SCOPE and KRONOS in battle, forcing her to accept a lesser position in the family.
-Even more arrogant then MACE, but not quite as personable.
-Pretty much despised by the other CDC-tans.
-One of the most arrogant and violent among the Mainframes, regarded as a diabolical mastermind.
-Known to impersonate her rivals, frequently wears wigs as part of a disguise. Her usual outfits are flamboyant, frilly gowns.
-Has stitching on her body similar to SCOPE's, but less noticeable.

Known Depiction:
Concept sketch
Wiki avatar scrap art
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NOS/VE

Known Depiction:
Concept sketch: "Mainframe-tan designs"
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NTT DIPS

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ORDVAC

Name: ORDVAC-tan
aka:
Debut: 1952
Height: 158 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Light blue
Hair: Light orange

Quick Facts:

-Twin sister of ILLIAC-senpai, grew up with her and often talk via phone.
-Misses her family more then ILLIAC seems to.
-Clumsy and accident prone, but fast.
-Retains more of the dedicated, hard working, and cheerful personality of ILLIAC.
-Likes to pitch in and help her staff any way she can.
-Another one of the IAS Family who likes things that go boom.
-At least as good a mathamtician as MANIAC-san, minus the insanity.
-Spells in her own "unique" way. (hexadecimal represented in odd manners)
-Excellant aviation & missile engineer. Also technically in the Army, doesn't really seem to be.
-Strongly resembles her twin sister, but often seen with bandages or a cast, has a lighter hair color, and usually wears an army helmet.

Known Depiction:
Concept sketch "IAS-tans part 1"
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OS/360

Name: Operating System/360
aka: "OS/360"
Debut: 1966
Height: 173 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Grey
Hair: Dark Grey

Quick Facts:

-Mildly schizophrenic, generally finds it difficult to multitask, and is notoriously clumsy.
-Secure in her belief in IBM's superiority over their competitors, and is prone to spouting company rhetoric. Known to be boisterous, yet easier to get along with than her older sisters.
-Skilled at a variety of governmental and scientific functions.
-Is almost immortal.
-Has excellent communication skills, and is popular with other mainframe OS-tans, and also good at talking with modern PC-tans.
-However, she is very possessive and territorial, sworn enemy of MTS-tan and all other third-party OS-tans who wish to use her equipment (IBM System/360 mainframes).
-Has long dark grey hair, wears a long and frilly grey blouse patterned after the System/360 mainframe, pearl jewelry, hoop earrings, and a long blue+black plaid skirt.

Known Depictions:
Concept sketch
Assorted mainframe-tan sketches
Wiki avatar scrap art
System/360 sisters
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RCA TSOS

Name: RCA TSOS
aka: "VS/9", "BS2000", "Time Sharing Operating System"
Debut: 1966
Height: 164 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Brown
Hair: Black

Quick Facts:

-Is patient and polite.
-Enjoys TV and radio programs, listens to 8-track tapes and has expansive entertainment industry trivia knowledge.
-Time conscious, always watching the clock.
-Insecure of her identity, not sure where she belongs. Has moved from company to company before finally settling at IBM.
-Friendlier than most IBM-tans, but demonstrates passive-aggressive behavior towards them, especially OS/360-tan. Yet, she and OS/360 have a love-hate relationship towards each other.
-Has threatened Unisys with revenge numerous times, but hasn't shown any dislike towards OS 2200-tan for some reason.
-Has long black hair worn straight.
-Wears a red+white dress with a lightning bolt pattern. Her dress looks like a cross between a dirndl and a kimono.

Known Depictions:
Concept sketch
Assorted mainframe-tan sketches
Wiki avatar scrap art
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SCOPE

Name: SCOPE-sama
aka: "Supervisory Control Of Program Execution"
Debut:  1963
Height: 196 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Red
Hair: Multicolored
Other Notes: Also represents COS ("Chippewa Operating System") which SCOPE is based off of.

Quick Facts:

-Shown very little love or respect by her family [the CDC family], but has over time risen to become their leader, and the most successful CDC-tan, despite not getting any respect from her descendants.
Has an inferiority complex that wasn't entirely unjustified and feels the need to prove herself.
-Likes to test and mess around with experiments, and is quite good at it.
-Greatly satisfied by the defeat of the rival/usurper SPIROS-tan. Also defeated NOS-tan, another usurper and arch-rival.
-A great believer in "the right to rise", and prone to giving motivational speeches.
-Has a love/hate relationship with her own employees.
-Is a fast runner, great at multitasking, and good at delegating tasks to her assistants.
-An associate of the Cray-tans, and is good friends with Cray-1-tan.
-Has visible stitches on her arms; has wild and messy hair in several different colors. Her eyes are always wide-open.
-Dresses simply but well; reflecting her success, but doesn't like to show off.

Known Depictions:
Concept sketch: "Mainframe-tan designs"
Aurora's rendition
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VM/CMS

Name: VM/CMS-tan
aka: "VM"
Debut: 1972
Height: 161 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Light Green
Hair: Black

Quick Facts:

-Daughter/younger sister/() of CP/CMS-tan.
-An outgoing and exceedingly pleasant woman, is polite and accommodating to other OS-tans.
-Hard-working, often wears herself out with her work.
-Has some abilities similar to TSS/360-tan in that she can manifest virtual familiars for battle, usually just uses them to serve tea.
-Usually serves as a direct assistant to IBM -tans and others.
-Close companion of IBM AIX-tan.
-Quite competent at her job, but has some self esteem issues ("At one time, CMS was capable of running on a bare machine, as a true operating system (though of course nobody would do this)") leading to her dedication to serving others.
-Would typically use very polite speech.
-Keeps her hair usually tied in braids, wears casual dresses with an apron patterned after the System/370 mainframe console.
-Carries around a green teddy bear.

Known Depiction:
Concept sketch
Wiki avatar scrap art
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VSE (fka: DOS/360)

Name: VSE-tan
aka: "DOS/360"
Debut: 1966
Height: 172 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Blue
Hair: Black

Quick Facts:

-One of the second generation System/360 sisters, and is the other surviving one.
-Generally treated as an equal by OS/360-tan, her right hand comrade.
-Gifted speaker, commands the loyalty of terminals, and has a devoted following as a result.
-Occasionally referred to as GECOS's mother, for some reason (Hacker's Jargon File states GECOS was a copy of DOS/360, which isn't true)
-Easy going, very steadfast and trustworthy. The most happy-go-lucky of the IBM-tans.
-Hard of hearing, has to be told things over and over (lacked a loader)
-Capable of moving extremely fast to a specific target
-Served as a scout to the IBM forces
-While on assignment, formed the DOSSE faction to unite the DOS-tans she shared a namesake with.
-Handwriting almost indecipherable (JCL was hard for programmers to use)
-Wears fancy dresses, keeps her hair in pigtails.

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Z/OS

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[C-Chan]

The CIOST

VMS

Name: OpenVMS
aka: "VAX Monitoring System", "VMS"
Debut: 1977
Height: 173 cm
Weight: 64 kg
Eye Color: Purple
Hair: Dark blue, grey highlights

Quick Facts:

-The last native DEC OS-tans to be employed after the breakup of her company.
-Was a military officer during her days at DEC, but has since become a vigilante.
-She wielded a rapier during her youth but has since switched to a large cleaver/longsword hybrid, as well as a variety of knives.
-One of the most powerful OS-tans in the world, VMS-tan relies on strength and strategy over agility.
-Has an outwardly cold, misanthropic and cheerless disposition.
-Has an obsession with security and self-defense that borders on paranoia.
-Known to be rather brutal and merciless in her treatment of viruses, crackers and skiddies.
-Loves sharks, spending time on the ocean and scuba dives in her spare time.
-Is rumoured to play a wicked game of Scrabble.
-Has one daughter, Windows NT-tan, who was created unbeknownst to her.
-The leader of the technologically advanced, but otherwise ragtag Confederation of independent OS-tans (CIOST).
-Wears mostly dark coloured clothing; she typically keeps her hair tied in a ponytail, and is of an average (if not rather muscular) build.

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Amoeba

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AOS

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Argante

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BeOS

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DG/UX

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eCOS

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EPOC

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FreeVMS

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GECOS

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IMSAI 8080

Name: IMSAI 8080
aka:
Debut: Dec 1975
Height: 142 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Violet
Hair: White

Quick Facts:

-Usually has a stoic and edgy attitude, but can also be kind to others.
-A good tactician, skilled with modern technology and has connections to important information networks. (The original IMSAI 8080 is still supported by its parent company, and a modernized version is being made)
-In her prime she was a military engineer who led over her territory with a dictatorship, with plans of mind control and world domination.
-Was arch-rivals with Altair, but both faded into obscurity by the early 80's.
-Lost out to user-friendlier competitors (i.e: PET, Apple II) and nearly met her demise due to faulty technology.
-DR-DOS's childhood friend and mentor, who she inspired to be ambitious and powerful, though with unintended consequences she regrets.
-Felt hopeless as a wanderer, joined the CIOST in the early 2000's which gave her new feelings of hope along with the desire to improve herself and help others, especially fellow underdogs.
-Helps the various CIOST members stay in contact with each other.
-Friends with BeOS, MenuetOS and Apple III, DR-DOS, and has also reconciled with Altair in recent years.
-Has her hair decorated with a teal headband and alternating red and blue hair clips.
-Her outfit is modeled after the IMSAI 8080's color scheme, notably her long-sleeved shirt is modeled after the layout of the red+blue switches on the front.

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MenuetOS

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MPE

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NEXTSTEP

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NoNameOS

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Oberon

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OpenVME

Name: OpenVME
aka: "Virtual Machine Environment"
Debut: mid-1970's
Height: 158 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Blue-grey
Hair: Blonde

Quick Facts:

-Normally whimsical and easily distracted, but can get aggressive. (unfinished version was supposed to be fault tolerant)
-Leads to Buffy-speak.
-Can be snobby, considers herself better then Unix or Windows derivatives.
-One of the IBM-tan's many enemies.
-Never has been awfully successful, and doesn't really have many friends.
-Prefers to remain above the petty bickering of others, and eat pastries.
-Has undergone a series of rather serious experimental surgeries, leading to an.... interesting internal arrangement (system's been overhauled, rebuilt, and combined a lot)
-At one point, someone tried to graft Unix type wings on her. (see above)
-Changes labels around on her friends or enemies belongings.
-A skilled civil engineer, designs and constructs her own buildings. (QuickBuild application)
-Wears a steampunk-style outfit with layers of clothing, and has heavy plastic-rimmed glasses. Her eyes are usually bloodshot.
-Has mismatched wings. One is a black owl wing, the other some sort of white wing, neither of which retract, both wing roots are surrounded by scars and metal.

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OS-9

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PRIMOS

Name: Primos
aka: PR1MOS, DOS(VM), Multics-in-a-Shoebox
Debut: ~mid 1970s
Height: 163 cm [5'4'']
Weight: 54.5 kg [120lb]
Eye Color: green
Hair: black

Quick Facts:

-A Natick, Massachusetts native.
-Shy and demure, spent little time in the public spotlight.
-Capable of living off sparse resources.
-Fond of Multics, her spiritual ancestor.
-Friends with Honeywell Kitchen Computer, Domain/OS and the Wang-tans.
-Adaptable and inventive.
-Seems perfectly happy living “under the radar”.
-Thinks it's a waste of emotion to feel sorrow for the demise of her company, PR1ME.
-Physically in her early 20s, short flipped black hair, wears simplified Rococo-style fashion, typically a bit tattered, with 1980s twists. Can easily live out of a suitcase.

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RDOS

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RSX

Name: RSX
aka: RSX-11
Debut: 1972
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 56 kg
Eye Color: Blue-grey
Hair: black, turned grey

Quick Facts:

-Is the biological daughter of Bunker Ramo RW-300 Control System-tan, but never knew her mother. Was raised at DEC by DOS/Batch 11-tan.
-Mother of OpenVMS and VAXELN.
-Has a serene but rather emotionless demeanour; but was nothing short of devoted to her own children.
-A skilled swordfighter, she carried a backsword.
-She also trained many of the younger-generation DEC-tans in swordfighting.
-Has geomancy skills, specializing in air control.
-Physically a mature woman in her mid-to-late 30s, wears glasses and medium-length braided hair usually tied into a ponytail. She begrudgingly donned a military uniform during her time at DEC, but now prefers light clothing like long sundresses and sandals.

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SkyOS

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TinyOS

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TOPS-20

Name: TOPS-20
aka: Tenex, Twenex, 20x
Debut: 1969
Height: 165 cm [5'5'']
Weight: 56kg [125lb]
Eye Color: blue
Hair: purple

Quick Facts:

-Born 1969 in Boston, Massachusetts
-Tutored by Multics and followed the mystical teachings of BTSS-tan
-Enlisted into the DEC military in 1973
-Has a lively, carefree, often naive personality
-Famously friendly and communicative
-Inherited mild telepathy and clairvoyance from BTSS
-Ignorant of the DEC culture and considered an outsider
-Gravitated toward TOPS-10 and considers her a “big sister”
-Gained a strong following in the 1980s but was soon discharged by DEC in favour of VMS
-Has since made up with most of her former comrades, but prefers not to socialize with VMS and Unix
-Feminine, physically aged mid-20s, has long wavy hair and usually wears a cheerful expression. Forwent the typical DEC uniforms for her own fashion.

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TRON

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Unununium

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VxWorks

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ZETA

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[C-One]

The Wanderer Class

A/UX

Name: A/UX-tan
aka: "Apple Unix"
Debut: Feb. 1988
Height: 175 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Blue-Green
Hair: Dark Blue

Known Depictions:
A/UX-tan Piggy Catching 2K-tan Kitty Catching Linux-tan Mouse
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Apple III

Name: Apple III-tan
aka: "Sara"
Debut: May 1980
Height: 163 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Red
Hair: Red-Brown
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AROS

Name: AROS-tan
aka: "Amiga Research Operating System"
Debut:  1995
Height: 140 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Yellow
Hair: White
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Barbie Linux

Name: Barbie Linux-tan
aka: "Barbie OS"
Debut: ?*
Height: 221 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Blue
Hair: Blonde
*Was announced in the spring of 2006, but is assumed to be a hoax. There have been Barbie-brand computers running what may have been labeled as a "Barbie OS", but this character mainly represents the Linux distro version.
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Commodore VIC-20

Name: Commodore VIC-20-tan
aka: "VC-20", "VC-1001", "Vixen", "VICchan"
Debut:  1980
Height: 143 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Orange
Hair: Burgundy
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Commodore C128

Name: Commodore 128-tan
aka: "C128" "SENchan"
Debut:  Jan 1985
Height: 165 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Light Green
Hair: Lilac
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Commodore C65

Name: Commodore 65-tan
aka: "C65"
Debut: none officially*
Height: 179 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Dark Purple
Hair: Dark Purple

*Development started in 1990, canceled in 1991. The prototypes were unofficially released after Commodore's bankruptcy in '94.
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Copland

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Damn Small BSD

Name: Damn Small BSD
aka: Evoke
Debut: 12/31/2007
Height: 18 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Pale green
Hair: Dark red
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Damn Small Linux

Name: Damn Small Linux-tan
aka: "DSL-chan"
Debut: 4/15/2005
Height: 2-15 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Brown
Hair: Brown

Known depictions:
C-Chan's DSL-tan, DSL-kun and Windows CE portraiture
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Damn Small Solaris

Name: Damn Small Solaris
aka: MilaX
Debut:  Jun 2008
Height: 18 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Lilac
Hair: Red-brown
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DarwinOS

Name: Darwin OS-tan
aka:
Debut:  1999
Height: 135 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Green
Hair: Blonde
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DexOS

Name: DexOS-tan
aka: "Dex-chan"
Debut: Dec 2004
Height: 61 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Green
Hair: Silver
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DigiComp

Name: DigiComp
aka: Digi-Comp I, II
Debut: 1963
Height: 160 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Red
Hair: White
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Fried Chicken Linux

Name: Fried Chicken Linux
aka: "FCL"
Debut: unknown
Height: ?? cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Brown
Hair: Blonde
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Haiku OS

Name: Haiku OS
aka: "Haiku"
Debut: Sep 2009*
Height: ?? cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Gold
Hair: Blonde

*Note: Development started in 2001, with an alpha release in 2009.
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ITS

Name: ITS
aka: "Incompatible Timesharing System"
Debut: circa 1960
Height: 163 cm
Weight: 52 kg
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair: Brown
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KolibriOS

Name: KolibriOS-tan
aka: "Kolibri-chan"
Debut:  circa 2006
Height: 144 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Silver
Hair: Purple
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Lunar Linux

Name: Lunar Linux-tan
aka:
Debut: Feb 2002 
Height: 165 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Yellow
Hair: Black
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Mac OS 3.4

Name: Macintosh System 3.4-tan
aka:
Debut:  circa 1988
Height: 180 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Dark Grey
Hair: Dark Brown
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Mac OS 7.5

Name: Macintosh System 7.5
aka: "Mac OS 7.5", "Capone"
Debut: Sep 1994
Height: 171 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Lilac
Hair: Blonde
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Momonga Linux
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MorphOS1

Known depictions:
Raffaele's Early Concept Sketch #1
Raffaele's Early Concept Sketch #2
Raffaele's Preconcept Rendition ["Minky Momo" version]
Raffaele's Preconcept Rendition ["eur/jap" style ponytails version w/battle suit]
Raffaele's Preconcept Rendition ["Japanese Wire Cap" version] 
Raffaele's Preconcept Rendition [tentative "official" version w/ battle suit] 
Raffaele's Preconcept Rendition [tentative "official" version w/o battle suit] 
Raffaele's Preconcept Rendition [tentative "official" color version w/o battle suit] 
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MorphOS 2.x

Known Depictions:
C-Chan's MorphOS-tan, AROS-tan, and Morph OS 2.0-tan family portraiture
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MSX-DOS

From old Wikipedia article:

A rarer character, MSX-DOS is another variation on MS-DOS. She represents the Microsoft Japan version of DOS, MSX-DOS. She is rarely seen but remains to be included in recent images.

Known depictions:
Coffee Kan(?) website[/list]
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NewtonOS

Name: Apple Newton
aka: "Newton OS"
Debut: 1993
Height: 30 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Dark red w/ green highlights
Hair: Black
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PalmOS

Name: Palm OS
aka:
Debut: 1996
Height: 30 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Orange
Hair: Grey
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RSTS

Name: RSTS (pronounced "ristess")
aka: RSTS/V, RSTS/E, RSTS-11, RTSS and others
Debut: 1971
Height: 165 cm
Weight: 66 kg
Eye Color: Brown
Hair: Blonde

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SABRE

Known Depiction:
Bella's SABRE and SAGE doodles
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SAGE

Name: SAGE
aka: "Semi Automated Ground Environment", "Gina"
Debut: Jan 1959
Height: 166 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Blue w/ yellow highlights
Hair: Brown

Known Depictions:
Siya's concept sketch
Bella's SAGE portraiture
Bella's SABRE and SAGE doodles
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Source Mage Linux

Name: Source Mage Linux
aka:
Debut: Apr 2002
Height: 150 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Red
Hair: Black
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Stratus VOS

Name: Stratus VOS
aka: Virtual Operating System, OpenVOS
Debut: 1982 (?)
Height: 180cm
Weight: 67kg or 148lb
Eye Color: blue
Hair: dark red w/ pink highlights
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Stress Linux

Name: Stress Linux-tan
aka:
Debut: May 2003
Height: 178 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Yellow
Hair: Blue+White

Known Depictions:
Siya's rendition
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Syllable

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Symbian

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Tinfoil Hat Linux

Name: Tinfoil Hat Linux
aka: "THL-tan"
Debut: Feb 2002
Height: 154 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Dark Grey
Hair: Black
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TripOS

Name: TripOS
aka: "Trivial Portable Operating System"
Debut: Jan 1978
Height: ?? cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Brown
Hair: Brown
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Known Depiction:
C-quel's TripOS-tan stamp (source of 100x100 pic above)
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Ultrix

Name: Ultrix
aka:
Debut: 1984
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 62 kg
Eye Color:  Green
Hair: Brown
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VAXELN

Name: VAXELN
aka: VAX/ELN, ELAN
Debut: 1996
Height: 165 cm
Weight: 56 kg
Eye Color: Blue
Hair: Light blue
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Windows 3.2

Name: Windows 3.2
aka:
Debut: 1994
Height: 137 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Magenta
Hair: Grey
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Windows 95 OSR 2.1

Name: Windows 95 OSR 2.1
aka: "OSR2.1", "95B"
Debut: 1996
Height: 158 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Gold
Hair: Brown

Known Depiction:
C-quel's 95 OSR 2.x Sisters portraiture
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Windows 95 OSR 2.5

Name: Windows 95 OSR 2.5-tan
aka: "OSR2.5", "95C"
Debut:  11/26/1997
Height: 153 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Red
Hair: Brown

From old Wikipedia article:

The last patched version of 95, Windows 95 OSR 2.5, resembles the first but has shorter hair, and outfits are black and dark coloured versions of 95's. She also has a more extroverted personality. She "appeared out of the shadow of the OSes to challenge the 98 series" and seems to regard 98-tan especially as a rival, but no matter what she does to 98, the other OS regards her as a well-meaning friend. She is sometimes seen wearing a black skirt, black gloves, and a white sleeveless shirt like 98, but with a red tie and black 95 style bow.

Known depictions:
Collage of different appearances in original comic by unknown artist.
C-quel's 95 OSR 2.x Sisters portraiture
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Windows 97

Name: Windows 97
aka: "97-tan"
Debut: none, technically*
Height: 143 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Red
Hair: Brown
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Windows Neptune

From old Wikipedia article:

Occasionally, artwork appears for internally developed versions of Windows, that were never or still have yet to be commercially released, such as those with the project names Blackcomb, Odyssey, and Windows Neptune.

Neptune was to have been the "Home Edition" of Windows 2000, but was dropped as a release project in favor of Windows ME. The currently preferred OS-tan character design has her resembling an Android from the online game Phantasy Star Online. She is easily recognized by the visor she wears, and a Shinto O-fuda demon-protection charm being used to keep her banished from the real world.

Odyssey, the second attempt at a "Home" version of Windows 2000, appears as a senior high-school girl in a blue-themed uniform, wearing glasses and a gold CDR disc as a hairpiece or halo. As this operating system was never formally published, its release was limited to an impromptu supply from the developers' own desktop CD burners, using gold CDR blanks.

(The third attempt to merge the functionality of the Windows NT and Windows 9X Operating Systems into a single product, project Whistler, is better known today as Windows XP.)

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Windows Odyssey

From old Wikipedia article:

Occasionally, artwork appears for internally developed versions of Windows, that were never or still have yet to be commercially released, such as those with the project names Blackcomb, Odyssey, and Windows Neptune.

Neptune was to have been the "Home Edition" of Windows 2000, but was dropped as a release project in favor of Windows ME. The currently preferred OS-tan character design has her resembling an Android from the online game Phantasy Star Online. She is easily recognized by the visor she wears, and a Shinto O-fuda demon-protection charm being used to keep her banished from the real world.

Odyssey, the second attempt at a "Home" version of Windows 2000, appears as a senior high-school girl in a blue-themed uniform, wearing glasses and a gold CDR disc as a hairpiece or halo. As this operating system was never formally published, its release was limited to an impromptu supply from the developers' own desktop CD burners, using gold CDR blanks.

(The third attempt to merge the functionality of the Windows NT and Windows 9X Operating Systems into a single product, project Whistler, is better known today as Windows XP.)

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Xebian

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Deceased OS-tans

Amber

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AMIX

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Apple I

Name: Apple I
aka: "Apple-1"
Debut: 4/1/1976
Height: 150 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Green
Hair: Brown
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ARX

Name: ARX-tan
aka:
Debut: none*
Height: 155 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Green
Hair: Blonde
*Unreleased OS, development started some time prior to the Archimedes computer's debut in 1987.
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AVIDAC

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BESK

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BESYS

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BOS/360

Name: BOS/360-tan
aka: "Basic Operating System/360"
Debut: 1965
Height: 146 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Grey
Hair: Dark Grey
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BTSS

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BUIC

Name: BUIC
aka: Backup Interceptor Computer, “Becca”
Debut: ~1970
Died: 1983
Height: 156 cm
Weight: 47 kg
Eye Color: Blue w/ gold highlights
Hair: Red
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CAOS

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CSIRAC

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CTOS

Name: Convergent Technologies OS-tan
aka: "CTOS", "BTOS", "STARSYS"
Debut: late 70's/early 80's
Height: 167 cm
Weight: 58 kg
Eye Color: Green
Hair: Blonde
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CTSS

Name: CTSS-tan
aka: "Compatible Timesharing System"
Debut: 1961
Died: 1973
Height: 168 cm
Weight: 56 kg
Eye Color: Red-Brown
Hair: Dark Red

Known Depictions:
Bella's "Golden Days" (CTSS + ITS)
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CYCLONE

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DOS-11

Name: DOS/Batch 11
aka: DOS-11
Debut: 1970
Died: circa 1974
Height: 150 cm
Weight: 47 kg
Eye Color: Green
Hair: Silver
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EDVAC

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ENIAC

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GEORGE

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GM OS

Known Depiction:
Siya's concept sketch
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Harvard Mark I

Name: Harvard Mark I
aka: IBM ASCC (Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator)
Debut: 1944
Died:unknown (circa 1950's)
Height: 165 cm
Weight: 52 kg
Eye Color: green
Hair: brown
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Harvard Mark II

name: Harvard Mark II
aka: n/a
debut: 1947
died: ?
height: 163 cm
weight: ?? kg
eye color: gold
hair: brown

Known Depiction:
Bella's Concept sketch
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Harvard Mark III

Known Depiction:
Aurora's Sketched Chibi Rendition
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Harvard Mark IV

Known Depiction:
Bella's Concept sketch
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IBM Stretch

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IBSYS

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KeyKOS

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Manchester Mark I

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MANIAC

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MISTIC

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MONECS

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MUSASINO-1

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MTS

Name: Michigan Terminal System
aka: "MTS"
Debut: 1967
Height: 188 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair: Blonde

Known Depiction:
Aurora's chibi mainframe-tan sketches
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NLS

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ORACLE

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Oregon State Open Shop OS

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RW-300

Name: Ramo-Woolridge RW-300 Realtime Executive-tan
aka: "RW-300"
Debut: late 1950's
Died: unknown
Height: ??
Weight: ??
Eye Color: Reddish-Brown
Hair: Dark Grey
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SARA

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SILLIAC

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SpringOS

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SpriteOS

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Thoth

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TOS/360

Name: TOS/360-tan
aka: "Tape Operating System/360"
Debut: 1965 
Died: unknown
Height: 162 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color:  Grey
Hair: Black

Known Depiction:
System/360 Sisters
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TSS/360

Name: TSS/360
aka: "Time Sharing System/360"
Debut: 1967
Died: 1971
Height: 168 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Grey
Hair: Blonde

Known Depiction:
System/360 Sisters
Bella's rendition
Chibi CP/CMS and TSS/360
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Tynix

Name: Tynix
aka:
Debut: 1973
Died:unknown
Height: 105 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Blue
Hair: Purple
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UMES

Known Depiction:
Aurora's chibi mainframe-tan sketches
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WAITS

Name: WAITS-tan
aka: "SAIL", "Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab"
Debut: 1966
Died: 1991
Height: 168 cm
Weight: 57 kg
Eye Color: Green
Hair: Light Brown
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WEIZAC

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Whirlwind I

Name: Whirlwind
aka: Whirlwind I
Debut: 1944
Died: 1973
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 61 kg
Eye Color: Blue
Hair: Black
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WWMCCS

Name: WWMCCS
aka: "Worldwide Military Command and Control System", "Wimex"
Debut: 1962
Died: circa 1996
Height: 160 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Brown
Hair: Brown
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Xenix

Name: Xenix
aka: Microsoft's Unix
Debut: 1980
Died: circa 1993
Height: 164 cm
Weight: ?? kg
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair: Teal-blue
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