List of OS-tans

This is a list of OS-tans, which are named after the operating system and the Japanese suffix -tan (たん) which is an overly cute mispronunciation of, specifically a child's slurring of, -chan (ちゃん), a diminutive honorific for a person. They may be simply called OS Girls, and are the personification of several operating systems, most famously Microsoft Windows, by various (amateur) artists, the overwhelming majority of them being users of the Japanese imageboard Futaba Channel. A pure fan creation, the appearance of each character is mostly consistent across artists. OSes are almost always portrayed as women, the Windows girls usually as sisters, despite sometimes seeming the same age.

This data file was taken largely from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_OS-tans). Due to its pending deletion, it has been archived on OS-Tan Collections for review and improvement. Once order has been restored, it will be revised into a database at OS-Tan Collections.

Windows-tans

• Windows 1.0

• Windows 2.0

• Windows 3.1

• Windows 3.2

• Windows NT

• Windows 95

• Windows 95 OSR 2.5

• Windows CE

• Windows 98

• Windows 98SE

• Windows Neptune

• Windows Odyssey

• Windows ME

• Windows 2000

• Windows XP Pro (See also XP Family)

• Windows XP Homeko (See also XP Family)

• Windows XP Media Center Edition (See also XP Family)

• Windows 2003 Server

• Windows Vista

• Windows Vienna

Macintosh-tans

• Macintosh Family

• Mac-tan

• System 1

• System 2

• System 2

• System 3

• System 4

• System 5

• System 6

• System 7

• OS8-tan

• OS9-tan

• OS9.2

• OSX Server

• OSX 10.0 Cheetah

• OSX 10.1 Puma

• OSX 10.2 Jaguar

• OSX 10.3 Panther

• OSX 10.4 Tiger

• OSX 10.5 Leopard

DOS-tans

• FreeDOS

• DOS/V

• DR-DOS (aka, CP/M)

• MS-DOS

• MSX-DOS

• PC-DOS

• PTS-DOS

• QDOS

Linux-tans

• Linux

• Arch

• Barbie Linux

• Damn Small Linux

• Debian

• Fedora

• Gentoo

• Knoppix

• Linspire (aka Lindows)

• Mandriva

• NepaLinux

• RedHat

• Slackware

• SuSE-Linux

• Tinfoil Hat Linux

• Turbolinux

• Ubuntu

• Zeus Linux

Unix-tans

• BSD

• DarwinOS

• FreeBSD

• NeXTSTEP

• OpenBSD

• Plan 9

• QNX

• Solaris (aka SunOS)

• Minix

• The HURD

• UNIX (Bell Labs)

Other OS-tans

• Amiga OS

• Apple II

• Apple Lisa

• CoCo

• Commodore PET

• Commodore 64

• eComStation

• GEM OS

• GS/OS

• MorphOS

• OS/2

• PalmOS

• ReactOS

• RISC OS

• Syllable

• TRS-DOS

• ZETA

• ZX Spectrum

Non OS-tans

App-tans

• Ad-Aware

• Internet Explorer

• Java

• McAfee Antivirus

• MSN Messenger

• Microsoft Outlook

• Safari

• Windows Media Player

• XFCE

Game Console-tans

• Wii

• PS3

• Xbox 360

Hardware-tans

• Data Pending

Moezilla

• Firefox

• Thunderbird

• Opera

• SeaMonkey

• Nvu

Site-tans

• BBSpot

• Fark

• Foobies

• Google

• SlashDot

• Something Awful

• Wikipedia

Male Characters

OS-Kuns

• Windows 3.1

• Windows 95

• Windows 98

• Windows 98SE

• Windows ME

• Windows 2000 Professional

• Windows XP Homeo (See also XP Family)

• Windows XP Professional (See also XP Family)

• Mac OS9

Non OS-Kuns

• Norton Antivirus

• Trend Micro Virus Buster