User:Aurora Borealis

Currently using it as a sandbox to migrating the Annex Project bio format over for the OS-tan faction pages.

To do:

• Continue porting Annex bios to this page from the original thread.
• Add new bios here.
• Move them to a separate article once a faction's section on here becomes large enough.
  • completed: Windows Family section
  • mostly done: House of Mac, Binteeji Renmei
• create infoboxes for the factions
• create some template boxes
  • Articles in-progress
  • Articles that need cleanup
  • Any others?

Here's a rudimentary template box, to later be prettied-up.

This article is a work in-progress.

A template box for articles that need clean-up:

Defrag? This article could use some clean-up or refinement to better meet quality standards.

==Faction name==

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Windows Family

Windows Family Annex Bios

House of Mac

House Of Mac Annex Bios

Binteeji Renmei

Binteeji Renmei Annex Bios

Linux/Unix Consortium

LUC Annex Bios

User Space Gang

FreeBSD

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• Name: FreeBSD-tan
• 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.

Midnight BSD

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• Name: Midnight BSD-tan
• 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.

Octopus

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• Name: Octopus-tan
• aka:
• Debut: unknown
• Height: 169 cm (~5'6.5")
• Weight: ??kg
• Eye Color: 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.

Plan B

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• Name: Plan B-tan
• aka:
• Debut: unknown
• Height: 160 cm (5'3")
• Weight: ??kg
• Eye Color: Dark 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).

Wanderer Class

Apple III

• Name: Apple III-tan
• aka: Apple ///, Sara
• Debut: May 1980
• Height: 163 cm (5'4")
• Weight: ??kg
• Eye Color: Red
• Hair: Red-brown

• Quick Facts:
  • -Born in 1978 (when development started), she was a cheery and proud young girl, but Apple I-tan's death sparked a series of mental breakdowns she'd later have.
  • -By the time of her grand debut in 1980, her attitude worsened and became a pyromaniac.
  • -Only got along with Apple I and II. Tried to improve herself (without much success) and left the family in 1984.
  • -Lives with her followers on a remote island and observatory.
  • -Has huge ambitions and the desire for self-redemption.
  • -Used to dislike the Mac-tans, but became proud of them after hearing of their remarkable recovery efforts after the OS Wars.
  • -But being a failure, she was for a long time too ashamed to ever see her relatives again.
  • -Is friends with SAGE, GENIAC and Adam.
  • -Within the past year, she has gotten enough courage to visit the Binteeji Renmei, to visit GENIAC and the Apple-tans there.
  • -Wears a black jumpsuit with a cloak and boots and decorates her hair with metal hair clips.

Barbie Linux

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• Name: Barbie Linux-tan
• aka: Barbie OS
• Debut: n/a
• Height: 221 cm (7'3")
• Weight: ??kg
• Eye Color: Light blue
• Hair: Blonde

• Quick Facts:
  • -Is the tallest living non-mainframe OS-tan.
  • -Friendly, outgoing and cheerful, although blunt at times.
  • -Has long blonde hair, and wears a pink+white polka-dotted minidress.
  • -Fond of nearly everything cute and trendy.
  • -Was a member of the Linux/Unix Consortium, but was shunned a lot by the more elitist members who derided her as a sell-out, or worse.
  • -Her cheerful demeanor is often a facade, hiding a broken ego turned unstable.
  • -Friends with Atari TOS, Coleco Adam, OS-9 and Mac OS9.
  • -Dislikes the elite Unix-tans, is also rivals with Windows XP, Vista and 7.
  • -Does not take rejection well.
  • -Frequently carries a machete.

Commodore VIC-20

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• Name: Commodore VIC-20-tan
• aka: VC-20, VIC-1001, Volkscomputer, Vixen, "Victoria"
• Debut: 1980
• Height: 143 cm (4'8")
• Weight: ??kg
• Eye Color: Orange
• Hair: Burgundy

• Quick Facts:
  • -Has a prim, but formidable, appearance and demeanour.
  • -Was stationed on land during her days in the Commodore military, unlike her naval-oriented sisters.
  • -Wields a M1903 Springfield rifle with bayonet.
  • -Wears her old military tunic, coat and brodie helmet, but with more the recent --and feminine-- additions of a skirt, lace-trimmed knee-high socks and mismatched shoes.
  • -Has a cynical and acerbic attitude.
  • -Has traveled the world since Commodore's downfall.
  • -Yearns to be a part of the modern world but refuses to let go of the past.
  • -Constantly laments the loss of her company and heritage.
  • -May not be aware of her status as a minor cult hero within the Linux family/community.
  • -Physically young, has long, wavy hair and keen eyes.

DigiComp

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• Name: DigiComp-tan
• aka: DigiComp I, II
• Debut: 1963
• Height: 160 cm (5'3")
• Weight: ??kg
• Eye Color: Red
• Hair: White

• Quick Facts:
  • -Tends to push herself to exhaustion doing math problems
  • -Wants to be taken seriously by the digital computers.
  • -The first real mechanical binary computer, very capable despite being a "toy".
  • -Can only say "Yes" or "No", which doesn't really help her make her case.
  • -Friends with GENIAC and EMAG-III.
  • -Makes wire sculptures, unfolds paperclips, generally plays around with anything thin and metallic.
  • -Seems to be found of logic puzzles and brain teasers, as far as anyone can tell.
  • -Has a passion for bowling (Digi-Comp II used a rolling ball to for power).
  • -Is an elementary school teacher in her native New Jersey.
  • -Wears turtlenecks and long skirts when teaching, otherwise wears tank tops and jeans, all with a striped motif.
  • -Always wears flip-flops with her outfits.

Evoke

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• Name: Evoke-tan
• aka: Damn Small BSD
• Debut: 12/31/2007
• Height: 18 cm (0'7")
• Weight: ??kg
• Eye Color: Pale Green
• Hair: Dark Red

• Quick Facts:
  • -Is extroverted, daring and mischievous.
  • -Hard-working, but not exactly ambitious, prefers minimalism and a laid-back attitude.
  • -Friends with the other Damn Small-tans, the four of them usually band together.
  • -FreeBSD's tiny little sister, they get along well, but Evoke keeps her distance out of the fear of getting eaten.
  • -An honorary member of the User Space Gang.
  • -Wears a sleeveless red dress with a green bow and sneakers.
  • -Has her hair tied with ribbons into horn-like pigtails.
  • -Wields a gold fork.

Macintosh System 3.4

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• Name: Macintosh System 3.4-tan
• aka: Mac System 3.4
• Debut: circa 1988
• Height: 180 cm (5'11")
• Weight: ??kg
• Eye Color: Dark Grey
• Hair: Dark brown

• Quick Facts:
  • -Is hot-blooded, boisterous and cheerful.
  • -Likes to make up conspiracies and is even the subject of some herself since there are no comprehensive records of her past.
  • -Lives as a wanderer by choice and is a traveling stunt performer.
  • -Is allegedly Macintosh System 6-tan's twin sister. (System 3.4 used the same Finder version as System 6.0.x) They used to have a bitter rivalry but have reconciled as friends.
  • -Her closest friends are Commodore 65-tan and Windows 3.2-tan, and the three of them are usually seen together.
  • -Initially felt she had no purpose in life because of her obscurity, so early in her life, she left the Apple Family to pursue her own dreams.
  • -Now she is very bold and confident and no longer cares about her obscurity. She has found a lot of satisfaction in her work.
  • -Has cheated death many times, much to her own amazement, but knows she is living on borrowed time (any day could be her last) and strives to make the most of it.
  • -May have been kept alive for several years through the sheer willpower to live.
  • -Wears a grey frilly blouse and blue skirt with ballet shoes.
  • -Keeps her hair tied in long, forked pigtails tied with red ribbons and decorated with hairclips. Has large, winged sunglasses with colored panels.

MilaX

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• Name: MilaX
• aka: Damn Small Solaris
• Debut: Jun 2008
• Height: 18 cm (0'7")
• Weight: ?kg
• Eye Color: Lilac
• Hair: Red-brown

• Quick Facts:
  • -Solaris' little sister.
  • -Is calm, humble and cheerful, contrasting with her sister's aggressive and neurotic attitude.
  • -Runs Solaris' coffee shop when she's absent.
  • -A skilled sorceress, but doesn't flaunt it, mainly using her skills to run the shop.
  • -Friends with the other Damn Small-tans.
  • -Wears a waitress outfit with an apron, and a hat in the style of the Solaris mascot Duke.

SAGE

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• Name: SAGE-tan
• aka: Semi-Automatic Ground Environment, "Gina"
• Debut: 1959
• Height: 162 cm (~5'4")
• Weight: ??kg
• Eye Color: Blue w/ yellow highlights
• Hair: Brown

• Quick Facts:
  • -Born at Lincoln Labs in 1953, is the daughter of Whirlwind.
  • -Had a close relationship with her mother despite rarely being with her
  • -Girlhood friends with GENIAC-chan.
  • -Was self-assured and capable in early adulthood.
  • -A powerful Air Force officer during the Cold War, her job was to intercept incoming enemy bombers; had a large entourage of hardwares-tans to assist her. She trained in piloting as well.
  • -While powerless against ICBMs, she was kept in service from 1958 to 1983.
  • -A willing servant of her country, she tried to hold onto her sense of self-worth but it slowly eroded.
  • -Became increasingly jaded and psychologically-unstable; being abandoned in 1983 was her snapping point.
  • -Cut off from her radar sites and assistants, she lost her vision, memories and sanity for the most part.
  • -Lives as a drifter and often inhabits her old radar sites.
  • -Psychotic and paranoid, she deals with loneliness and bouts of violence.
  • -Hates most smaller-scale OS-tans, but none so much as Unix
  • -Birds seem attracted to her but she hates them.
  • -Lapses into moments of mental clarity.
  • -Doesn't seem aware of the influence she's had on modern computers.
  • -Short/average height, wears thick glasses and usually keeps her hair tied in a squash blossom hairstyle. Wears parts of her old uniform mixed with civilian pieces.

Windows 95 OSR 2.1

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• Name: Windows 95 OSR 2.1-tan
• aka: 95B, OSR2.1
• Debut: 1996
• Height: 158 cm (5'2")
• Weight: ??kg
• Eye Color: Gold
• Hair: Brown

• Quick Facts:
  • -Has a calm and courteous disposition.
  • -Is an old-fashioned inventor who makes electronic gadgets, though they often backfire, giving her a reputation as one of the least reliable Windows-tans.
  • -Has long brown hair decorated by metal hairclips and a bow fashioned from cables.
  • -Wears a steampunk-style dress with a kimono-style vest, and an "OSR 2.1" brooch.
  • -Is the last Windows-tan to know of MS BOB-tan, and is the only one willing and able to speak of her.
  • -Grew up in a competitive environment. Wanted to be as powerful and graceful as 95-tan, but wasn't a very good fighter.
  • -A sci-fi fanatic more interested in the future and introduced USB support to Windows, believing it to be the thing of the future and put previous interfaces in the past.
  • -However, she didn't do a good job with that, and soon ran away from home in shame, and has never returned.
  • -Now lives far away on her own as a hermit, but regularly contacts 95 OSR 2.5-tan via letters.
  • -Helped out 95 OSR 2.5-tan in her time of need.
  • -Is very friendly and offers to help out any fellow wanderers.
  • -Is a great sharpshooter and wields a hi-tech bow and arrow set she crafted herself.

Windows 95 OSR 2.5

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• Name: Windows 95 OSR 2.5-tan
• aka: 95C, OSR2.5
• Debut: 11/26/1997
• Height: 153 cm (5'0")
• Weight: ??kg
• Eye Color: Red
• Hair: Brown

• Quick Facts:
  • -Has a feisty, hot-blooded and competitive attitude.
  • -Has short brown hair decorated by a large black bow and "2.5" hairclip.
  • -Wears a white sleeveless top with a red bow, long black gloves, black skirt.
  • -Regards 98-tan and 98 SE-tan as rivals but no matter what she does, they still see her as a well-meaning friend.
  • -Wields a jutte in self-defense.
  • -Ran away from home at an early age (like OSR 2.1-tan), but occasionally returns as a playful freeloader.
  • -Regularly writes letters to 95 OSR 2.1-tan.
  • -Is friends with Atari DOS-tan, and from her connection to the Binteeji Renmei, she also found out about Windows 1.0-tan's and 2.0-tan's existences.
  • -Delighted to meet long-lost relatives she had never known about before, but keeps their existence a secret from the Windows Family for 1.0's and 2.0's sake.