User:Aurora Borealis/Sandbox

Possible table to use for the List of OS-tans sections

Icon	Character	Class	Family	Debut	Obsolescence?	Roles
icon	OS-tan	class	family	debut	obsolete?	roles

notes:

• "class" refers to type of OS (home computer, general purpose, embedded, server, mainframe, mobile) and/or hardware (8-bit, 16-bit, etc.)
• OSes that are 'obsolete' are no longer current and no longer supported by developers. For these OS-tans, survival is dependent on a large enough user-base, and original systems remaining.
  • if possible, also add date that OS got discontinued and had support dropped.
• "roles" include affiliations with factions, occupations, etc.
• may also include a proprietary vs. open source category.

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Example: (from the Other OS-tans section)

Icon	Character	Class	Family	Debut	Obsolescence?	Roles
icon	Aegis (Domain/OS)	server	?	?	no	?
icon	Amber	?	Multics-like	1980's	yes	?
icon	Amiga	hardware and OS, home computer	Amigoid	24 Jul 1985	no	co-founder and leader of the Vintage Federation, an artist and musician, cadet of former Commodore Fleet.
icon	Amstrad CPC	home computer	Amstrad	1984	yes (discontinued circa 1990)	step-sister of the Sinclair-tans, in the Vintage Federation
icon	AROS	hobbyist OS	Amigoid	1995	no
icon	Atari DOS	home computer	Atari	1979	yes (discontinued circa 1991)	Co-leader of former Atari family faction, is a magician and entertainer,

from the Windows-tans list:

Icon	Character	Class	Family	Debut	Obsolescence?	Roles
icon	Windows 1.0	General-purpose OS, 16-bit	DOS/Windows 9x	20 Nov 1985	yes	Genetic mother of the 9x Windows, roles vary due to character interpretation.
icon	Windows 2.0	General-purpose OS, 16-bit	DOS/Windows 9x	1 Nov 1987	yes	Member of the Vintage Federation after exile in the OS Wars.
	Windows 3.1	General-purpose OS, 16-bit	DOS/Windows 9x	22 May 1990	yes	(possibly) the oldest Windows-tan in the Windows Family. The first one to be successful.
	Windows 3.2	General-purpose OS, 16-bit	DOS/Windows 9x	circa 1992	yes	From the defunct Chinese language branch of the Windows Family.
icon	Windows NT	Server OS, 32-bit	Windows NT	1993	yes	Mother of the NT-based Windows, is a diplomat, conquered the server market in the 90's. Mainly retired from combat in favor of running the household.
icon	Windows 95	General-purpose OS, 16/32-bit	DOS/Windows 9x	24 Aug 1995	yes	Big-sister figure to most Windows-tans, established Windows dominance in the consumer market, is still a practicing swordswoman.
	Windows 95 OSR 2.1	General-purpose OS, 16/32-bit	DOS/Windows 9x	1996	yes	Old-fashioned inventor, left the Windows Family to live as a hermit.
	Windows 95 OSR 2.5	General-purpose OS, 16/32-bit	DOS/Windows 9x	26 Nov 1997	yes	Rivals with 98-tan and 98SE-tan. One of the few who still talks to OSR 2.1-tan.
icon	Windows CE	mobile	Windows (Mobile)	1996	?	Main or only mobile OS of the Windows-tans. Dreamcast fangirl, rival of Palm-tan.
icon	Windows NT 4.0	Server OS, 32-bit	Windows NT	1996	yes	?
icon	Windows 97	prototype	DOS/Windows 9x	n/a	yes	Rival to XPMCE-tan and Windows 7-tan, wants to be the real 7-tan.
	Windows 98	General-purpose OS, 32-bit	DOS/Windows 9x	25 Jun 1998	yes (support dropped in 2006)	Shy schoolgirl, possible love interest towards Homeo
icon	Windows 98 SE	General-purpose OS, 32-bit	DOS/Windows 9x	5 May 1999	yes (support dropped in 2006)
icon	Windows Odyssey	prototype	Windows NT	n/a	yes	unknown
icon	Windows Neptune	prototype	Windows NT	n/a	yes	unknown
	Windows ME	General-purpose OS, 32-bit	DOS/Windows 9x	14 Sep 2000	yes (support dropped in 2006)	Least stable of the Windows-tans; a happy-go-lucky klutz. Last 9x Windows OS.
	Windows 2000	Professional OS, 32-bit	Windows NT	17 Feb 2000	yes	"Dependable woman" of the Windows-tans, often ME's guardian
	Windows XP Professional	Professional OS, 32/64-bit	Windows NT	25 Oct 2001	no (still supported)	Originally the fanciest OS-tan who was more pretty than useful- this role may have changed over time. Often antagonistic of XP Home.
	Windows XP Home	Home and general purpose OS, 32/64-bit	Windows NT	25 Oct 2001	no (still supported)	Yaoi manga writer, likes to get her brother into awkward situations; a foil to XP Pro-tan.
icon	Windows XP Media Center	Multimedia and general purpose OS, 32/64-bit	Windows NT	Oct 2004	no (still supported)	Multimedia OS, often klutzy like ME-tan.
icon	Windows Longhorn	prototype	Windows NT	n/a	yes	This character no longer exists in canon or fanon
icon	Windows Vista	Multi-version, general-purpose OS, 32/64-bit	Windows NT	30 Jan 2007	?	Varies greatly due to character interpretation
icon	Windows 7	Multi-version, general-purpose OS, 32/64-bit	Windows NT	22 Oct 2009	no	Varies greatly due to character interpretation
icon	Windows 8	Multi-version, general-purpose OS, 32/64-bit	Windows NT	Sep 2011	no (current)	Unknown

Apple-tan list

Icon	Character	Class	Family	Debut	Obsolescence?	Roles
icon	Apple I		Pre-Macintosh	1976	yes	roles
icon	Apple II		Pre-Macintosh	5 Jun 1977	yes	roles
icon	Apple III		Pre-Macintosh	May 1980	yes	roles
icon	Apple Lisa		Pre-Macintosh	19 Jan 1983	yes	roles
icon	Macintosh System 1		Classic Mac	24 Jan 1984	yes	roles
icon	Macintosh System 2		Classic Mac	Apr 1985	yes	roles
icon	Macintosh System 3		Classic Mac	16 Jan 1986	yes	roles
icon	GS/OS		Pre-Macintosh	1986	yes	roles
icon	Macintosh System 3.4		Classic Mac	circa 1988	yes	roles
icon	Macintosh System 4		Classic Mac	2 Mar 1987	yes	roles
icon	Macintosh System 5		Classic Mac	n/a	yes	roles
icon	A/UX	business and server OS	Unix, System V branch	Feb 1988	yes	roles
icon	Macintosh System 6		Classic Mac	30 Apr 1988	yes	roles
icon	Macintosh System 7		Classic Mac	13 May 1991	yes	roles
icon	Macintosh System 7.5		Classic Mac	Sep 1994	yes	roles
icon	Apple Newton	mobile	Independent	1993	yes (discontinued '98)	roles
icon	Copland	prototype	unknown	n/a	yes	roles
icon	Mac OS 8		Classic Mac	26 Jul 1997	yes	roles
icon	Mac OS 9		Classic Mac	23 Oct 1999	yes	roles
icon	Mac OS X Server "Rhapsody"		Mac OSX	circa 1999	yes	roles
icon	Mac OS X 10.0		Mac OSX	24 Mar 2001	yes	roles
icon	Mac OS X 10.1		Mac OSX	Sep 2001	yes	roles
icon	Mac OS X 10.2		Mac OSX	24 Aug 2002	yes	roles
icon	Mac OS X 10.3		Mac OSX	24 Mar 2003	yes	roles
icon	Mac OS X 10.4		Mac OSX	29 Apr 2005	yes	roles
icon	Mac OS X 10.5		Mac OSX	26 Oct 2007	?	roles
icon	Mac OS X 10.6		Mac OSX	26 Aug 2009	no	roles
icon	Mac OS X 10.7		Mac OSX	Jul 2011	no (current)	roles
icon	iOS (iPhone/iPod)	mobile	Mac OSX, iOS	2007-current	no	roles

DOS-tan list

Icon	Character	Class	Family	Debut	Obsolescence?	Roles
icon	DOS/V		x86 DOS	1990	yes	?
icon	FreeDOS		x86 DOS	1998	no	?
	DR-DOS		x86 DOS	1976	no	?
	MS-DOS		x86 DOS	Aug 1981	yes	?
icon	MSX-DOS		x86 DOS	1984	yes	?
	PC-DOS		x86 DOS	Aug 1981	yes	?
	PTS-DOS		x86 DOS	1993	no	?
	QDOS		x86 DOS	1980	yes	?
	ROM-DOS		x86 DOS	1989	no	?

Linux-tan list

Icon	Character	Class	Family	Debut	Obsolescence?	Roles
	GNU/Linux		Linux (founder)	1991	no	?
icon	64 Studio		Debian branch	2006	no	?
icon	Adamantix		Linux	?	no	?
icon	Arch Linux		Arch branch (founder)	2002	no
icon	APODIO		Linux	?	?	?
icon	Barbie Linux	unknown	Linux	2006	?	?
icon	ChainSaw Linux		Linux	?	no	?
icon	CRUX		independent Linux branch	2001	no	?
icon	Damn Small Linux		Linux, Knoppix branch	13 Apr 2005	no	?
icon	Debian		founder of Debian branch	1993	no	?
	Dreamlinux		Knoppix branch	10 Feb 2006	no	?
icon	Elive		Debian branch	2005	no	?
	EvilEntity		Linux, Slackware branch	25 Jan 2003	yes (discontinued 2006)	?
	Fedora		Linux, Red hat branch	Nov 2003	no	?
icon	Freespire		Debian branch	2006	yes (discontinued 2008)	?
icon	Fried Chicken Linux		Linux	?	?	?
icon	Gentoo		Gentoo branch (founder)	?	no	?
icon	KateOS		Slackware branch	?	no	?
icon	Knoppix		Debian, founder of Knoppix branch	30 Sep 2000	no	?
icon	Linspire		Linux, Debian branch	2001	yes (discontinued 2008)	?
icon	Linux XP		Linux	2005	no	?
icon	Lubuntu		Ubuntu branch	?	no	?
icon	Lunar Linux		Sorcerer branch	Feb 2002	no	?
icon	Mandriva		Red Hat branch, and founder of Mandriva branch	?	no	?
icon	Momonga		Fedora branch	?	?	?
icon	Musix		Knoppix branch	2005	no	?
icon	Mutagenix		Slackware branch	?	no	?
icon	NepaLinux		Debian branch	?	?	?
icon	OLPC		Linux, Fedora branch	2005	no	?
icon	Oralux		Linux	?	no	?
icon	Pardus		Linux	?	no	?
icon	Parsix		Knoppix branch	1 Feb 2005 (v0.45)	no	?
icon	PC Linux OS		Mandriva branch	2000	no	?
icon	Puppy Linux		independent Linux branch	2003	no	?
icon	Red Flag		Red Hat branch	1999	no	?
	Red Hat Linux		founder of Red Hat branch	1994	no	?
icon	Sabayon		Gentoo branch	?	no	?
icon	SAM Linux		Mandriva branch	?	no	?
icon	Scientific Linux		Red Hat branch	?	no	?
icon	Slackware		founder of Slackware branch	1993	no	?
	Tinfoil Hat Linux		independent Linux branch	2002	yes (discontinued 2006)	?

Mainframe-tan list

Icon	Character	Class	Family	Debut	Obsolescence?	Roles
icon	BESYS	mainframe	GMOS line	1957	yes	?
icon	BOS/360	mainframe	IBM, System/360	1965	yes	?
icon	BUIC	mainframe	MIT,SAGE	?	yes (decommissioned 1983)	?
icon	Cray-1	mainframe	Cray	1976	yes	?
icon	ENIAC	mainframe	?	1945	yes	?
icon	GMOS	mainframe	IBM, GMOS line (founder)	1955	yes (discontinued circa 1960's)	?
icon	IAS	mainframe	IAS (founder)	1952	yes	?
icon	IBSYS	mainframe	GMOS line	1957	yes	?
icon	NOS	mainframe	CDC	1970's	yes	?
icon	OS/360	mainframe	IBM, System/360	1964	no	?
icon	RCA TSOS	mainframe	RCA	1966	no	?
icon	SAGE	mainframe	MIT, descended from Whirlwind	1959	yes (decommissioned in 1983)	?
icon	SCOPE	mainframe	CDC	1963	yes	?
icon	TOS/360	mainframe	IBM,System/360	1965	yes	?
icon	TSS/360	mainframe	IBM,System/360	1967	yes	?
icon	UMES	mainframe, academic OS	GMOS line	1958	yes (decommissioned in 1967)	?
icon	Whirlwind	mainframe	MIT	1943	yes (decommissioned in 1973)	?
icon	WWMCCS	mainframe	unknown	1962	yes (decommissioned in 1996)	?

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Windows Family

Windows Family
Founder:	disputed
Leader:	Windows XP, 7
Matriarch:
Type of faction:	dynasty (DOS and NT branches)
Main social roles:	general, celebrities
Territory:	highly industrialized
Established:	1990
Dissolution:	current
Predecessor:	IBM-Microsoft Family
Successor:	current
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==Faction name==

===OS-tan name===
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*'''Quick Facts:'''

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