Minix
| Minix-tan | |
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| Character Information | |
|---|---|
| Common Names | Minix-tan |
| Other Names | Minix-sensei |
| Appearance | |
| Design | |
| Creator | Kami-Tux |
| First Appearance | Sep 2006 |
| Technical Information | |
| System Personified | Minix versions 1, 2 and 3.x |
| Developer(s) | Andrew S. Tanenbaum |
| Debut | 1987 |
| Latest release | Minix 3.1.2a (May 29 2006) |
Character details
Minix is a free, Open Source OS and inspired the creation of Linux. Minix-tan is represented as a very small (ranging from 15 cm [0'6] to 75 cm [2'6]) raccoon woman with sunglasses, raccoon ears, short pinkish hair, wooden shoes and wears a casual outfit with the Minix logo on her shirt. She carries around floppy disks- or in her smallest form, she is seen riding on a flying floppy disk.
She is a teacher and is a quiet person, but only because she wants to let others find out about her than just telling them outright. No one understands how she sets her priorities, her own stuff is always more important than anything someone else can want from her, referencing Minix's scheduling algorithms. Despite that, she is reliable. As a reference to Minix's reincarnation server, Minix-tan can always start back up again after falling down and is a great self-healer. Her daughter is Minix VMD-tan.
She was Linux-tan's mentor during her childhood and taught Linux-tan the things she would need to know to succeed in life. While the two get along for the most part, their early relationship was shaky and the two argued a lot, referencing the legendary Linux vs. Minix debate on the internet of the early 90's.
OSC Notes/backstory
Minix-tan was Linux-tan's mentor in the early 1990's. During this time, the Unix Wars were going on and Minix-tan was abandoned by UNIX for teaching a copycat what she knows (this was before Linux-tan and UNIX became friends). Around 1995, Minix-tan sent the young Linux-tan on a journey to save Linux-tan from dealing with the Unix Family (who was out to get her at the time, especially UNIX who wanted her destroyed), and to keep her away from the entangled mess of the Unix Wars (and later the OS Wars).
In recent years, Minix-tan has gotten in better graces with the Unixes. She is in the Linux/Unix Consortium and serves as the mediator between the Linuxes and Unices.