List of OS-tans

Featured prominently below is a list of OS-tans, which are named after the operating system they personify combined with the Japanese suffix -tan (たん), an overly cute mispronunciation of -chan (ちゃん) (specifically a child's slurring of it). All were created by various amateur artists; and although the OS-tan phenomenon originated in the Japanese imageboard Futaba Channel and the overwhelming majority of the artwork is still produced in Japan, a growing number of international artists are contributing both fan-based and original artwork of their own. Therefore, this list is meant to record all OS-tans drawn or discovered to date, regardless of location, artistic merit or popularity of the system personified. Profiles will be provided for each character if possible; however, given the incongruous nature of this fan-based movement, these may not always be comprehensive.

In addition, a large number of computer-related characters are also included in this list, given that their important support role also makes them indivisible from the OS-tans (both in fan-based media and real life). These include personfications of hardware, software applications, browsers, websites, malware and game consoles.

Windows-tans

• Windows 1.0

• Windows 2.0

• Windows 3.1

• Windows 3.2

• Windows NT

• Windows 95

• Windows 95 OSR 2.1

• Windows 95 OSR 2.5

• Windows CE

• Windows NT Workstation

• 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 (fka Longhorn)

• Windows Vienna (fka Blackcomb, may be changed to Windows 7)

Apple-tans

• Apple I

• Apple II

• Apple Lisa

• GS/OS

• Mac OS

• Mac System 1

• Mac System 2

• Mac System 3

• Mac System 4

• Mac System 5

• Mac System 6

• Mac System 7

• Mac System 7.5

• Copland

• Newton OS

• Mac OS8

• Mac OS9

• Mac OS9.1

• 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

DOS-tans

• FreeDOS

• DOS/V

• DR-DOS (aka, CP/M)

• MS-DOS

• MSX-DOS

• PC-DOS

• PTS-DOS

• QDOS

• ROMDOS

Linux-tans

• Linux

• 64 Studio

• Adamantix

• Arch

• APODIO

• Barbie Linux

• ChainSawLinux

• CRUX

• Damn Small Linux

• Debian

• Elive

• EvilEntity

• Fedora

• Fried Chicken Linux

• Gentoo

• KateOS

• Knoppix

• Kubuntu

• Freespire

• Linspire (aka Lindows)

• LinEspa

• Linux XP

• Mandriva

• Momonga

• Musix

• NepaLinux

• OLPC (aka SugarOS)

• Pardus

• PCLinuxOS (aka PCLOS)

• Puppy Linux

• Red Flag

• RedHat

• Sabayon

• SAM

• Scientific Linux

• Slackware

• SuSE-Linux

• Tinfoil Hat Linux

• Turbolinux

• Ubuntu

• Yellow Dog Linux

• Yoper

• Zenwalk

• Zeus Linux

Unix-tans

• A/UX

• Belenix

• BSD

• DarwinOS

• FreeBSD

• NetBSD

• Nexenta

• NeXTSTEP

• OliveBSD

• OpenBSD

• Plan 9

• QNX

• Solaris (aka SunOS)

• Minix

• SCO Unix

• The HURD

• UNIX (Bell Labs)

• UnixWare

• Xenix

Other OS-tans

• Aegis (aka, Domain/OS)

• Amiga OS

• Amstrad CPC

• AROS

• Bluebottle

• CoCo

• Coleco Adam

• Commodore PET

• Commodore VIC-20

• Commodore 64

• Commodore 128

• CTSS (aka, Compatible Time-Sharing System)

• eComStation

• Haiku

• GCOS (aka, GECOS II, 3 and 8, or General Comprehensive Operating System)

• GEOS

• GEM OS

• ITS (aka, Incompatible Time-Sharing System)

• MITS Altair 8800

• MorphOS

• Multics

• ORIC

• OS-9

• OS/2

• PalmOS

• Primos

• ReactOS

• RISC OS

• SkyOS

• Stratus VOS

• Syllable

• TRS-DOS

• VMS

• ZETA

• ZX Spectrum

Non OS-tans

App-tans

• Ad-Aware

• AOL

• Croquet

• DC++

• Flash

• Internet Explorer

• Ghostzilla

• Java

• Kazaa Media Desktop

• Konqueror

• LimeWire

• Lynx

• McAfee Antivirus

• MS BOB

• MSN Messenger

• Microsoft Outlook

• Photoshop

• Quantum Link

• Red Office

• Safari

• Songbird

• Windows Media Player

• XFCE

Hardware-tans

• Data Pending

Malware-tans

• Abraxas

• A-Bomb

• Acid

• Acme

• Ah

• ANTI

• Bliss

• Bomber

• (c)Brain

• Butterfly

• Byte-Bandit

• Cascade

• Cerberus

• Christmas Tree

• CIH

• Disk Killer

• Esperanto

• Horror

• Lamer Exterminator

• Mimail (aka, Rabbit.EXE)

• MyDoom

• Sasser

• Spida

• Sunday

• Viru-tan

• Whale

Moezilla

• Firefox

• Thunderbird

• Opera

• SeaMonkey

• Nvu

Site-tans

• BBSpot

• Error- 400

• Error- 401

• Error- 402

• Error- 403

• Error- 404

• Error- 405

• Error- 406

• Error- 407

• Error- 408

• Fark

• Fchan

• Foobies

• Google

• Mixi

• SlashDot

• Something Awful

• The Smoking Gun

• TotalFark

• Twitter

• 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

• Mac OSX

• Damn Small Linux

Non OS-Kuns

• Norton Antivirus

• Trend Micro Virus Buster

Malware-Kuns

• Acme-kun

• A-Bomb-kun

• Abraxas-kun

• Ah-kun

• Cerberus-kun

• Horror-kun