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Hello #Fediverse, here’s today’s daily OS-tan!

This is Windows 3.1-tan, also known as Ōbaba-sama (大婆様), a personification of Windows 3.1! She’s a quiet and graceful character often depicted in a long, frilly violet gown with a 3.1 brooch on her collar.

Ōbaba has a unique connection to DOS Kitty, her inseparable companion who represents DOS. This relationship reflects Windows 3.x’s reliance on DOS. In some depictions, DOS Kitty is portrayed as a black cat, while in others, she’s a small catgirl nurse.

In the OS-tan family, Ōbaba is considered the younger sister of Oichi (Windows 1.0-tan) and the older sister of NT-Mama. She’s also often seen as Windows 95-tan's mother.

Originally, Ōbaba did not exist as a character and Windows 3.1 was portrayed as a box similar to what Windows 98 and 98SE-tan have but more recent depictions prefer the human design by ＥＧ３３. Her manner of speaking is often ending sentences with "ja". Despite being retired, she’s depicted tending a family shrine or occasionally donning military uniforms, suggesting a proactive role in the "OS Wars."

Ōbaba’s design debuted in 2004.

#OStan #Gijinkas #Personification #OStans #Gijinka #Anime #OS娘 #OSたん #Windows #Microsoft #Windows31

A simple black and white drawing featuring a character with a square head and body, representing the Windows 3.1 operating system. The character has minimal facial features and '3.1' written on its body. The character is standing on a black block with the letters 'D', 'o', 'S', and 'V' arranged in a stylized manner

An anime-style character named Ōbaba-sama (大婆様), who is a personification of Windows 3.1. The character has long, straight, silver hair adorned with a large purple bow. Ōbaba-sama is wearing a long, flowing lavender dress with lace details and a purple ribbon around the neck. She is holding a black cat with a collar around its neck. The character's eyes are red, and she is wearing brown boots

An anime-style character named Ōbaba-sama (大婆様), a personification of Windows 3.1. She has long, flowing white hair and wears a white dress adorned with lace details. Ōbaba-sama is holding a black cat. The background is a solid blue color. The text 'Microsoft Windows Version 3.1' is displayed prominently in the center of the image, with a copyright notice at the bottom stating 'Copyright © Microsoft Corporation 1985-2004. All Rights Reserved.'

Saba-tan (鯖たん), but not OS-tan :p
They were 7 years late...
https://akiba-pc.watch.impress.co.jp/hotline/20110521/etc_ms3.html

#Moe #Gijinka #Gijinkas #OSTan #OSたん #OS娘

Got a Prototype of the famous Me-tan Yūyu Figure (which was released exactly 20 years ago a couple of weeks ago) :D !

A good time to expand the Moeverse Article about the Figure...
https://moeverse.xyz/wiki/Me-tan_Figure_(Y%C5%AByu)

If you are the person who bought the other Prototype, let me know Lol

#MeTan #OSTan #Moe #Gijinka #Personifications #FigureCollection #Windows #FutabaChannel

Unassembled Prototype of the Me-tan Yūyu Figure.

OpenBSD OS-Tan #art #ostan #DigitalArt #anime #openbsd

Hello #Fediverse, here’s today’s daily OS-tan!

This one is of Odyssey-tan, a rare character representing the canceled Windows Odyssey. Though she’s not as widely drawn as other OS-tans she is seen in artworks alongside friends like Windows 97, Moseko, and Neptune.

Her first appearance remains unknown

#OStan #Gijinkas #Personification #OStans #Gijinka #Anime #OS娘 #OSたん #WindowsOdyssey #Windows #Microsoft

Artwork of Windows Odyssey-tan, an anthropomorphized representation of the Windows Odyssey operating system. The character is dressed in a futuristic outfit with a predominantly blue and white color scheme, featuring geometric patterns and technological motifs. The character wears a long coat with a high collar, an orange tie, and thigh-high boots with intricate designs and glasses

A comic featuring two characters, Windows Odyssey-tan and Windows 2000-tan. Windows Odyssey-tan is depicted in color on the right side, wearing a blue and white outfit with red headband and a yellow disk. She has blue hair and glasses. Windows 2000-tan is shown in the comic panels on the left side, wearing a similar outfit and glasses. The comic panels show a conversation between the two characters. Windows Odyssey-tan praises Windows 2000-tan for her work, but Windows 2000-tan responds with a resigned expression, mentioning that she will soon be obsolete

A colorful illustration featuring five anime-style characters, each representing different versions of the Windows operating system. The background is divided into four colored sections: green, red, blue, and orange.

The character in the top left, Neptune-tan, has teal hair, wears a visor, and has a futuristic appearance. The character in the bottom left, Odyssey-tan, has blue hair, a halo, and a clerical outfit. The character in the bottom right, Moseko (Windows MCE), has blonde hair, cat ears, and glasses. The character in the top right, one of the XP-kun, has red hair and an angry expression. Next to XP-kun, Windows 97-tan is depicted with brown hair styled in two braids

OpenBSD-tan

OpenBSD-tan ##ostan ##gijinkas ##personification ##ostans ##gijinka ##anime ##os娘 ##osたん #openbsd #bsd #osgijinka

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Hello #Fediverse, here’s today’s daily OS-tan!

This one is of Neptune-tan, a OS-tan of Windows Neptune, the canceled Windows version. Neptune-tan is often depicted as a strong and fierce character, sometimes shown wielding large weapons and surrounded by friends like Windows 97, Odyssey, Moseko, and various designs of Longhorn.

She wears a black, sleeveless qipao with blue accents and red bracelets, a red talisman is on her collar and she has mechanical headpieces that give her a slightly futuristic vibe. Her long, green pigtails are usually accompanied by a red visor which has become one of her most recognisable features.

Several of her artworks were created by an artist known as イオンのバイド (Ion no Baido) on Pixiv such as the first image shown, though it’s believed they did not originate her concept due to differing art styles.

#OStan #Gijinkas #Personification #OStans #Gijinka #Anime #OS娘 #OSたん #WindowsNeptune #Windows #Microsoft #Neptune

An artistic depiction of Windows Neptune-tan, a personified version of the Windows Neptune operating system that never released. The character has long green hair styled into twin tails, cat-like ears, and is wearing a futuristic outfit with a black and blue color scheme, accented with red and yellow. She is reaching out to a large, ornate staff with a blue and gold design, standing in water with a cloudy sky in the background

A detailed character sketch of Neptune-tan, featuring annotations in Japanese that describe various parts of the character's design. Neptune-tan has long hair tied into two large pigtails and is wearing a long dress with a high collar. The sketch includes notes pointing to specific elements of the character's appearance

Two color palette designs for Neptune-tan. Both designs feature her with long green hair, wearing a black dress with colored accents and accessories. The left design has yellow and blue accents, while the right design has blue, red and green accents. The character also has red wristbands, a belt with pouches, and grey shoes

Ten different color palette proposals for Neptune-tan. Each proposal is labeled with a number from 1 to 10. The character, Neptune-tan, has long hair and is dressed in a long gown with boots and gloves. The color of her hair, dress, and accessories varies in each proposal, showcasing combinations of colors such as purple, green, orange, blue, and black

I made a quick meme avatar #ostan of #matrix for #vrchat

Me-tan by RaitoninqXaara

Me-tan by RaitoninqXaara ##ostan ##gijinkas ##personification ##ostans ##gijinka ##anime ##os娘 ##osたん ##os ##windows ##windowsme ##microsoft ##2000s ##japan ##japanese #osgijinka

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Ehh... since new people are joining, I might as well update my old intro. Thankfully, my instance allows for a higher word count on posts!

I am Sinclair-Speccy, your resident computer nerd. I go by Sinclair, Speccy, Sinco, Altair, or even Alphonse. My primary interests are #RetroComputing, #OldTech, and #OStan. You’ll usually find me boosting retro tech content and occasionally posting it myself, mostly retro tech ads. I’m fascinated by vintage mainframes like the IBM 704, CDC 6500, and Whirlwind I as well as microcomputers such as the Altair 8800 and MK14, but I am not old enough to have ever used them in person.

I’ve moved around a bit online as I started on .art, then bitbang.social and now oldbytes.space. When not geeking out over computers I enjoy experimenting with older operating systems using emulators like 86Box, VirtualBox, Bochs, and QEMU or playing games such as the Sims 4, Sims 3, Arma 3 and Universe Sandbox. My interest in emulation all started when I managed to run Yggdrasil Linux from the '90s!

I also do 3D rendering in Bryce 3D which I mainly post on my account for my website (https://sakurajima.moe/@themainframe) which also hosts content on my 3 worldbuilding settings and I share some of my work on DeviantArt. One of my favourite niche fandoms is OS-tans which is turning operating systems and hardware into anime characters. I even have my own OS-tan universe that is hosted on my site.

Musically I vibe with #vaporwave, #synthwave, #darksynth,#phonk, and experimental music. Some favorite artists include Windows96, Dynatron, Carpenter Brut, KSLV Noh, and Frums.

As for some other stuff I enjoy #mythology, #transformers, #cats, #fantasy, #nature such as #flowers and #plants and #animals, #steampunk, a bit of #classicalmusic, #starwars, #photography, #art, #space, #cyberpunk and #scifi but you’re more likely to find that content on my other account.

You can check out my website here: https://sinclair-speccy.github.io/The-Mainframe/index.html and I hope to expand it into a tech journalism platform someday, though motivation and its static nature kind of stop me...

#RetroTech #Retro #RetroTechnology #RetroComputers #VintageComputers #Introduction

Windows 95 OSR 2.x Sisters by C-Chan

Windows 95 OSR 2.x Sisters by C-Chan ##ostan ##gijinkas ##personification ##ostans ##gijinka ##anime ##os娘 ##osたん ##windows #windows95 #windows_95 ##microsoft #osgijinka

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Hello #Fediverse, here's your "daily" OS-tan art and the first of my reworked daily OS-tan posts!

This one is of Windows Me-tan!

Also known as Emui, Me-tan is the original OS-tan from the Futaba Channel, depicting Windows Millennium Edition. With her green pigtails and clumsy demeanor, she has become one of the most beloved OS-tans.

Back in 2003, the anthropomorphic character craze was at its peak in Japan and the anonymous bulletin board community was heavily influenced by this trend. Me-tan was created in Futaba on August 6, 2003, though some believe she first appeared in July of the same year.

Portrayed as a clumsy yet cheerful maid, Me-tan is often depicted as a lovable “natural idiot” who humorously fails to defrag, puts fried noodles in the sink, and microwaves coke.

Art is by creator who goes under as ME-aki :P

#OStan #Gijinkas #Personification #OStans #Gijinka #Anime #OS娘 #OSたん #OS #Windows #WindowsME #Microsoft #2000s #Anime #Japan #Japanese

An illustration of Me-tan, a personified character representing the Windows Me operating system. Me-tan has green hair styled in a braid with a curl on top and is wearing a blue and white maid outfit with a large red bow on the back. She is depicted with a cheerful expression, eyes closed, and holding the sides of the dress

Did you know that the concept of "OS-tan" has existed way before even ME-tan was made?

Take OS Idol Win-chan as an example. Win-chan's earliest appearance in media seems to be from a promotional CD by Enterbrain, which dates back as early as October 1998. This would mean that Win-chan predates Me-tan by almost 5 years. It's not specified what Windows version she represents.

Another example can be Magical Toko-chan who is from around 1999. She seems to represent BSD, has a theme song called "Rainbow Holy☆Trident" and has a sister that represents Solaris.

There is also also another "Wintel Miku" although there’s little art of her. She seems to represent WindowsNT4.0/95/98 and was created as the creator was inspired by Mgaical Toko.

Besides Win-Chan, Magical Toko, Solaris-Chan and Wintel Miku all have sites dedicared to them!

Toko: http://tokochan.haun.org/

Solaris-Chan: https://pony.tail.net/toko/sol.html

Wintel Miku: https://web.archive.org/web/20000226063048/http://www.quark-jp.co.jp/~hide/DirectGirl/index.asp

Also fun fact, Win-chan was made by the creator of Sgt.Frog and the concept designer for Kemono Friends, Yoshizaki Mine! This can be seen on his profile for his site here: http://mnet.nicomi.com/MINEprofile/YOSPRO.html

#OStan #Gijinkas #Personification #OStans #Gijinka #Anime #OS娘 #OSたん #WindowsNT #Windows98 #Windows95 #BSD #Solaris #90s

An anime-style character named OSIDOL Win-chan. Win-chan has blue hair and is wearing a blue and white outfit with a green, blue, yellow skirt. She is winking and pointing up with her right hand which is resting on her face. The background is colorful with various abstract patterns in shades of green, blue, yellow, and red. The text "OS-IDOL Win-chan" is prominently displayed, along with the copyright notice "1998.1999 Mine Yoshizaki All Rights Reserved."

An illustration of Magical Toko-chan. The character is dressed in a colorful outfit with a red top, yellow skirt, and lilac hair. Magical Toko-chan is holding a staff adorned with colorful orbs and has a tail with a pointy tip. There is BSD mascot hovering near the character's head. The background features a rainbow, and the words "Magical" and "TOKO." are prominently displayed in stylized text

Art of Wintel Miku with large, expressive eyes and glasses. She has light brown hair tied with red hair accessories and is wearing a white and blue dress with puffed sleeves and a collar. She is holding a long, pink staff with a red and yellow ornament at the end with wings on it

Bleh. I might start reposting my old daily OS-tan posts so they're in order and have alt text by deleting the old ones.

I hope this doesn't bother people, but I think it is easier this way...

When I first did the posts they weren't in any real order so I want to fix that by going in order :p

#OStan #Gijinkas #Personification #OStans #Gijinka #Anime #OS娘 #OSたん

Hello #Fediverse, here’s today’s daily OS-tan!

This one is of Mutsumi Madobe, a lesser-known member of the Madobe family and a personification of Windows Vista! Mutsumi is portrayed as the older sister of Nanami Madobe who represents Windows 7, though her origins could be seen as quite unique compared to other OS-tans.

Mutsumi first appeared through tweets made from Nanami’s Twitter account beginning on October 3, 2009. While she was never officially used for promotional campaigns, she did show up in some Madobe Family Trees included with official merchandise. On special occasions like April Fool’s Day 2010, she “took over” tweeting duties, using the hashtag #6me.

Unlike Nanami she has no official artwork but on April 20, 2010 the artist Sappappa designed an unofficial interpretation of her based on her tweets. This fan-made depiction gained enough popularity to inspire derivative artwork.

Mutsumi’s design and character reflect her connection to Vista. She’s a little taller than Nanami and is often noted for her larger bust, perhaps showing Vista’s higher memory demands compared to Windows 7 (the same case with XP Pro-tan). She loves eating gyudon and prefers to skip outdated software in favor of new releases: a subtle nod to the compatibility struggles that Vista faced during its time.

There was even a joke site made for her you can find here: http://www.t1500.com/april/2014/

#OStan #Gijinkas #Personification #OStans #Gijinka #Anime #OS娘 #OSたん #Windows #Microsoft #WindowsVista #OStan #Madobe

Hello #Fediverse, here’s your “daily” OS-tan!

In honor of Windows 8’s 12th anniversary which I missed (and not doing one of those posts for a long time), I'm doing one for Yū Madobe and Ai Madobe, the official mascots and OS-tans for Windows 8/8.1 who were created for special bundles by Windows Navi+ that came with some copies of Windows 8 during its launch in Japan, known as the Windows 8 Pro DSP Release Commemorative Packs.

Yū is the quieter older sister with a love for gadgets, a hidden Otaku at heart, and someone who thrives on the latest digital trends and has the shorter hair. Her younger sister, Ai, is cheerful and loves exploring what’s new and popular among junior high trends, especially anything tech-related and is the one with longer hair. Both share a birthdate of November 18, 1996, connecting them to the Windows lineage as distant relatives of Nanami Madobe! Fun fact: The sisters nearly tied in the 2012 Akihabara Moe Character Contest!

Many believe that one character was meant to represent Windows 8 and the other Windows 8.1 although both debuted well before anyone anticipated the release of 8.1. Another theory suggests one represents Windows 8, while the other stands for RT; however, both were actually featured in the promotion of Windows 8 Pro in the Commemorative Packs. Since they were also used to promote Windows 8.1 later on, it’s more accurate to view them as representing Windows 8 and 8.1 collectively.

#OStan #Gijinkas #Personification #OStans #Gijinka #Anime #OS娘 #OSたん #Windows #Microsoft #Windows8 #OStan #OSMascots #Mascot

Yū and Ai Madobe dressed in matching blue and white outfits with colorful ties and hair accessories. They are standing in front of a store promoting Windows 8, with one character holding a tablet displaying the Windows 8 interface. The background shows a busy street scene with silhouettes of people and various signs advertising Windows 8. Confetti is scattered throughout the scene, adding a festive atmosphere

Two characters in blue and white outfits, adorned with colorful bows. They're on large, colorful blocks resembling the tiles in Windows 8, each with different icons and text. One block is green, another is red, and another is blue with a sun icon. The background is deep blue, featuring more icons and text, including “Anonymous” and Japanese text for "Start". One character holds a tablet, while the other reaches out

Same Place, Different Universe Chapter 1 (1/3)

This is an ambitious short story I wrote as an extra to go along with the development history page.

“Same Place, Different Universe” is about Marcia exploring a glimpse of the headquarters of her team’s counterpart based on that #OStan fanon I had from 2019.

Synopsis: https://operatingsuperstars.wordpress.com/same-place-different-universe/

Chapter 1 “As Long As I Don’t Get Caught, I’ll Stay Off of There”: https://operatingsuperstars.wordpress.com/spdu-chapter-1/

I didn’t think I’d revisit it in any way after moving forward from it, but I surprise myself again!

As much as I like the angle I’m writing for Operating Superstars and focusing on having fun with it, there were ideas that I still wanted to explore but couldn’t carry over to it since they wouldn’t fit the tone.

This remake won’t be exact; details will be changed or refined to be more cohesive. Some #Worldbuilding will be revealed in this chapter, and I’ll be writing more about this remake in the next update to the development history page.

The 3D renders I recently posted are of the setting of this story within a part of their headquarters. Without a cover story to present herself as a guest to learn more about her team’s counterparts and of their universe, she had to sneak in with immense risks if she got caught.

I plan for illustrations to be added later since I still have a lot to juggle.

More development notes about my previous fanon universe

The sections about the Apple and Microsoft-based groups were some of the most difficult to write about since they had the most shifting details in that fanon.

The Windows 10 characters, particularly one representing the first releases clashed with many of the older Windows characters due to when Microsoft pushed updates for Windows 10 to Windows 7 and 8 users.

There were characters to represent each of the Windows 10 releases since 10 was still thought to be the final Windows version and would receive continuous updates. Of course we know how how that went…

I might’ve also been influenced by most people I knew disliking Windows 10 then. Times sure have changed from that and this shows some #OStan or OS #Gijinka characterizations are influenced by the time they were written.

Had this fanon continued development when Windows 11 was announced, I can only speculate what my Windows 11 character would’ve been like then, and whether I would’ve retconned the Windows 10 characters to be more humble or had them undergo more character development to reflect how 10’s reputation changed.

It seems like Windows 11 now has the reputation that Windows 10 did and that 10 got vindicated 🤔

Part 2 - The second major update has been added:

https://operatingsuperstars.wordpress.com/2019-predecessor/

I wrote enough about the worldbuilding and lore I had from that #OStan fanon I had in 2019 for its own page! It also covers this project’s undoing and the lessons I learned from it.

The background information about that era is on the development history page under 2019-2020 “the predecessor I had before Operating Superstars”.

https://operatingsuperstars.wordpress.com/development-history/

This fanon was influenced by:

1. The changes in the tech industry of the 2010’s that were a shake-up from the 2000’s status quo
2. Finding more historical details for OSes
3. Revisiting older ideas and replacing or adapting them
4. Exchange of ideas from me and from others that were freely shared

It had a dystopian tone in some ways which was influenced by cynicism about the tech industry in the 2010’s.

I still wanted to see hope though and one of the themes I intended were about “obsolete” OSes making new lives and destinies for themselves after being largely forgotten by the mainstream or displaced from their original groups.

#OSTan

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