os-tan

A personification of an operating system, or more broadly any computer software, as a cute anime character.

The concept of OS-tans originated on the Nijiura boards on Futaba Channel in 2003, out of discussions about Windows ME and its reputation for instability and frequent crashes. From this, ME-tan was born as a clumsy and failure-prone maid. Other OS-tans soon followed suit, with XP-tan for example being depicted as a glutton for RAM (computer) and 95-tan as an older woman from the early modern era of Japan.

Examples

• !post #2306

List of OS-tans

Microsoft Windows

• 2003 Server
• 1.0-tan
• 2k-tan
• 3.1-tan
• 95-tan
• 97-tan
• 98-tan

** 98se-tan
** 98-kun

• CE-tan
• ME-tan
• Neptune-tan
• NT-tan

** Inu-T
** Mama-T

• Vista-tan

** Chiivistan
** Visbou
** Vistake
** Longhorn-tan

• WE-tan
• Windows 7

** 7-tan
*** 7-tan (SP1)
*** 7-tan (Ultimate)
*** 7-tan (XP Mode)
** Madobe Nanami

• Windows 8

** 8-tan
** 8.1-tan
** Madobe Ai
** Madobe Yuu

• Windows 10

** Madobe Tooko

• Windows 11

** Madobe Ichika

• Windows XP

** Homeko
** Homeo
** XP-tan
*** Whistler-tan
*** XP-kun
** XP MCE-tan
** XPMC

Apple Inc.

• OS7.5
• OS9
• OSX

** Jaguar-tan
** Lion-tan
** Mavericks-tan
** Mountain Lion-tan
** Puma-tan
** Snow Leopard-tan
** Tiger-tan

• iPhone-tan

Linux

• Arch Linux
• Debian

** Lindows
** Ubuntu
*** KDE neon
*** Kubuntu

• Gentoo
• Jurix

** SUSE

• Red Hat (Linux)

** Fedora (Linux)
** Mandriva

• SLS

** Slackware

Browsers

• Mozilla Firefox

** Mozilla Thunderbird

• Google Chrome

** Google-tan

• Internet Explorer

** Aizawa Inori
** Silverlight

• Opera (web browser)
• Tor Browser

Misc

• ChromeOS-tan
• DOS

** MS-DOS-tan
** DOS/V-tan
** DOS Cat

• Dr Norton
• MSX

** 1chip MSX

• Plan 9-tan
• Viru-tan

See also

• 7-chan
• Wikipe-tan
• Flight Airplanes
• Nijiura Maids
• Personification
• Tag group:Technology

External links

• Wikipedia: OS-tan
• "Know Your Meme: OS-tan":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/os-tan