Xenia, the fox girl mascot of Linux, was first designed in 1996 by Alan Mackey. She was meant to be an alternative to Tux, the official mascot.

She had fallen into obscurity, but was noticed by a Twitter user in 2019 and was redrawn as a fox girl. But as it turned out, Xenia was originally meant to be male! The original creator, Alan, was cool with this, saying “It matches the transition of a lot of the smartest, nerdiest Linux users I know” and “And sure, you made her trans!”.

So now we have a trans Linux mascot. And I think that’s neat.

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  • Luna [she/her, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    4·
    6 days ago

    Did you mean to post this in the trans mega or the new admin post?

    If here, probably should add a containment CW since it’s a struggle sesh topic. Other mods might remove either way, idk.

    • manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml
      3·
      6 days ago

      Sorry you’re right I spoilered it, i didnt realise there was a new admin mega for it I’ll crosspost it there and delete here actually forget it, I’ll leave it because our comrade corrected me

      • Luna [she/her, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
        3·
        6 days ago

        There’s no hard-line rule on CWs for struggle sesh topics, but I think it’s better to be safe than sorry, especially for comrades who may be mentally burnt out.