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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  • TerminalEncounter [she/her]
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    15 hours ago

    A friend of mine, who I dated briefly, keeps staying up late but being bossy/dommy and telling her to go to bed apparently is the secret key to her heart - and I'd rather not tread back over that same trail. But I still think she should SLEEP

    • Thallo [love/loves]
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      13 hours ago

      I wish I could dom my wife into going to bed at a reasonable hour chomsky-yes-honey

      • TerminalEncounter [she/her]
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        13 hours ago

        Tell her to go to bed or you'll get the belt or whatever the equivalent is for soft and non sadist types

        • Thallo [love/loves]
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          4 hours ago

          She gets bitey, so I'll give her a belt to chew on, so this might work to calm her down