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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  • EstraDoll [she/her]
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    2 days ago

    interesting. here i have been washing it daily and then looking like albert einstein

    • imogen_underscore [it/its, she/her]
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      2 days ago

      noooooo lol definitely not every day 😭 your hair will thank you if you try stretch that to at least a few days, like i said i find a week to be pretty doable after a minor adjustment period. and i have long curly hair. you can definitely use conditioner every day though and it helps with oiliness.

    • imogen_underscore [it/its, she/her]
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      2 days ago

      another tip I've picked up recently:

      • double washing is good on wash days, don't use double the amount of shampoo just start with a teeny tiny amount like pea sized and give your scalp a really quick scrub, wash it out and then do a normal wash. you'll get much more of a lather and i find it extends the amount of time you have until you need another wash. you can actually get away with using less shampoo overall this way too than a normal wash.

      • also if you have bangs (or even if you don't I guess) just washing the front of your hair with shampoo if it's greasy can buy you a few more days until a full wash. make sure to condition afterwards.