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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  • rtstragedy [fae/faer, she/her]
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    9 hours ago

    back to work today but not in spirit. my spirit will be webfishing and seeing how fast I can mash the meow button.

    • Luna [she/her, sae/saer]M
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      9 hours ago

      Spam "G" to pay respects (and communicate any other meaning, for that matter).

      • rtstragedy [fae/faer, she/her]
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        9 hours ago

        this tbh, only regret is it doesnt work in the guitar UI. Just like in real life I can't play and sing at the same time, lol.