Apr 19, 2025
Classical architecture
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Classical architecture
FOSS Mascots: a guide
Tux
Friendshaped
Has the calming aura of a Bodhisattva.
Calming smile tells you everything is going to be okay.
Xenia
Came third in the Mascot competition in the 90s, was rediscovered in the 2020s by cathodegaytube and they TRANSED HER GENDER.
Hacker trans foxgirl represents a good chunk of the Linux Community.
Coolest mascot.
Konqi (KDE)
Adorable!
Has many friends!
Yay!
Xue (XFCE)
Existentially terrified!
Why are you running? Who's chasing you? Are you trying to power the computer from your wheel?
Needs a blanket nest, a weed gummy and their comfort show.
Wilbur (GIMP)
Happy to see you!
Wants to help!
Please ignore the fact the program's name is "Gimp".
Kiki (Krita)
Delightful!
Excellent demonstration of Krita's capabilities!
Hatsune Miku vibes!
Freedo (Linux-libre)
Just a little guy!
Likes to be clean, doesn't like proprietary software.
Scubadubdub.
Geeko (OpenSUSE)
No thoughts
Head empty
Only cmatrix inside that head
Gnu (GNU)
Untrustworthy
His smile concerns me
Why is he smiling, what does he know?
Beastie (BSD)
Somehow more trustworthy than GNU.
Oddly cute.
Hail Beastie!
Puffy (OpenBSD)
Reminds me of that fish meme
The one that went
"Don't pee on the floor, use the commodore!"
Blinky (FreeDOS)
Less thoughts than geeko
Head emptier than geeko
Nothing but a blank terminal screen.
Larry (Gentoo Linux)
Worst drawn cow.
Gentoo users have lots of time on their hands while their stuff is compiling.
They could use that compiling time to learn how to draw!
Sudo Sandwich (Sudo)
OH GOD
I understand the XKCD reference...
The more I look at it the more it terrifies me.
Artwork by Robert Tinney. 1982.
'Computing for RABBITS?' - Article in the April 1963 edition of the trade publication 'Rabbit Consortium Monthly,' one of a family of publications by the Lapine Industrial Council.
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Chrome now directly tracks users, generates a "topic" list it shares with advertisers.
Don't let Chrome's big redesign distract you from the fact that Chrome's invasive new ad platform, ridiculously branded the "Privacy Sandbox," is also getting a widespread rollout in Chrome today. If you haven't been following this, this feature will track the web pages you visit and generate a list of advertising topics that it will share with web pages whenever they ask, and it's built directly into the Chrome browser. It's been in the news previously as "FLoC" and then the "Topics API," and despite widespread opposition from just about every non-advertiser in the world, Google owns Chrome and is one of the world's biggest advertising companies, so this is being railroaded into the production builds.
Use Firefox.
The gremlins in my mind want to own a lil mini computer like this as if I we're some strange sci-fi novel character. To you beautiful humans who make stuff like this and know how to use raspberry pies, I love you. My fantasy to be a cyberpunk/lainecore/space girl is fuled by your mastery of this lil goobers
Do you have the courage to save 50% on your next computer? Ad for the Data General Eclipse minicomputer system - 1974.