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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  • ValenThyme@reddthat.comEnglish
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    3 days ago

    i had black depression with suicidal ideation for a decade+ and never in a million years thought it was gender related. the magnetic brain stimulation and ketamine were the only two things left to try.

    i was talking to my trauma therapist about a skirt i found at the thrift store and wanted to wear (egg much?) and they encouraged me and the first time i wore my skirt with painted toes and got gender euphoria it blew me away.

    A month later my egg cracked while listening to chapel roan. I have now been about 5 months depression free and only have had suicidal ideation twice in that time.

    I love myself limitlessly now. I had a visit with my pcp yesterday and they are soooo proud of my progress.

    It might not be for everyone but it sure worked for me :)