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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I've thought it would be nice to revive some dead/less active comms as well, although I don't know of any comms specifically (which also means I have no ideas
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Less active comms: https://hexbear.net/communities?listingType=Local&sort=TopMonth&page=3
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Ooh, a second c/traa. We could be so powerful, that one wasn't enough :catgirl-smug:
So DIY is one Iβd love to see more active. Howdy is one I mod and it was always bound to to be less active, given itβs role as a place for introductions, but Iβd like to brainstorm a way to pick it up a bit.
Howdy might be tough to get more activity on, unless it's purpose expands or it becomes a rule to post there upon making an account (which people should do anyway, it's fun).
DIY has potential, but it depends on how many people are working on DIY projects. For some reason, my brain went to DIY HRT when you said that, btw. I guess I'm that trans-brained...
I've thought that c/writing might be cool to focus on, but similarly to DIY, it depends on people actually working on projects involving writing.
So, at least for the latter two, their existence can be broadcasted to more users via c/main or c/CTH, and Howdy could have forced participation (I've seen users introduce themselves on c/chat). I thought about maybe having it be a way for users to introduce others to certain topics or interests, but it's a deviation from the comm's original purpose, and it might overlap with other comms like games or literature.