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This is an list of computing mascots. A mascot is any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck, or anything used to represent a group with a common public identity. In case of computing mascots, they either represent software, hardware, or any project or collective entity behind them. Only those have been formally confirmed by the project they represent as mascots are listed here.

See also: Category:Computing mascots

A

  • Adiumy, a cartoon duck, is the mascot of Adium, a free and open-source instant messaging client for macOS.[1]
  • Amanda the Panda, a cartoon panda, is the mascot of Window Maker, a free and open-source window manager for the X Window System.[2]

B

  • Blinky, a cartoon fish, is the mascot of FreeDOS, a free and open-source DOS implementation for IBM PC compatible computers.[3]
  • BSD Daemon, a cartoon demon, is the mascot of BSD, a free and open-source Unix operating system derivative that also has many derivations out of itself.[4]
  • Buggie, a cartoon anthropomorphic bug, is the mascot of Bugzilla, a free and open-source web-based general-purpose bugtracker and testing tool.[5]

D

  • Duke, a stylized, unspecified creature, is the mascot of Java, a system for developing application software and deploying it in a cross-platform computing environment.[6]

E

  • elePHPant, an cartoon elephant, is the mascot of PHP, a server-side scripting language designed primarily for web development.[7]
  • eMule, a cartoon mule, is the mascot of eMule, a free and open-source peer-to-peer file sharing application for Microsoft Windows.[8]

F

  • Freedo, a cartoon anthropomorphic penguin, is the mascot of Linux-libre, a free and open-source operating system kernel derived from Linux kernel, packaged by GNU to have all the proprietary components removed.[9]

G

  • Gavroche, a cartoon goblin, is the mascot of GNU MediaGoblin, a free and open-source decentralized server software for hosting and sharing digital media.[10]
  • Geeko, an stylized chameleon, is the mascot of SUSE Linux, a Linux-based free and open-source computer operating system family.[11]
  • Glenda, the Plan 9 Bunny, a cartoon rabbit, is the mascot of Plan 9 from Bell Labs, a free and open-source distributed operating system that manages all computing resources through its file system rather than specialized interfaces.[12]
  • GNU -- or just the drawing "GNU head", an anthropomorphic wildebeest head -- is the mascot -- or just the logo -- of GNU, an free and open-source operating system and an extensive collection of computer software; it is also the mascot of GNU Project, a free-software, mass-collaboration project.[13]
  • Gooey, a cartoon octopus, is the mascot of WebGUI, an free and open-source content management system.[14]

K

  • Kandalf, a cartoon wizard, is the former mascot of KDE. Replaced by Konqi.
  • Kate the woodpecker, a cartoon robotic woodpecker, is the mascot of Kate, a free and open-source advanced text editor for software developers, features syntax highlighting, code folding, layout customization, regular expression support, and extensibility.[15]
  • Kiki the Cyber Squirrel, an cartoon anthropomorphic robotic squirrel, is the mascot of Krita, a free and open-source raster graphics editor designed for digital painting and animation.[16]
  • Kitty, an anthropomorphic cartoon cat, is the mascot of AROS Research Operating System, a free and open-source multimedia centric implementation of the AmigaOS 3.1 APIs.[17]
  • Konqi, Katie and others, a community of cartoon dragons, are the mascots of KDE, an international community that develops free and open-source software; they are also the mascots of KDE Projects in general, the software that developed by the community, including KDE Plasma workspace, KDE Frameworks, the software foundation for KDE Applications.[18]

M

  • Mozilla, an anthropomorphic lizard and later a stylized tyrannosaurus rex, is the retired mascot of Mozilla Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports and leads Mozilla, a free-software community that developed Firefox, a free and open-source web browser and several related projects.[19]
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      Mozilla, retired mascot of Mozilla Foundation.

    P

    • Puffy, a cartoon pufferfish, is the mascot of OpenBSD, a free and open-source Unix-like operating system descended from BSD, decided to security and stability features.[20]
    • Purple Pidgin, the, a cartoon pidgin, is the mascot of Pidgin, a free and open-source multi-platform instant messaging client.[21]

    R

    • Rocky Raccoon, a cartoon raccoon, is the mascot of MINIX 3, a free and open-source project to create a small, high availability, high functioning Unix-like operating system.[22]

    T

    • Tux, an cartoon anthropomorphic penguin, is the mascot of Linux kernel, a free and open-source monolithic Unix-like computer operating system kernel that has been included in many OS distributions.[23]

    W

    • Wilber, an unspecified cartoon anthropomorphic animal, is the mascot of GIMP, a free and open-source raster graphics editor designed for image editing, drawing, image format conversion and others.[24]

    X

    • Xue, a stylized mouse, is the mascot of Xfce, a free and open-source desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems that aims to be fast and lightweight, while still being visually appealing and easy to use.[25]

    References

    1. ^ "Adium - About". adium.im. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
    2. ^ Team, Window Maker Web. "Window Maker - Mascot". kfo.ath.cx. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
    3. ^ "Images | The FreeDOS Project". www.freedos.org. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
    4. ^ "History of BSD T-shirts". www.mckusick.com. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
    5. ^ "Home :: Bugzilla :: bugzilla.org". www.bugzilla.org. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
    6. ^ "Duke, the Java Mascot". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
    7. ^ "PHP: ElePHPant". php.net. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
    8. ^ "eMule-Project.net - Official eMule Homepage. Downloads, Help, Docu, News..." www.emule-project.net. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
    9. ^ "::[FSFLA]:: GNU Linux-libre project". www.fsfla.org. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
    10. ^ "Free Software Supporter, Issue 57, December 2012 — Free Software Foundation — working together for free software". www.fsf.org. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
    11. ^ "openSUSE:Artwork brand - openSUSE". en.opensuse.org. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
    12. ^ "Glenda, the Plan 9 Bunny". 9p.io. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
    13. ^ "A Bold GNU Head". GNU.org. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
    14. ^ "WebGUI - Mascot - Content Management System | CMS | Open Source Content Management | Web Application Framework | Perl". www.webgui.org. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
    15. ^ "Kate's Mascotthe Woodpecker". Kate | Get an Edge in Editing. 2014-10-12. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
    16. ^ Foundation, Krita. "Krita's Mascot | Krita". krita.org. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
    17. ^ "Kitty, the AROS Mascot". aros.sourceforge.net. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
    18. ^ "Konqi, KDE Community Wiki". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
    19. ^ "The Mozilla Museum". home.snafu.de. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
    20. ^ "OpenBSD: Art". www.openbsd.org. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
    21. ^ bleeter. "#14764 (Name the Mascot Pidginski!) -- set to wontfix". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
    22. ^ "mascot [Wiki]". wiki.minix3.org. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
    23. ^ "Linux Online - Linux Logos and Mascots". 2004-04-01. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
    24. ^ "GIMP". GIMP. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
    25. ^ Jarret W. Buse. "Super Tux Kart". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
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