Hello #Fediverse, here’s today’s daily OS-tan!

This one is of Neptune-tan, a OS-tan of Windows Neptune, the canceled Windows version. Neptune-tan is often depicted as a strong and fierce character, sometimes shown wielding large weapons and surrounded by friends like Windows 97, Odyssey, Moseko, and various designs of Longhorn.

She wears a black, sleeveless qipao with blue accents and red bracelets, a red talisman is on her collar and she has mechanical headpieces that give her a slightly futuristic vibe. Her long, green pigtails are usually accompanied by a red visor which has become one of her most recognisable features.

Several of her artworks were created by an artist known as イオンのバイド (Ion no Baido) on Pixiv such as the first image shown, though it’s believed they did not originate her concept due to differing art styles.

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Mars was a Windows component that powered the so-called Activity Centres - an experimental, task-centred UI tested in early builds of Windows ME (2000) & Codename Neptune (cancelled). Whilst the Activity Centres were scrapped, Mars lived on to power ME’s Help & Support app. ;-) #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #WindowsMillenniumEdition #WindowsME #WindowsCodenameNaptune #WindowsNeptune #ActivityCenters #ActivityCentres
The Start Page was a full-screen UI tested in various builds of Windows ME, Codename Neptune (scrapped) & XP in 1999-2000. Designed to overlay the desktop, it was ultimately scrapped. A similar idea appeared in Windows 8 (2012) as the Start screen. More @ https://youtu.be/3W14s-4-hJ4! #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #Windows8 #StartScreen #WindowsME #WindowsNeptune #WindowsXP
History Of The Windows 8 Start Screen | 9th December | Windows On Windows Advent Calendar 2022

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User account pictures are images that represent users around Windows. They 1st appeared in Windows Codename Neptune - a cancelled Windows version that Microsoft worked on in the late 90s. Their official debut came in Windows XP (2001). Learn more @ https://youtu.be/ICqEit4Rv_8! 📸👱🏻‍♂️👀 #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #WindowsNeptune #WindowsXP #WindowsVista #Windows7 #Windows8 #Windows10 #Windows11 #UserAccountPictures
History Of User Account Pictures In Windows | 8th December | Windows On Windows Advent Calendar 2022

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