Resources
Websites
These are websites that contain content about OS-tans or similar moe moe personifications:
- Pixiv Encyclopedia section on OS-tans - A section dedicated to OS-tans on Pixiv Encyclopedia.
- Internet Archive's section on OS-tans - Internet Archive's collection of content related to OS-tans.
- Magical Toko-Chan homepage - Homepage for Magical Toko-Chan in Japanese, known as BSD-tan.
- Solaris-Chan homepage - Homepage for Solaris-Chan, an OS-tan representing Solaris.
- Archived version of Wintel Miku’s homepage (Project Direct Girl) - An archived version of Wintel Miku’s homepage, an OS-tan from 1999 representing Windows NT 4.0, Windows 95, and Windows 98.
- Homepage for Merlin-chan - Homepage for Merlin-chan, an OS/2 OS-tan from the 2000s.
- Wikipedia page on OS-tan - Wikipedia page that provides a comprehensive overview of the OS-tan meme, its history, and its impact. It also includes information about commercial products based on OS-tan characters.
- TV Tropes page on OS-tan - Page on TV Tropes discusses the OS-tan meme and tropes it has.
- Déjà Vu Case File - An archived version of a geocitiies site about the Déjà Vu drama.
- Yourpedia - Yourpedia entry on OS-tans.
- OS-tan summary site (temporary) - Characters born in Nijiura "OS Tan" storage
- Explanation of each OS tan - A personal blog which talks about OS-tans and explains each one of them
- OS-tan FLASH and videos - Bunch of OS-tan flash and videos from different places
- Mac OS X Tiger-tan clay - Clay figure of +Nijiura+'s Mac OS X Tiger-tan, and also has a Norton figure in a jar
- oresama2chan’s diary - oresama2chan’s diary entry on how OS-tans were born (as in made) and a lot of info in regards to how copyright is with them. I think it's a pretty good read!
- Futaba ★ Rainbow Board@Wiki - Futaba ★ Rainbow Board@Wiki section on OS-tans which came before the Futaba @wiki
- Futaba no Mori - A comprehensive storage of Nijiura stories
- Summary of the problem of unauthorized use of Netrunner and Me Tan - Pretty much a summary in relation to the whole use of Me-tan
- Hongpo - The purpose is to convey various information about Futaba Channel to residents. An archived version is used as it has a lot more information
- Nijipo - Pretty much a site with a lot of info. Has some on OS-tans
- Archived image vault - Pretty much a site that is an archive of the very 1st image vault