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On the frontier: Reinforcements (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 53 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I don't get it.

[–] [email protected] 123 points 8 months ago (2 children)

My apologies, this of course takes place on the frontier of the Penguin Realm, where the local garrison faces immeasurable odds of corpo-barians and binary-blobians, while trying to expand the realm's border. To support these endeavors, the Penguin command sends reinforcements made up of foxes. One Penguin is particularly distraught, seeing one of the warriors is wearing a penguin skin on its helmet.

Hope this helped.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Who's the fox tho

[–] [email protected] 44 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)
[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago

Xenia, a linux mascot

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

New old mascot that Rentlar inked below is 'reinforcing' the 'war' between the penguin/linux logos and the other.

It's not really a joke, more a statement about the fox ebeing a thing now.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I still don't get it

[–] [email protected] 50 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (6 children)

Furries tried to make the Linux mascot a furry instead of Tux the penguin

See https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/xenia-linuxfox

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago

i never heard of that and assumed it had something to do with firefox. thanks for clearing that up.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Now I get it. Thanks

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Username checks out, thank you

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Ah! That’s the missing piece, thank you!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

On the plus side, Xenia is fantastic

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago

me neither

[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago

Shoutout to [email protected]

I think it's one of the coolest Linux/FOSS-themed mascots that deserves being returned to the spotlight.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Is that GNU soap?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

it is!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

GNU/Soap, a novelty for many I'm sure

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Or as I've started calling it, GNU + Soap

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Is this part of a series or something? I have no idea what any part of it means

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

Yes, this is part of the Frontier series, a techno-mage spinoff.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

To be more authentic with the mideival lore, the fox should have a pufferfish codpiece in their armor.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Hot damn your artstyle made Xenia look creepy. I guess that's the point tho?

~~The penguins also look stoned but that part I fully approve of.~~