all the other classic software mascots are on the level of "a planet with a face" or "this is the window manager gremlin Hehe" or "our distro is represented by The Boot from Monopoly" or something. at some point they started either getting motivational, like "we all stan Software Project-chan and want her to succeed!!" or just becoming abstract logos, rather than characters which is a shame. like, when i boot up the gamecube emulator i want to have a chat with a fully-animated dolphin, please