Comment by layer8
1 day ago
“*nix” means a Unix-like OS just generally (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%2Anix), like for example in “Minix” and “Xenix”. Sticking “OS” to the end of an OS name is also commonplace. However, the title on the page is “The Learnix Operating System”, so the actual name seems to be just “Learnix”.
It’s arguably Nix and NixOS who have unnecessarily stepped into the “*nix” namespace without adding a distinguishing prefix.
Then I guess the OS part is redundant, since thr nix already implies an OS.
I feel like if I saw something just called "learn unix", I'd expect it to be teaching me how to use it generically, not implement it. Adding "OS" makes it clear to me that it's a dedicated OS for the purpose of learning (although it still wasn't clear to me that the goal was implement it so if anything I'd argue that the title is missing context, but the name of the OS isn't redundant).
No, actually Nix is a package manager/system configuration tool. NixOS uses Nix as part of its image.
No, nix clearly means a Unix-like OS and any other interpretation is wrong, as the context of this thread would suggest.
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LearnixOS doesn't seem to have anything to do with NixOS, afaict?
> “*nix” means a Unix-like OS just generally
"Unix-like OS" isn't a thing that has existed for two decades. Only Linux and Darwin survived, so don't do the "*nix" thing, please.
BSD would like a word.
They can't be heard over the faint booing from the Solaris crowd.
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We don't talk about BSD here.
Illumos is still actively developed, open source, and can trace its lineage back to actual unix.
For that matter, we've had new members joining the family over the years; https://www.redox-os.org/ is, in their own words, "a complete Unix-like microkernel-based operating system written in Rust, with a focus on security, reliability and safety."
Not to mention that Version 4 UNIX source code was just released!
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Darwin is not UNIX (nor is XNU). But macOS technically is certified UNIX.
XNU literally stands for “X is Not Unix”
Before clicking the links.. How confident do you feel about your assertion?
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=...
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=Unix%20l...
Very confident.
The people who do the "*nix" cargo cult thing have never seen a SunOS machine and don't even know what a HPUX is.
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