| ▲ | layer8 10 hours 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. |
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| ▲ | xboxnolifes 8 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Then I guess the OS part is redundant, since thr nix already implies an OS. |
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| ▲ | bheadmaster 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | No, actually Nix is a package manager/system configuration tool. NixOS uses Nix as part of its image. | | |
| ▲ | xboxnolifes an hour ago | parent [-] | | 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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| ▲ | otabdeveloper4 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| > “*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. |
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| ▲ | yjftsjthsd-h 9 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | 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." | |
| ▲ | onestay42 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | BSD would like a word. | | |
| ▲ | wasting_time 9 hours ago | parent [-] | | They can't be heard over the faint booing from the Solaris crowd. | | |
| ▲ | yjftsjthsd-h 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | For that matter, if we're including the proprietary OSs, HP-UX is still kinda a thing and AIX is going strong. Of course, IIRC those are actual certified UNIX™ instead of unix-like... though I'd call that a subset, so still in scope IMO. | | |
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| ▲ | wpm 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Darwin is not UNIX (nor is XNU). But macOS technically is certified UNIX. | |
| ▲ | devnonymous 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | 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... |
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