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From the name I thought this was about learning NixOS, and they found a very clever name Maybe the author could add a small note that this is not about that, a
by Dreami 9mo ago
From the name I thought this was about learning NixOS, and they found a very clever name
Maybe the author could add a small note that this is not about that, and refer to something official about NixOS?
Anyway, I like the idea of the project!
- hxugufjfjf 9mo agoThought the same! Was a bit interested in learning Nix for a moment.
- censorylls 9mo ago[flagged]
- anp 9mo ago> Others think someone from the Rust (programming language, not video game) development community was responsible due to how critical René has been of that project, but those claims are entirely unsubstantiated.
- layer8 9mo ago“*nix” means a Unix-like OS just generally (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%2Anix 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.
- otabdeveloper4 9mo ago> “*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.
- onestay42 9mo agoBSD would like a word.
- wasting_time 9mo agoThey can't be heard over the faint booing from the Solaris crowd.
- yjftsjthsd-h 9mo agoFor 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.
- riffraff 9mo agoTIL AIX is still in development and they had a release this month https://community.ibm.com/community/user/blogs/sanket-rathi1/2025/12/05/ibm-aix-73-tl4-features https://community.ibm.com/community/user/blogs/sanket-rathi1...
- otabdeveloper4 9mo agoWe don't talk about BSD here.
- yjftsjthsd-h 9mo agoIllumos 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/ 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."
- nineteen999 9mo agoNot to mention that Version 4 UNIX source code was just released!
- xboxnolifes 9mo agoThen I guess the OS part is redundant, since thr nix already implies an OS.
- bheadmaster 9mo agoNo, actually Nix is a package manager/system configuration tool. NixOS uses Nix as part of its image.
- xboxnolifes 9mo agoNo, nix clearly means a Unix-like OS and any other interpretation is wrong, as the context of this thread would suggest.
- bigyabai 9mo agohttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homonym https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homonym
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- ZenoArrow 9mo agoSo your argument is the first usage of a word gets exclusive rights to it? Firstly, that's not how human languages work. Secondly, this would invalidate the Unix claim to "nix" as it's been a word for hundreds of years prior to Unix being invented.
- johannes1234321 9mo agoIt is, but in IT context the association was strong, while Unixes decline and most of the systems with derived naming are historic. But anybody with a background in sysadmin for more than 10 years probably would still have the association. In ten years Linux will probably the only one remaining with the ux-naming (and MacOS X with the single X, which also serves as ten, following MacOS 9)
- wasting_time 9mo agoI had the same confusion. Even without considering NixOS, "learnix" is awkward to pronounce and somewhat pretentious. I would suggest the name "Leanix" if the author is willing to rename. It rhymes with Minix which is the OG curriculum for a POSIX kernel, and is "lean" in many senses of the word. In any case an excellent writeup. It's detailed enough to implement in any programming language.
- yjftsjthsd-h 9mo agoI mean, it is about learning. It threw me for a loop too but I think it's actually reasonably appropriate.
- jaapz 9mo agoWhat's pretentious about learnix?
- layer8 9mo ago> I would suggest the name "Leanix" Then people would complain that it sounds too much like “Linux”.
- drob518 9mo agoParticularly if you have learned to pronounce Linus’s name correctly.
- JCattheATM 9mo agoI don't find it awkward to pronounce in the least, and not in any way pretentious. I think the name is fine as is.
- Sagi21805 9mo agoI like the current name and already have the domain :|
- amitav1 9mo agoI think that it's supposed to be a portmanteau of Unix and Learn.
- Sagi21805 9mo agoWill do!