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why is it called nix? unix without u (lemm.ee)
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[–] chfkch@ruhr.social 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

@haroldfinch
I thought it wad because of the latin word for snow, hence the logo.
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[–] enemenemu@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That makes sense

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/nix section latin

[–] KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The logo is a circle of lambdas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda_calculus

[–] chfkch@ruhr.social 1 points 1 year ago

@KurtVonnegut
Yes, in the shape of a snow flake.