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why is it called nix? unix without u (lemm.ee)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

@haroldfinch
I thought it wad because of the latin word for snow, hence the logo.
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

That makes sense

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

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