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why is it called nix? unix without u
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@haroldfinch
I thought it wad because of the latin word for snow, hence the logo.
@InnerScientist
That makes sense
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/nix section latin
The logo is a circle of lambdas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda_calculus
@KurtVonnegut
Yes, in the shape of a snow flake.