enemenemu@lemm.ee to Nix / NixOSEnglish · 1 month agowhy is it called nix? unix without umessage-squaremessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down11
arrow-up18arrow-down1message-squarewhy is it called nix? unix without uenemenemu@lemm.ee to Nix / NixOSEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square15linkfedilink
minus-squarechfkch :nixos: :rust:@ruhr.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month ago@haroldfinch I thought it wad because of the latin word for snow, hence the logo. @InnerScientist
minus-squareenemenemu@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-230 days agoThat makes sense https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/nix section latin
minus-squareKurtVonnegut@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days agoThe logo is a circle of lambdas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda_calculus
minus-squarechfkch :nixos: :rust:@ruhr.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 days ago@KurtVonnegut Yes, in the shape of a snow flake.
@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.