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minus-squareCalesDumbcakeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months agovery true it is the icing on top of every UN*X rice :)
minus-squareLunch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoWhy the * in Unix? Sorry if I am naive 🙃
minus-squareLunch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoRight, but what would replace the * in that case? Unix or Un?x Or am I totally off course here 🤔
minus-squareCalesDumbcakeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoUn*x is just another way of saying Unix-like, sometimes its refereed to as *nix this Wikipedia page talks about it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix-like
very true it is the icing on top of every UN*X rice :)
Why the * in Unix? Sorry if I am naive 🙃
Linux is technically not Unix
Right, but what would replace the * in that case?
Unix or Un?x
Or am I totally off course here 🤔
Un*x is just another way of saying Unix-like, sometimes its refereed to as *nix
this Wikipedia page talks about it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix-like
Thanks!