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minus-squareMr. Forager@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoWhy the * in Unix? Sorry if I am naive 🙃
minus-squareMr. Forager@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoRight, but what would replace the * in that case? Unix or Un?x Or am I totally off course here 🤔
minus-squareCale@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 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
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!