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NixOS Fork Announced by Jake Hamilton (bytes.programming.dev)
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I just saw the news of the soft fork announcement over on the IceShrimp instance and thought I should share here

Background Context for Anyone Out of the Loop

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As mentioned (by u/steventrouble in the previous post here):

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (4 children)

@onlinepersona @recursive_recursion I don't think we need to spend time bikeshedding the name. As for the reasons I chose it:

- it is short
- similar to nix
- is short for "auxiliary" which can be used to mean "another", "additional", "secondary", "separate"; so it being a separate nix ecosystem lines up

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

@jakehamilton @onlinepersona @recursive_recursion By contrast, I'm a big fan of the name, it seems very fitting.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Doesn't have to be bikeshedding. It's 2 steps:

  1. collect proposals
  2. vote on proposals

But it's your baby, do what you like.

Anti Commercial-AI license

[–] brrt 3 points 3 months ago

Naux

There, fits all your criteria, is even closer to Nix and appears to have fewer SEO issues as far as I can tell.

And as a cherry on top: “Naux is a medication that combines diphenhydramine and 8-chlorotheophylline to prevent and treat nausea, vomiting, vertigo, and motion sickness.“ 😄

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

The SEO on this name is going to be a major irritation for adoption.

But that aside, doesn’t it strike you as a concerning that this project is born at least in part from the complaints about a “benevolent dictator”, and the very first time—at least that I’ve seen—someone asks you to put something up for community consensus you say no?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago

@natecox @jakehamilton *sealion noises*