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minus-squareHellfire103@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down4·edit-214 days agoNot true at all. Unix was originally spelled UNICS, and it was a clone of MULTICS. MINIX is a contraction of “Mini-UNIX”. Linux was named by combining the author’s name (Linus) with the suffix -ux, which was a popular convention among operating systems at the time.
Not true at all. Unix was originally spelled UNICS, and it was a clone of MULTICS.
MINIX is a contraction of “Mini-UNIX”.
Linux was named by combining the author’s name (Linus) with the suffix -ux, which was a popular convention among operating systems at the time.