alt Hacker NewsI had the same confusion. Even without considering NixOS, "learnix" is awkward to pronounce and somewhat pretentious.
I would suggest the name "Leanix" if the author is willing to rename.
It rhymes with Minix which is the OG curriculum for a POSIX kernel, and is "lean" in many senses of the word.
In any case an excellent writeup. It's detailed enough to implement in any programming language.
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What's pretentious about learnix?
> I would suggest the name "Leanix"
Then people would complain that it sounds too much like “Linux”.
I don't find it awkward to pronounce in the least, and not in any way pretentious.
I think the name is fine as is.
I like the current name and already have the domain :|
I mean, it is about learning. It threw me for a loop too but I think it's actually reasonably appropriate.
I think that it's supposed to be a portmanteau of Unix and Learn.