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		voidlogic on Feb 18, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I Know This – Hack Jurassic Park’s Security System That is not actually where the name "Linux" comes from... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux#Naming There is actually an OS I have used with a similar meaning name however: XINU ("Xinu Is Not Unix"): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinu

sukilot on Feb 18, 2015 | [–]

The most famous (and I believe he original) is GNU's Not Unix.

voidlogic on Feb 18, 2015 | | [–]

FYI: XINU was started in 1979 and GNU was in 1983.

comex on Feb 18, 2015 | [–]

There's also XNU, the OS X kernel, which stands for "X is Not Unix", despite the fact that (unlike Linux) OS X has since been Unix certified!

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