Jake Hamilton (@jakehamilton@hachyderm.io)
bytes.programming.dev
UPDATE: We now have a forum https://forum.aux.computer/ I like #Nix, I do not like what has happened to it. #NixOS is an incredible technology and it deserves better. Nobody else has started the process so I guess I have to be the one to do it. We are forking. I would rather try and fail alongside all the people who love Nix but were pushed away from the project than give up. https://aux.computer/

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):

  • Jake Hamilton@hachyderm.io
    2·
    7 months ago

    @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

    • brrt@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      7 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.“ 😄

    • Nate Cox@programming.devEnglish
      0·
      7 months ago

      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?