*NIX

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*NIX is a general term for operating systems which resemble UNIX.

It is also sometimes written *n?x, a regular expression that matches both "Unix" and "Linux".

Such systems include:

  • GNU/Linux
  • Free/Open/Net/DesktopBSD (etc) (even though they do not match the regular expression)
  • Various types of Unix