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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
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Not going to lie, I think I lost interest after the 3rd reference to "Nix" and there being no guide as to whether it means Unix-like, Nix (the plan9 fork), NixOS (Linux distro), Nix (the package manager) or something referred to as "The Nix Language"
Nix the package manager uses the Nix language, and NixOS is a distro built on top of it. They're all part of the same topic, and the article was talking about that.
Those last three are roughly the same topic and the subject of the article