Why do people use "nix" or "*nix" when talking about Linux? "*nix" doesn't even glob to "Linux".
nix is commonly used to referred to both Unix and Linux
"A few months back I did some intense testing of all the best vulnerability scanners out there... I had a couple nix boxes hooked up, as well as some dozers, and figured I could add clients to a "once-a-week" scanning contract. So naturally, I wanted to use the scanner that was the best for my purpose.
Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man -- who has no gills. -- Ambrose Bierce