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Re:Lix – universal version control system for binary files by gu5 on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @09:32PM (#46714516)
Lix is also a soft fork of the official Nix package manager implementation: https://lix.systems/
Re:Lix – universal version control system for binary files by yjftsjthsd-h on Thursday January 22, 2026 @01:11AM (#46715875)
I really assumed that this was that; even calling it a universal version control system for binary files would be kind of a weird way of describing it but is plausibly a valid description for the package manager.
Re:Lix – universal version control system for binary files by Rexxar on Thursday January 22, 2026 @01:50PM (#46723536)
Lix is also the name of a computer science and mathematics laboratory: https://www.lix.polytechnique.fr/