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==Technical==
*Nix represents Xenix, a Unix distribution by Microsoft from 1980. It was also the most popular Unix system in the 1980s.
*Her cosmic theme is based on this Unix World magazine cover about Xenix in 1985. <ref>[https://archive.org/details/Unix_World_Vol02_10.pdf UnixWorld 1985 (archived)]</ref>
*Nix's rebellious side is based on Xenix's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenix#Features features], which deviated from the Unix philosophy of modularity. 
**Xenix is also considered a separate Unix distribution, neither belonging to System V or BSD branch of Unix.<ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Unix_timeline.en.svg Unix genealogy tree]</ref>

==Misc.==
*Nix's full first name ''Nikoleta'' means "victory" or "winner of the people" in Greek.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikoleta Nikoleta - Wikipedia]</ref>
**Her nickname is derived from Xe'''nix''' itself, and '''Bellevue''', the city where Microsoft's headquarters used to be in early to mid 1980s.
**Depending on the language, ''Nix'' can also mean "night", "snow", or "nothingness".
*Nix's occupation as an idol and promoter is a reference to Xenix being a popular Unix distribution in the 1980s, which also include uses in SDF Public Access Unix System<ref>[https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/14879/what-were-the-major-public-access-unix-systems-available-in-the-1980s-90s Retrocomputing Stackexchange about SDF Public Access Unix System and Xenix's popularity in the 1980s]</ref>
**'''SDF''' is a reference to ''Super Dimension Fortress Macross'' series. One of its characters, Lynn Minmay, is the first widely known anime idol singer.

==Notes and References==

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