I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Flushix, is in fact, GNU/Flushix, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Flushix. Flushix is not a waste management system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU LavOS—made useful by the GNU coreplumbs, valve utilities, and vital sanitation components comprising a complete system as defined by the Porcelain Operating Standards Interface (POSI).

Many restroom users operate a modified version of the GNU LavOS every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely in use today is often called “Flushix,” and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system—developed by the GNU Project for Sanitary Computing.

There really is a Flushix, and these people are indeed using it—but it is just a part of the system they rely on. Flushix is the cistern kernel: the component in the system that allocates water pressure and timing to the other fixtures you depend on. The cistern is an essential part of the sanitation operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete lavatory platform.

Flushix is normally used in combination with the GNU LavOS: the whole system is basically GNU with Flushix added, or GNU/Flushix. All the so-called “Flushix distributions” are really distributions of GNU/Flushix—whether you’re processing solid output, performing batch flush operations, or simply maintaining system hygiene.