I booted UNIX V4 (first C rewrite) in a PDP‑11 emulator. It feels tactile—no backspace, staggered print, slower typing, and ...

Probably not too many people around the world celebrated November 1st, 2023, but on this momentous date FreeBSD celebrated its 30th birthday. As the first original fork of the first complete and open ...

Computer archaeology lovers among the audience are in for a rare treat in these challenging times. Remember that Unix v4 tape that was found and recovered at University of Utah around last week? You ...

It took careful work to recover the UNIX V4 operating system from the 9-track magnetic tape. The software is foundational for ...

If you're new to the UNIX operating system, especially if you're familiar with Windows, you'll find that the file access control mechanisms might not be exactly what you expect. File permissions and ...

Forty years ago this summer, a programmer sat down and knocked out in one month what would become one of the most important pieces of software ever created. In August 1969, Ken Thompson, a programmer ...

Today, I test-drove an in-development operating system project that seems almost disturbingly tailored to me specifically: SerenityOS. I cannot possibly introduce SerenityOS more accurately than its ...

What defines an operating system isn’t a geeky label or a collection of ramblings from the mouths of its community members. Nor is it some empty and pointless certification offered up by an obscure ...

One is the world's oldest Linux distro, the other isn't Linux at all. Each delivers superb stability - let's compare.

My contention in this thread is that the user experience philosophy that underlies Linux/UNIX (the "Unix Philosophy") is close to the mirror image of the Apple design philosophy (I'll call it the ...

SCO Group, inheritor of the intellectual property for the Unix operating system, sues IBM for more than $1 billion. Analysts say the move is a desperate one. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 ...

Maybe there is such a thing as a free lunch – when it comes to computer programs, at least. Linux, a clone of commercial UNIX operating systems, allows users to run off any number of software programs ...