Unix

The future of software? Imagine a bot, stamping on a human face – forever

Part 1 Automation is driving the next wave of commoditization, threatening to replace skilled workers

Software16 Sep 2024 | 59

GNU screen 5 proves it's still got game even after 37 years

First major version in two decades is worth getting to know

Applications03 Sep 2024 | 61

How to maintain code for a century: Just add Rust

Opinion Proprietary code goes unpublished – but no FOSS package ever dies

Software23 Jul 2024 | 100

How NeWS became yesterday's news in the window system wars

X co-designer David Rosenthal looks back at why his other project failed

Software10 Jul 2024 | 14

FreeDOS and FreeBSD prove old code never dies, just gets nifty updates

Anniversary time and both are going strong into their 30s

OSes02 Jul 2024 | 57

Andrew Tanenbaum honored for pioneering MINIX, the OS hiding in a lot of computers

Software System Award recognises his contributions to education

OSes25 Jun 2024 | 49

The X Window System is still hanging on at 40

Never underestimate the stickiness of legacy technology

Software21 Jun 2024 | 83

Lightweight Dillo browser springs back to life, still doesn't care about JavaScript

First new version in almost a decade now boasts TLS

Software07 May 2024 | 31

First 9front release of the year is called DO NOT INSTALL

Possibly its most helpful codename yet

OSes07 May 2024 | 18

Miracle-WM tiling window manager for Mir hits 0.2.0

What are Mir and Wayland all about anyway?

Software23 Apr 2024 | 14

NetBSD 10 proves old tech can still kick apps and take names three decades later

FOSDEM 2024 Proper old-school Unix, not like those lazy, decadent Linux types

OSes17 Apr 2024 | 41

OpenBSD 7.5 locks down with improved disk encryption support and syscall limitations

The most secure Unix-like OS to date?

OSes12 Apr 2024 | 52

Lightweight Windows-like desktop LXQt makes leap to Qt 6 with version 2.0

Following in the same direction as the good ship KDE Plasma

OSes29 Feb 2024 | 35

The successor to Research Unix was Plan 9 from Bell Labs

FOSDEM 2024 A better UNIX than UNIX isn't a UNIX at all

OSes21 Feb 2024 | 70

Small but mighty, 9Front's 'Humanbiologics' is here for the truly curious

Programmers developing what is essentially UNIX 2.0 are still busy bunnies

OSes01 Dec 2023 | 46

GhostBSD makes FreeBSD a little less frightening for the Linux loyal

Traditional Unix sanity plus your choice of MATE or Xfce

OSes07 Nov 2023 | 107

FreeBSD 14's RC2 dances to the tune of OpenZFS 2.2

The last version to support x86-32 is currently expected early in November

OSes24 Oct 2023 | 28

RIP Bram Moolenaar: Coding world mourns Vim creator

Obit :wq buddy

Software07 Aug 2023 | 56

Creator of the Unix Sysadmin Song explains he just wanted to liven up a textbook

When you get to Chapter 15 of a Unix book you're ready for a laugh

Sysadmin Month28 Jul 2023 | 18

OctoX is a radical Rust implementation of a very old OS for RISC-V

There's still life in the wider Version 6 Unix family – and 9front too

OSes28 Jul 2023 | 19

XFS bug in Linux kernel 6.3.3 coincides with SGI code comeback

G.N.U. Silicon Graphics: a company is not dead while its name is still spoken

Security31 May 2023 | 12

UNIX co-creator Ken Thompson is a… what user now?

Elder statesman of system software makes a shocking revelation

Offbeat17 Mar 2023 | 91

Unix is dead. Long live Unix!

Comment Don't expect to see any more big AIX news. What does that leave us with?

OSes17 Jan 2023 | 179

What did Unix fans learn from the end of Unix workstations?

Feature The 'good old days' were sometimes ugly, but please let us experience their good bits

OSes13 Dec 2022 | 139

NixOS 22.11 'Raccoon': Like a proof of concept you can do things with

Another Linux OS – but this time it's all about the software packaging

OSes13 Dec 2022 | 15

Redox OS version 0.8 is both strange and very familiar

'Experimental operating system' it may be, but it's still Unix/Linux-like

OSes29 Nov 2022 | 41

9front releases new version of Plan 9 OS fork: The Golden Age of Ballooning

Prepare to be confused

OSes02 Nov 2022 | 12

Lash#Cat9: A radical new Linux UI for keyboard warriors

Comment Arcan sub-project reinvents command lines and GUIs at once

Software25 Oct 2022 | 73

Universal Unix tool AWK gets Unicode support

From original author Brian Kernighan, one of the original Unix team

Applications23 Aug 2022 | 47

There's no place like GNOME: Project hits 25, going on 43

Desktop environment celebrates milestone birthday with a beta

Applications17 Aug 2022 | 37

NetBSD 9.3: A 2022 OS that can run on late-1980s hardware

Need a cold shower? This is xNix like Windows users imagine it still is

OSes10 Aug 2022 | 62

Battle of the retro Unix desktops: NsCDE versus CDE

Will the real CDE please stand up?

Software28 Jul 2022 | 73

Tavis Ormandy ports WordPerfect for UNIX to Linux

Two ways to run the classic word processor on a modern open-source box

Offbeat20 Jul 2022 | 62

X.org servers update closes 2 security holes, adds neat component tweaks

Arbitrary code execution flaws in the X Keyboard Extension were bad news

Patches13 Jul 2022 | 7

FreeBSD 13.1 is out for everything from PowerPC to x86-64

The granddaddy of FOSS UNIX just keeps on trucking – and is a lot easier to install this time round

OSes20 May 2022 | 82

OpenBSD 7.1 is out, including Apple M1 support

26 years and only two external exploits is not to be (packet) sniffed at

OSes22 Apr 2022 | 35

Fujitsu confirms end date for mainframe and Unix systems

Once Japanese giant's main squeezes, they're being ditched at end of decade

Systems25 Feb 2022 | 68

RAID expansion comes to OpenZFS at last

Don't get too excited, filesystem fans – there are limits

Storage11 Feb 2022 | 52

You should read Section 8 of the Unix User's Manual

Systems Approach And see the importance of open and accessible operations

Devops09 Feb 2022 | 80