Unix died because of endless incompatibilities between versions. Linux succeeded on servers and everywhere else because it ...

UNIX V4, the first ever version of the UNIX operating system in which the kernel was written in the then-new C programming ...

I'm not gonna lie: I don't give FreeBDS (or any of the BSDs) the attention they deserve. The reason for that is simple: I'm a Linux guy. But isn't FreeBSD Linux? It looks like Linux, it smells like ...

Of all the Linux commands, rm is notorious. It's easy to completely wipe out your system with one mislaid rm command as root.

It has always been funny to us that anyone can acquire control of an open source project. But it definitely happens because, ...

Of course, in the real world, at least for now, most people are coming from Windows. Which means you can have distros that ...

The Linux desktop has continued its slow growth. Linux has been making gains in no small part because of Microsoft Windows' blunders. Users and governments have been losing trust in Windows and ...

Learn how Nix Darwin reads flake configs to define dependencies and outputs, giving you repeatable macOS installs with fewer ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A research team at the University of Utah uncovered a rare piece of computing history. University of Utah researchers found a rare 1973 UNIX tape in storage. The tape may reveal ...

The free software community has always thwarted the toughest challenges facing freedom in technology. This winter season, we want to thank the many individuals and projects that have helped us get ...

The Rust reimplementation of classic Unix tools is making progress: version 0.5.0 now passes 87.75 percent of the GNU test ...