On "1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-0 Day," tech lovers all over the world celebrated the moment when the clocks in the popular Unix computer operating system struck that exact stream of numbers. But on Feb. 13, ...

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 ...

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The use of the Linux operating system is becoming more common throughout the IT industry. Many corporate IT departments are using Linux to complement existing Unix systems using special-purpose Linux ...

BSD and Linux use different kernels and package managers. BSD is closer to a pure Unix experience. The FreeBSD installer is no-frills and terminal-based, and there are post-installation steps if you ...

WTF?! Nintendo positioned the Famicom to feel more like a computer than its Western counterpart – the NES – hence the name Family Computer. The additional storage and memory from the Disk System ...

F reeBSD, the open-source operating system, just released a new major update. FreeBSD 15 includes overhauled package ...

MKS supports various Make programs, giving users a choice between GMake, NMake and MKS Make. When Windows NT was introduced in the mid-1990s, MKS rolled out the Nutcracker tool, designed to port code ...

While the Unix operating systems Solaris and HP-UX are still in active development, they’re not particularly popular anymore and are mostly relegated to some enterprise and data center environments ...

In the intricate landscape of operating systems, two prominent players have shaped the digital realm for decades: UNIX and Linux. While these two systems might seem similar at first glance, a deeper ...

Want a good tech job? Then you need to know Linux and open-source software. One of the best ways to learn is via a Linux Foundation course. Read now For those of you who haven't been around for this ...

Takeaway: Unix’s rock-solid reliability means that its relevant now more than ever – and Linux puts Unix’s power within reach. Unix has been around for a very long time. We remember the rampant ...