Unix is often called the “father of operating systems” because it pioneered many fundamental concepts that became foundational for modern operating systems. Developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s at AT&T's Bell Labs, Unix introduced innovations that shaped the future of OS design.

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While porting 'Space Travel' to the PDP-7, Ken Thompson developed an operating system that became the foundation of Unix. It played a crucial role in the development of Unix.

Happy 53rd birthday, Unix! 🥳

#unix #opensource

Here we go, @SDF comrades.

Got the background done, although I'm not 100% sold on what's on the screens. Also, thanks to @peron for a couple of those bits of line art.

Next on the to-do: character/terminal art for a few more characters. And yes, I think I need to get Milia in there, even though she's not a bridge operator.

#illustration #macross #unix #vt52

First the kids are trading #bash “#programming” best practices, now you’re pushing #nano power editing tips.

What’s next? “Theming #twm for fun and profit”?

Please help folks graduate from their Tinkertoys instead of helping them build teetering skyscrapers.

#Linux #Unix

Thanks Brodie, I love this video! From the good old times a few years into working at #Canonical. #CUPS already used by every distro for several years, but not all apps sent jobs in PDF format yet, several, like OpenOffice (predecessor of #LibreOffice) still sent PostScript, standard of old #Unix times. And printers still needed drivers and some manufacturers made (usually closed-source) ones, and everyone with an integration more awkward than the other ...

Happy Tuesday!

As 2024 marks the resurgence of RSS and Atom, I decided to update my rudimentary RSS tools from 2007 to make them contemporary and works under Python 3. The release v1.0 marks this step and allow everyone to use and improve the RSS toolset.

🔗 GitHub https://github.com/adulau/rss-tools

#rss #opensource #atom #open #rsstools #federated #unix

How about a trip down memory lane?

https://itsfoss.com/dg-ux-os/

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Blast from the Past: DG/UX UNIX Operating System

Relive the nostalgia with me as I recall my experience with the DG/UX UNIX OS and Data General's AViiON workstations and servers.

^{Bill Dyer (It's FOSS)}