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

Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, Android, and other operating systems can trace their lineage back to the early commercial versions of Unix. One of the missing links in that chain, UNIX Fourth Edition, is now ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

This week in tech, we saw quite a diverse mix of launches. Dyson launched its all-new and compact Dyson HushJet Purifier Compact, Unix introduced its Epic wireless headset, and then we have a new ...

System76 has officially released Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS. Powered by the Linux Kernel 6.17, Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS comes with the new ...

Updates to Apple’s identity management tools have the potential to deliver a better authentication experience for Mac users in the enterprise — but we’re not out of the woods yet. Here’s how IT teams ...

Abstract: CHERI extends a conventional RISC Instruction-Set Architecture, compiler, and operating system to support fine-grained, capability-based memory protection to mitigate memory-related ...

pimd is a lightweight, stand-alone PIM-SM/SSM multicast routing daemon available under the free 3-clause BSD license. This is the restored original version from University of Southern California, by ...