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Unix
AI Synthesis & Market Narrative
Unix and Linux continue to evolve with legacy component removal and robust introspection tools, while historical operating systems are being preserved in virtual museums.
Correlated Linguistic Patterns
["Linux prepares to axe legacy x32 hybrid mode"
"purpose of the lost+found folder in Linux and Unix"
"Linux Fu: Taming Strace"
"'Virtual OS Museum' Lets You Try 570 Extinct Operating Systems"]
Driving Media Context
What is the purpose of the lost+found folder in Linux and Unix?
There is a folder at the root of Linux and Unix operating systems called /lost+found/
What is it for? Under what circumstances would I interact with it? How...
When su replaced login for becoming another UNIX login
I’ve mentioned it before, but Chris Siebenmann is basically the Raymond Chen of the UNIX world, and today he’s filling that role perfectly once again. I rece...
Linux Fu: Taming Strace
While many operating systems seem to try to prevent you from peeking under the hood, Unix and Linux positively encourage it. One great tool that we’ve looked...
'Virtual OS Museum' Lets You Try 570 Extinct Operating Systems
You can try 570 extinct operating systems at a new "virtual museum," according to a new article by ZDNet. Their reporter downloaded the ancient OS NeXTStep, ...
Writing Portable ARM64 Assembly
An unfortunate side effect of the rising popularity of Apple’s ARM-based computers is an increase in unportable assembly code which targets the 64-bit ARM IS...
Linux/M68k
Everything you'd ever want to know
about Linux/m68k, the Linux port for Motorola 680x0-based systems.
Supported systems include the Amiga, Apple Macintosh, A...
Lost Version of Amiga Unix Suddenly Reappears
Some of you may know there’s a version of UNIX for the Commodore Amiga, aptly called Amiga Unix or AMIX. There is an almost complete record of versions from ...
The Virtual OS Museum is a fantastic project that lets you run Mac OS, A/UX, NeXTSTEP, more
If you’ve ever wondered what it felt like to use the many operating systems Apple (and NeXT) released over the past 40-plus years, The Virtual OS Museum has ...
These open-source projects have been running for 20+ years — and they're still unfinished
Two decades in, still no version 1.0.
A virtual museum runs 570 operating systems in your browser
Andrew Warkentin has spent over twenty years collecting old operating systems and getting them to run. The result is the Virtual OS Museum, a launcher and Li...