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But Unix, the operating system that in one derivative or another powers nearly all smartphones sold worldwide, was born 50 years ago from the failure of an ambitious project that involved titans ...
Even if you’re not a long-time Linux user, the terminal is still great as a way to quickly jump around your system settings ...
Over on The Full Nerd podcast, the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 is known as The GOAT, the graphics card that still hasn’t been ...
Unix time, also known as 'epoch time,' is the number of seconds that have passed since Jan 1, 1970. As Unix turns 50, let's take a look at what worries kernel developers.
People have been talking about switching from Windows to Linux since the 1990s, but in the world of open-source operating ...
Unix, the core server operating system in enterprise networks for decades, now finds itself in a slow, inexorable decline. IDC predicts that Unix server revenue will slide from $10.2 billion in ...
"Unix tells time differently, which means that it does not have a year 2000 problem," writes an anonymous fellow in an article published in Wired Philippines (unrelated to Wired News).
CEO of The Open Group, explains that his organization owns the Unix trademark and that the SCO Group holds the rights only to the OS source code.
UNIX is still breathing. It's still widely used in enterprise data centers. It's still running huge, complex, key applications for companies that absolutely, positively need those apps to run. And ...
Unix legend, who owes us nothing, keeps fixing foundational AWK code Co-creator of core Unix utility, now 80, just needs to run a few more tests.
Unix is a multi-user operating system deep into the kernel level of its operations. Unix-like operating systems that are commonly used in the workplace include OS X and every variety of Linux, as ...