Hacker News with Generative AI: Unix

Yes-rs: A fast, memory-safe rewrite of the classic Unix yes command (github.com/jedisct1)
A blazingly fast, memory-safe rewrite of the classic Unix 'yes' command. Written in Rust! 🦀
Unix, Programming Languages, Rust
172 points by ericdiao 32 days ago | 161 comments
The length of file names in early Unix (utoronto.ca)
If you use Unix today, you can enjoy relatively long file names on more or less any filesystem that you care to name. But it wasn't always this way.
Unix, Operating Systems, History, File Systems
77 points by ingve 33 days ago | 64 comments
Unix Workstations – The Computer Collection (computercollection.net)
The collection has several workstations which run operating systems which are based on UNIX® in one form or another. Many of them I had some experience with during my career at Wisconsin DOT.
Unix, Operating Systems, Computer Hardware, Technology, History
27 points by rbanffy 35 days ago | 9 comments
AT&T Unix PC Reference Manual (1986) (archive.org)
From the bitsavers.org collection, a scanned-in computer-related document.att :: 3b1 :: hardware :: 999-300-1891S UNIX PC Reference Manual 1986
Unix, Hardware, Computer History, Manuals, Archives
9 points by caned 37 days ago | 0 comments
Our Journey Through Linux/Unix Landscapes (kalvad.com)
Hey there! Recently, we took a trip to Canadian University Dubai to scout for some fresh talent. One of the key questions we always ask potential interns is: "Which operating system are you using?"
Operating Systems, Linux, Unix, Education, Recruitment
20 points by alekq 38 days ago | 17 comments
Toshiba Sparc LT (openpa.net)
Toshiba SPARC LT AS1000 are RISC laptops, first released in 1990, based on Sun SPARC architecture for Unix.
Hardware, Laptops, Unix, RISC, History
4 points by fidotron 42 days ago | 0 comments
The Passing of Ucbvax (1994) (ucbvax.berkeley.edu)
History, Computing, Unix
66 points by ecliptik 62 days ago | 21 comments
PATH should be a system call (simonsafar.com)
This is still the header! Main site
Operating Systems, Unix, System Calls
18 points by todsacerdoti 64 days ago | 15 comments
MinC Is Not Cygwin (commandlinerevolution.nl)
Welcome to the MinC home page. MinC is a Unix emulator for Windows, based on the OpenBSD operating system.
Operating Systems, Windows, Unix, Emulation
284 points by thingfish 65 days ago | 228 comments
SerenityOS is a love letter to '90s user interfaces (serenityos.org)
SerenityOS is a love letter to '90s user interfaces with a custom Unix-like core.
Operating Systems, User Interfaces, Nostalgia, Unix
184 points by doener 66 days ago | 194 comments
Advanced Shell Scripting with Bash (2006) [pdf] (uniforumchicago.org)
Bash, Shell Scripting, Programming, Unix, PDF
135 points by transpute 71 days ago | 112 comments
Unix files have (at least) two sizes (utoronto.ca)
Unix files have (at least) two sizes
Unix, Operating Systems, Filesystems
68 points by ingve 74 days ago | 34 comments
How I install personal versions of programs on Unix (utoronto.ca)
These days, Unixes are quite generous in what they make available through their packaging systems, so you can often get everything you want through packages that someone else worries about building, updating, managing, and so on.
Unix, Software, Operating Systems, Programming, Installation
58 points by ingve 77 days ago | 33 comments
Annotated Unix Magic Poster (unixmagic.net)
Get ready for some Unix magic... 🪄
Unix, Operating Systems, Posters, Programming
213 points by kaycebasques 84 days ago | 32 comments
An AlphaStation's SROM (thejpster.org.uk)
I have a thing for weird 90's RISC workstations running UNIX. So when Rob said "Hey, I have an AlphaStation in the boot of my car ..." obviously it came home with me.
Unix, Hardware, Retro Computing
79 points by ingve 89 days ago | 7 comments
The Unix-Haters Handbook (wikipedia.org)
The UNIX-HATERS Handbook is a semi-humorous edited compilation of messages to the UNIX-HATERS mailing list.
Operating Systems, Humor, Unix
10 points by rcarmo 89 days ago | 0 comments
Better Shell History Search (tratt.net)
I spend an awful lot of my day in Unix terminals running shell commands. For some reason, the variance in efficiency between different people when using the shell is huge: I know people who can run rings around me, and I’ve come across more than one paid professional who doesn’t use the “up” key to retrieve the previous command.
Shell, Unix, Efficiency, Productivity, Command Line
213 points by ltratt 94 days ago | 93 comments
Better Shell History Search (tratt.net)
I spend an awful lot of my day in Unix terminals running shell commands. For some reason, the variance in efficiency between different people when using the shell is huge: I know people who can run rings around me, and I’ve come across more than one paid professional who doesn’t use the “up” key to retrieve the previous command.
Shell, Unix, Productivity
65 points by todsacerdoti 94 days ago | 26 comments
9base is a port of various original Plan 9 tools for Unix (suckless.org)
9base is a port of various original Plan 9 tools for Unix, based on plan9port.
Operating Systems, Unix, Open Source, Programming, Tools
7 points by keepamovin 97 days ago | 0 comments
Cool, but Obscure X11 Tools (dabamos.de)
A small collection of tools for the X Window System, some more and some less obscure. For cool terminal tools, see Kristof Kovacs’ Cool, but obscure Unix tools. All applications have been tested on FreeBSD but should run on other Unix-like operating systems as well.
Unix, Terminal Tools
31 points by Aldipower 98 days ago | 17 comments
Unix Pipeline Philosophy in HTMX + FastHTML Workflows (mikelev.in)
Future-proof your skills and escape the tech hamster wheel with the Linux, Python, vim & git stack (LPvg) including NixOS, Jupyter, FastHTML / HTMX and an AI stack to resist obsolescence. Follow along as I debunk peak data theory and develop Pipulate, the next generation free AI SEO tool.
Unix, HTMX, Web Development, AI, SEO
5 points by indigodaddy 98 days ago | 0 comments
More pro for the DEC Professional 380 (featuring PRO/VENIX) (blogspot.com)
This particular unit is one of the few artifacts I have left from a massive DEC haul almost twelve years ago. It runs PRO/VENIX, the only official DEC Unix option for the Pros, but in its less common final release (we'll talk about versions of Venix).
Vintage Computing, Operating Systems, DEC, Unix
52 points by classichasclass 104 days ago | 9 comments
Unix Needs a True Integrated Environment: CASE Closed (1989) [pdf] (bitsavers.org)
Unix, Operating Systems, Software Development, History, Computer Science
40 points by todsacerdoti 108 days ago | 26 comments
Ask HN: Old Unix technologies like cron and SSE in modern workflows? (ycombinator.com)
I've been in the industry for over a decade and find myself repeatedly returning to battle-tested UNIX technologies despite the constant stream of new frameworks and tools.
Unix, Software Engineering, Workflows
11 points by hilti 111 days ago | 7 comments
Exploring the Hybrid Debian GNU/KFreeBSD Distribution (linuxjournal.com)
For decades, Linux and BSD have stood as two dominant yet fundamentally different branches of the Unix-like operating system world.
Operating Systems, Linux, BSD, Unix
11 points by dxs 112 days ago | 1 comments
Ask HN: What are your favorite UNIX tools? (ycombinator.com)
Either built-in tools, or those that follow the UNIX philosophy.
Unix, Operating Systems, Tools, Programming, Command Line
11 points by aadhavans 112 days ago | 12 comments
Advertisements of Unix and its technologies from 1984-1998 (m4c.pl)
The 1980s and 1990s were a period of rapid technological advancement, during which UNIX systems and UNIX-based technologies played a significant role in shaping modern computing solutions.
Unix, History, Technology, Computing
8 points by m4c-pl 122 days ago | 0 comments
JSON has become today's machine-readable output format on Unix (utoronto.ca)
Recently, I needed to delete about 1,200 email messages to a particular destination from the mail queue on one of our systems.
JSON, Unix, Email, System Administration
59 points by ingve 124 days ago | 81 comments
1972 Unix V2 "Beta" Resurrected (tuhs.org)
Hi everyone, First-time poster here. Near the end of last year, I did some forensic analysis on the DMR tapes (https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Applications/Dennis_Tapes) and had some fun playing around with them. Warren forwarded a few of my emails to this list at the end of last year and the beginning of this year, but it was never my intention for him to be my messenger, so I'm posting here myself now.
Unix, History, Software, Operating Systems, Archive
425 points by henry_flower 128 days ago | 148 comments
Schemesh: Fusion between Unix shell and Lisp REPL (github.com/cosmos72)
Schemesh is an interactive shell scriptable in Lisp.
Lisp, Shell, Programming Languages, Unix
177 points by cosmos0072 132 days ago | 50 comments