I'm using this shell shortcut a lot - you can use Alt+. to insert the last argument from your previous command into the command you're currently typing.

I added an X11 version of my mandelbrot program. This one is in color and is resizable! It runs on A/UX and will probably run on any version of UNIX that runs X11. I've attached screenshots from A/UX and modern Linux. You can find the code on github along with the console version: https://github.com/vaelen/multi-mandlebrot/tree/main/unix #retrocomputing #unix #mac #x11 #mandelbrot

Mounting The Atmosphere https://lobste.rs/s/olb8w6 #unix
https://oppi.li/posts/mounting_the_atmosphere/

`neofetch` developer discontinued the project and took up farming. i think that is beautiful and i think about it all the time.

Flatpak: the good, the bad, the ugly.

https://secureblue.dev/articles/flatpak

You know, I guess I don't really have an issue with systemd, at least not one worth getting worked up about.

Some folks get really philosophical about it, but honestly, that’s not me. I mean, sure, I’m aware of the debates and all the noise, but personally? I just let it do its thing.

Maybe deep down I care… or maybe I just can’t be bothered to pretend I do. Either way, I’m not losing sleep over it.

1. Go into thread
2. Comments "systemd bad"
3. Refuses to elaborate
4. Leaves

https://social.linux.pizza/@pid_eins@mastodon.social/112353324622157546

radare2 6.0 is out! (codename "brainbow" )

A major release focused on stability and maintainability while bringing many new features under the hood. Breaking the ABI compatibility from the 5.9.x saga for to settle a new base for the upcoming versions. #reverseengineering #radare2 #unix #cli

https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/releases/tag/6.0.0

We're moving our PDP-7 running UNICS version 0 into our new mainframe gallery space next week. Come see the original UNICS (UNIX) operating system running on real hardware where you can compile your own HELLORD! in the B programming language.

Like what we're doing? Please consider supporting us at https://icm.museum

The importance of V7 in the history of Unix, the first release modern users would recognize as familiar.

https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/V7WhyItMattersSoMuch

The Unix clone Coherent, sold as a commercial product between the late 1980s and the early 1990s, is likely the closest system to V7 we can still easily run today.

https://www.nesssoftware.com/home/mwc/source.php

FreeBSD 15 has a severe PKGBASE bug that actually causes your system to no longer boot with just one command!

#FreeBSD #Unix #TechNews #TechUpdates #Computers #Laptops #BSD

https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2025/07/30/freebsd-has-a-system-breaking-bug-that-removes-almost-the-whole-base-system/

FreeBSD: Shorter support for the professional focus

From FreeBSD 15 onwards, there will only be four years of support, but more updates are planned. Several teams in the project need some relief.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/FreeBSD-Shorter-support-for-the-professional-focus-9801104.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

bookmarkfs: FUSE-based pseudo-filesystem for managing web browser bookmarks https://lobste.rs/s/bpeob3 #unix #web
https://sr.ht/~cismonx/bookmarkfs/

NEW VIDEO - Can You Solve This Strange FreeBSD Mail Mystery? Fixing DB5 Issue!

#FreeBSD #Unix #opensource #garyhtech

https://youtu.be/Y-xtxEpl_yM?si=h3Pk8xCX2frV5soT via @YouTube

The long version of why you need key authentication for your SSH servers - "The Hail Mary Cloud and the lessons learned" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/hailmary_lessons_learned.html #ssh #keys #passwordgroping #unix #linux #openbsd #freebsd #pf #packetfilter #statetracking #blocklists #cybercrime #hacking

Also, The 4th edition of the Book of PF is coming soon: https://nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_the_book_of_pf_4th_ed_is_coming.html

I wrote a mandelbrot program for A/UX that uses the pre-ANSI C compiler it provides and the early version of curses without color or drawing character support. It was an interesting project! It should work on any UNIX variant. I've built and run it on A/UX and on modern Linux with a problem. The last photo is it running on Linux. #mandlebrot #unix #aux #mac #retrocomputing @slithymatt

I was today years old when I discovered there's a #unix program called "bat". It's cat. But it's a bat. It's a bat cat? It's a cat with colors. A colored cat? "bat - a cat(1) clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration." #cat #linux

Y2K38 bug? Debian switching to 64-bit time for everything

We say everything... just not the oldest hardware. Unix Epochalypse less than 13 years away.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/25/y2k38_bug_debian/