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@nixCraft@mastodon.social · 10h ago
FreeBSD Device Drivers: From First Steps to Kernel Mastery by Edson Brandi · Version 2.0 (April 2026) https://github.com/ebrandi/FDD-book #freebsd #unix #books
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@bsdtv@bsd.network · 20h ago
Would you like to get more out of bsddialog(3)? BSDCan has a tutorial for that: Introduction to TUI Programming using bsddialog with Benedict Reuschling Thursday 2026-06-18: 13:00 - 16:00 Shell scripts have a bad reputation when it comes to usability and eye candy. Modern users find a blinking cursor on a a black screen leaves a lot to be desired when having to interact with a shell script. In this tutorial, we will create shell scripts that look like a GUI application: with buttons to press, input fields, select boxes and animated progress bars. These so called TUI (text user interfaces) programs still use shell script functionality as the backend, but are lightweight enough to not introduce too much overhead. Users will appreciate the ease of use of your shell scripts and you can rely on them to give you the data and visualizations you to need. At the same time, the TUI application is not difficult to learn and implement into existing scripts. More info: https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/timetable/timetable-Introduction-to-TUI.html #unix #tui #shellscript #runbsd #bsdcan
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@kkarhan@jorts.horse in linux4noobs · 2d ago
@codewizard@hear-me.social @linux4noobs@programming.dev @linux4noobs@lemmy.world #systemd is the standard and it integrates well woth modern applications. #SysVinit is the preceding standard inherited from old #Unix OSes. I recommend #BennoRice's Video as an introduction…
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@erstwhile@theblower.au · 5d ago
This factual and current data is for the asshat (^) windows fanboi that just told me that Winblow$ server, was the premiere OS of the internet... You need a reality check. Period. #Unix #Linux #Microshaft #Windows
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@me_@sueden.social · 6d ago
Does anyone have a copy of Johannes Helander's 1994 Master thesis "Unix under Mach: The Lites Server"? I can't find it online... #mach #microkernel #unix #osdev
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@lobsters@mastodon.social · 6d ago
SPAM - A Software PAckage Manager utility https://lobste.rs/s/wts8yp #python #rust #unix https://codeberg.org/aol/spam
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@lobsters@mastodon.social · Apr 17, 2026
The lost thesis of Dennis Ritchie https://lobste.rs/s/my3lu9 #pdf #unix https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2020/05/102790971/Ritchie_dissertation.pdf
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@lobsters@mastodon.social · Apr 17, 2026
A history of teapots and UNIX https://lobste.rs/s/ql5jpq #graphics #unix https://discuss.systems/@thalia/116417242648384997
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@linuxiac@mastodon.social · Apr 12, 2026
FreeBSD has started public laptop testing as part of its larger effort to improve hardware support and become a stronger option for everyday desktop use. https://linuxiac.com/freebsd-opens-public-testing-for-its-laptop-support-push/ #freebsd #unix #opensource
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@Larvitz@burningboard.net · Apr 12, 2026
A FreeBSD jail should be small. Installing Python into every jail just so your config management can run is the tail wagging the dog. I wrote two tiny wrappers to plug cdist directly into jexec on the host. The result? Full configuration management that asks for nothing but POSIX sh inside the jail itself. Zero daemons. Zero agents. https://blog.hofstede.it/automating-freebsd-jails-with-cdist-zero-dependencies-inside-the-jail/ My cdist-jexec connection plugin scripts: https://codeberg.org/Larvitz/jexec-cdist #FreeBSD #Jails #Unix #SysAdmin #cdist #DevOps
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@occult@vox.ominous.net · Feb 25, 2026
From a 1991 SunExpert magazine article about “What’s to come” for network protocols. The article depicts a man traveling into the 2020’s, seemingly unaware of the chaos he’ll find. He’s going to pass @prahou@merveilles.town traveling back in time to 1991 to get some mint condition Sun workstations. #SunMicrosystems #UNIX
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@occult@vox.ominous.net · Mar 06, 2026
Hey #Fediverse! See you all at the 1985 California Computer Show. #UNIX #RetroComputing
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@occult@vox.ominous.net · Mar 06, 2026
Oh, this is good... From UNIX World, 1985: "It finds the subtle bugs in my C programs" - Claude B. Finn. 40 years later, people are using Claude to find bugs in programs. What's old is new again. #Anthropic #LLM #Claude #ClaudeCode #AI #Security #Programming #UNIX #C
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@occult@vox.ominous.net · Mar 06, 2026
They should re-create this steel-bound UNIX reference manual. #UNIX
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@occult@vox.ominous.net · Mar 08, 2026
Hey @prahou@merveilles.town is your computer sad or happy? Is this Mr. Computo? From the May 1985 issue of UNIX WORLD magazine. #UNIX
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@occult@vox.ominous.net · Mar 08, 2026
These article illustrations are truly something. UNIX Review, April 1985. #UNIX #unix_surrealism
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@occult@vox.ominous.net · Mar 08, 2026
When someone asks me what the #Fediverse, #Mastodon or #ActivityPub is I'll use this illustration from UNIX Review, April 1985. #UNIX
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@occult@vox.ominous.net · Mar 09, 2026
I found this ad for a six-degree-of-freedom 3D input device in the Summer 1989 issue of the SGI magazine "IRIS Universe". I remember seeing stuff like this around in the 90s, but it all seemed so inaccessible at the time. Flipping through these old professional magazines, you spot some interesting engineering and industrial design. @flexion@oldbytes.space, you should get one of these, restore it, and get it working on one of your systems. #SGI #UNIX
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@lobsters@mastodon.social · Apr 10, 2026
ELF & Dynamic Linking via @fs111@mastodon.xyz https://lobste.rs/s/2mcauv #unix https://fmdlc.github.io/tty0/articles/linux-elf-dynamic-linking/Linux_ELF_Dynamic_linking_EN.html
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@lobsters@mastodon.social · Apr 08, 2026
Zsh: select generated files with (om[1]) glob qualifiers https://lobste.rs/s/6k8cyc #unix https://adamj.eu/tech/2026/01/27/zsh-om1-glob-qualifiers/
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