Hear me out #AI is trick by big deep tech corporations to harm #FOSS orgs. #Linux #RunBSD #unix

Undo in Vi and its successors

So vi only has one level of undo, which is simply no longer fit for the times we live in now, and also wholly unnecessary given even the least powerful devices that might need to run vi probably have more than enough resources to give at least a few more levels of undo. What I didn't know, however, is that vi's limited undo behaviour is actually part of POSIX, and for full compli

https://www.osnews.com/story/144459/undo-in-vi-and-its-successors/

#Unix

@osnews

Well, learn something new every day :)

I just tried this on #NetBSD and it worked as described. Since #slackware now has nvi, it will be interesting for people there too.

#unix

Unix 🤝 Amiga

｢ Amiga UNIX (also known as “Amix”) was Commodore's port of AT&T System V Release 4 Unix to the Amiga in 1990. Like many early Unix variants, Amiga Unix never became wildly popular, but it is an interesting sidestep in the history of the Amiga ｣

https://www.amigaunix.com/doku.php/home

#amiga #unix #amix #retrocomputing

Old computer magazines were far more charming than any current #aislop monstrosity.

#amiga #unix #retrocomputing

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Amiga 3000UX Advert

Celebrating #WorldRadioDay with the most portable OS on the planet. 🌍

Whether it's the embedded controller inside a vintage radio or the legendary NetBSD Toaster 🍞, the ham/ 📻category in #pkgsrc has you covered.

Why just make toast when you can transmit packets over the airwaves at the same time?
#NetBSD #SDR #PacketRadio #HamRadio #VintageComputing #Linux #unix

New year, same love for clean code. 🧡

I saw @netbsd 🚩was short $327 on their 2025 funding goal, so I sent a donation to start 2026 on a high note.

Wishing the team a great 2026.

Wishing all BSD users Happy New Year ahead!

#NetBSD #Unix #OpenSource #linux #sysadmin #runbsd

HP-UX hits end-of-life today, and I’m sad

It's 31 December 2025 today, the last day of the year, but it also happens to mark the end of support for the last and final version of one of my favourite operating systems: HP-UX. Today is the day HPE puts the final nail in the coffin of their long-running UNIX operating system, marking the end of another vestige of the heyday of the commercial UNIX vari

https://www.osnews.com/story/144094/hp-ux-hits-end-of-life-today-and-im-sad/

#Unix

4th Edition #UNIX in your browser.

https://unixv4.dev/

Would you like to see UNIX V4 on MissPiggy? #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #unix #softwarepreservation

The page is a living document, and the RSS feed now tracks updates properly.

nvi cheatsheet: https://4c6e.xyz/nvi.html
RSS feed: https://4c6e.xyz/rss.xml

#nvi #vi #unix #slackware #rss

This AT&T demo diskette was discovered in a large box of unsorted floppies. The instructions are for running it on a 3B2 computer which we have running as “lcm3b2” and is remotely accessible. Would you like to know what is on this diskette? #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #floppydisk #unix

📢 NetBSD 11.0 release is imminent!

Release is getting a massive upgrade. Community need your help to ensure it runs smoothly on everything from modern servers to vintage workstations.

✨ What to test:
• Improved RISC-V Support
• ZFS & Kernel stability
• Your favorite pkgsrc tools

🔥 The Challenge: #RunOnAnything. Install the Beta on your most interesting hardware and show us the results!

⬇️ Grab the latest NetBSD 11 binaries here:
https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-11/latest

#NetBSD #BSD #OpenSource #Unix #BetaTesting #RetroComputing #RunBSD

🦾 6 BSDs Worth Trying Instead of Linux

https://www.howtogeek.com/bsds-worth-trying-instead-of-linux/

#BSD #FreeBSD #GhostBSD #MidnightBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonFlyBSD #opensource #unix