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DYNIX

DYNIXDYNIX (DYNamic unIX) – an operating system developed by Sequent. It was acquired by IBM in 1999, when Sequent was acquired. It is a variant of BSD Unix. https://archiveos.org/dynix/

UNIX Fourth Edition on SIMH v3.12-5

We have tested UNIX Fourth Edition with SIMH v3.12-5, and it worked!#UNIX #UnixFourthEdition #Retrocomputing #DEC #PDP11 #PDP #TechNews #TechUpdates #ComputersUNIX Fourth Edition on SIMH v3.12-5

A coworker told a story about a cat they had for some time. They let him choose a name himself, as in every other day they'd...

A coworker told a story about a cat they had for some time. They let him choose a name himself, as in every other day they’d call him a different name and see his response. Eventually, they, a pair of computer nerds, tried “Unix”.“Hey, Unix”“Meow!”“…Unix?”“Meow!”And thus the cat chose his name - Unix.He’s lived with various computer nerds for his whole life. One of his favorite resting places - on the knees of a perso

Linux Desktop Is Taking Over The World

Recently people made a big deal about Linux hitting 5% market share in the steam hardware survey, but what's the truth here, is it ...

Windows is Actively Pushing Gamers to Linux

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31 Products From Walmart That'll Get You Excited About Spending Time In Your Yard Again

It's officially time to stop treating your backyard like a neglected storage unit and start transforming it into a 5-star resort.

The 1988 Morris Worm: The First Major Cyberattack

Explore the story of the 1988 Morris Worm, the first major cyberattack that exploited vulnerabilities in Unix systems, affecting 10% ...

Show HN: Shards of Stone – A Warcraft 2-inspired RTS that runs in the browser

A browser-based RTS inspired by Warcraft 2, Age of Empires & Starcraft. 9 factions, 200+ units, fog of war, tech trees, naval combat, multiplayer, and AI opponents. Runs on desktop and mobile with no install.You can play it here: https://www.shardsofstone.comI built this over ~10 hours of spare time using Claude as my primary development tool. I'm not a game dev - I described what I wanted in big brain dumps and iterated across multiple threads. Each thread made heavy use of p

Show HN: Opal – run GitLab pipelines locally using Apple container

Opal is a CLI that provides a TUI to run Gitlab pipelines locally.It tries to achieve as much compatibility with Gitlab pipelines as it makes sense to help developers get a fast feedback loop by running their jobs locally. On MacOS it uses the Apple Container CLI to spin up fast containers - you can customize the VM specs for this, but it's also compatible with Docker and Podman. On Linux it works with Podman, Docker or Nerdctl. You can use a local Ollama AI Agent or Codex to troubleshoot

Show HN: Agent Arnold – Gym tracker 100% vibe-coded from my phone between sets

Agent Arnold is a gym tracker with a built-in AI coach. Here's how I use it:- "this exercise hurts my shoulder at the end of the movement, remind me proper form and cues"- "how should I modify my workout today based off last week's reps and weights"- `/generate` a bouldering-focused workout routineThe app is free, your data is fully exportable (no walled-gardens), and there's an anonymous global leaderboard for motivation, including a "Dishonored&quot

Ask HN: Linuxdoors.com What should be on there?

I kindly ask should it be a Linux distro of some sorts? If so, which linux distro could gain versus such a parallel to the mighty Windows. So if Doors open opportunity, what is your opinion on the matter.

Planetary Annihilation: TITANS gets revived as the devs ask for Linux help and feedback

Planetary Annihilation: TITANS has returned with a new community team working on updates, and they need Linux user help to get it fixed up.

GeForce NOW 2.0.83 brings improved display scaling for Linux

NVIDIA just launched their latest update to the cloud gaming service GeForce NOW, with version 2.0.83 bringing some big improvements overall.

This Linux desktop runs like an app on your current desktop - and it's amazing

This Linux desktop runs like an app on your current desktop - and it's amazing ...

Age checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB field

The Arch Linux ecosystem is quite broad, and some parts are not happy. One of the maintainers of the Arch-based Garuda Linux, ...

I stopped guessing why my Linux PC was slow and used one command to find out

Your boot isn't slow for no reason, it just hasn't told you why yet ...

Kali Linux 2026.1 released with 8 new tools, new BackTrack mode

Kali Linux 2026.1, the first release of the year, is now available for download, featuring 8 new tools, a theme refresh, and a new BackTrack mode for Kali-Undercover.

AI bug reports went from junk to legit overnight, says Linux kernel czar

Kroah-Hartman credited longtime kernel developer Chris Mason, now at Meta, with pioneering AI-based review workflows. Mason ...

Stop distro-hopping. It won’t fix your Linux problems

You might create new problems instead.

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Kali Linux is one of the most powerful operating systems used by cybersecurity professionals and ethical hackers. In this video, I'm ...