The UNIX List
UniX AI to Bring Delivered Full-Size Humanoid Robot Wanda 2.0 to CES 2026
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- UniX AI, a global humanoid robot service provider specializing in R&D, mass production, and real-world deployment of of general-purpose humanoid robots, will ...
52 years later, UNIX V4 has been rediscovered and digitized
Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, Android, and other operating systems can trace their lineage back to the early commercial versions of Unix. One of the missing links in that chain, UNIX Fourth Edition, is now ...
FreeBSD vs. Slackware: Which super stable OS is right for you?
One is the world's oldest Linux distro, the other isn't Linux at all. Each delivers superb stability - let's compare.
UniX AI Makes Its Official Debut at CES 2026, Marking a New Era of Mass-Produced Humanoid Robotics
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The International Consumer Electronics Show of 2026 becomes a place to reveal the embodied intellig...
Hidden in storage, a University of Utah research associate happened upon the only known copy of this ‘revolutionary’ software
It took careful work to recover the UNIX V4 operating system from the 9-track magnetic tape. The software is foundational for most devices used today, including iPhones.
UNIX V4 is back: I booted into the 1973 OS and it made me weirdly happy
Classic Unix tools (ls, cat, ed, cal, dc) and games show modern OS lineage ...
Show HN: Kprotect – eBPF-based file protection using process lineage
I built kprotect because I wanted a way to protect my sensitive files (SSH keys, env files) that went beyond just standard Linux permissions. Even if a process is running as root, it shouldn't be able to read my secrets unless it’s part of a trusted execution chain.How it works: It uses BPF LSM (Linux Security Modules) to intercept file access at the kernel level. Instead of just checking the PID or the binary name, it looks at the entire lineage (the "Chain of Trust"). For exampl
Ask HN: How would you decouple from the US?
Dear Americans, please don’t take this the wrong way - I love the US, have friends there, and treasure memories I made there.However, it seems plausible that the US is turning into a rogue, authoritarian, Russia-like state increasingly more friendly towards Russia and hostile towards Europe. I am a European who grew up in a country still occupied by Russia. I am increasingly more worried about building my projects on American platforms, using an American operating system, etc.What if the US actu
Show HN: AI Swarm v3 – Self-host your own headless AI agents
Website: https://ai-swarm.dev
GitHub: https://github.com/ai-swarm-dev/ai-swarmHey everyone, I just released v3 of AI Swarm.It is basically a way to host your own Claude Code or Gemini agents on your own infrastructure. I built it because I wanted to be able to build and deploy features for my apps from my phone or IDE, without having to watch it create the code and being unable to use it while it's deploying and fixing bugs for 30 minutes. I took inspiration fr
Ask HN: Identity crisis as a software engineer because of AI
I had to note down my feeling and I wonder if this resonates.Plenty of engineers are struggling with their identity in this new age. Anxiety shows up even among the best of us, and anger isn’t far behind.
- Andrej Karpathy (https://x.com/karpathy/status/2004607146781278521)
- Rob Pike (https://itsfoss.com/news/rob-pike-furious/)I know both emotions. I pride myself as a software craftsman, yet I am also the co-founder and CTO of an AI startup that
Show HN: Stao – A simple standing desk reminder I built for myself
I built something embarrasingly simple. It changed my workday. When COVID began and I started working from home, I as many others, bought a standing desk. $500, height memory, digital display, the works.How much did I actually stand? Maybe 15-20 minutes a day. I just kept forgetting.- Tried phone alarms, annoying, started dismissing them without thinking.
- Tried sticky notes, lasted 2 days.
- Tried "I'll just remember", never worked.So I built Stao. It's a timer that reminds
Show HN: A Cross-Platform ISO Editor (ISO9660/Joliet/UDF/Rock Ridge)
Hi HN,
I built VIO ISO Editor, a cross-platform GUI app for creating and editing ISO images on Windows 10/11 and macOS 10+.Why I built it: I often need to ship release artifacts for users across different OSes, and ISO compatibility gets tricky fast (Unicode filenames, large files, UNIX perms, and “what mounts cleanly where”). I wanted a single tool that lets me author one image with the right filesystem mix for cross-platform distribution.What it does:
Create new ISOs: start a new project
The Lenovo Legion Go 2 Finally Comes With SteamOS At CES 2026
The lenovo Legion Go 2 with SteamOS will still come with the same AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme chip, with up to 32GB of RAM and a 2TB ...
Steam survey for December 2025 shows Linux holding to 3.19%
Valve have released the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for December 2025, bringing with it a fresh look at how Linux / ...
GeForce Now Is Finally Getting A Native Linux App
NVIDIA has confirmed plans to release a native version of GeForce Now for Linux, marking a notable shift in the company’s ...
I put a bullet in Windows and now use Linux – and you can too!
Making the switch to Linux has never been easier, as Microsoft continues to bloat or break Windows 11 on a routine basis.
NVIDIA Brings GeForce NOW To Linux And Fire TV With RTX 5080‑Class Cloud Gaming
"With rendering handled in the cloud, high-end PC gaming is possible on Linux operating systems, breathing new life into ...
Nvidia GeForce Now expected to gain official Linux support as early as this week
Nvidia is also reportedly planning to add several new titles to the GeForce Now library. According to promotional documents ...
Playing A Game Of Linux On Your Sony Playstation 2
Until the 2000s, game consoles existed primarily to bring a bit of the gaming arcade experience to homes, providing graphical ...
How much RAM does your Linux PC actually need in 2025? An expert weighs in
What if we move to 16GB of RAM, which has long been considered the sweet spot? Things are going to work much better. In fact, with 16GB of RAM, most of the problems with 8GB go away, except for one -- ...