The UNIX List

Back in the Day: UNIX, Minix and Linux

Columnist Dave Taylor reminisces about the early days of UNIX and how Linux evolved and grew from that seed. Twenty five years of Linux Journal. This also marks my 161st column with the magazine too, ...

Timeline: 40 years of Unix

Ever wonder about how Unix got started, not to mention all the twists and turns it took along the way? Here are some milestones of the operating system’s four-decade-long history. 1956 A U.S.

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Ask HN: Could Linux on the Amiga have saved Commodore from bankruptcy?

Given that NeXTSTEP saved Apple, one might wonder whether Linux could have saved Commodore.<p>What do you think?

Show HN: Clawx – A package manager where packages are agent tasks

Hi HN — I built Clawx, an experiment in treating agent-driven tasks as installable packages.A Clawx package is a Markdown file with YAML metadata. The Markdown body becomes the system prompt for an agent CLI such as Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Gemini, or Antigravity. Clawx fetches the package from a registry, verifies its SHA-256 hash, shows what it is requesting permission to do, asks for approval, runs it, and records the execution.The idea came from repeatedly writing the same operational p

Show HN: Crack Attack game vibe-ported to run in browser

Crack Attack! is a classic open source puzzle game that&#x27;s included in many Linux distro repositories. I first played it around 20 years ago, and I&#x27;ve been hooked since.I wanted to see if an LLM could port it to run in the browser. I suggested recompiling it with Emscripten, but the LLM decided to rewrite it in TypeScript instead, using the original code as a reference. I had to prompt it a bunch to fix some gameplay and rendering differences, but I think the current version is very clo

Show HN: Rudder – Measure your own input on AI generated code

As someone who is using agents to code for me a lot lately, I was starting to feel more and more like I&#x27;m losing touch with the code I write--it&#x27;s starting to feel like Claude&#x27;s code rather than mine. I&#x27;m pretty sure I&#x27;m not alone in feeling this way, so I made Rudder as a first earnest shot at trying to fix this problem.Nowadays with AI coding agents, unit tests are pretty much dead code--your agent may write them because it has to hit coverage, but it is basically mean

Show HN: Argot, a Rust AI guardrail based on your codebase AST patterns

We have lots of benchmarks for new frontier LLMs (SWE benchmarks etc) to make them score on the &quot;best code&quot;. In large codebase, the best code is the one that matches the codebase own voice and conventions, because that&#x27;s the mental model of the team.Ingesting a full codebase explicit&#x2F;implict patterns in an agent windows to make them match the codebase doesnt work: too much context, hallucinations, ...So I built this free&#x2F;open source project, your codebase is a golden min

Show HN: Jotchi, a smart scratchpad for the busy brain

I love the idea of projects like Obsidian, but since I already have difficulty dealing with one brain, the idea of managing a second has never really worked for me.Since I&#x27;m always working on a bunch of stuff, I never really know if a particular piece of information will be important later or not. Ideally, I wanted a place that I could just dump notes into, and let the notepad itself organize everything in a clear and fast to navigate way.Ultimately, that lead to Jotchi, which became a sort

Show HN: GJK Collision Detection in Any Dimension

Hey HN! I created a library that extends GJK-based collision to higher dimensions. This approach unifies the math for computing the distance to the origin for any simplex in any dimension. Main link is to the library source code, and here is a link to to a paper explaining the theory: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;akintokinematics.com&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;2026&#x2F;01&#x2F;Hype...

DALL-E

DALL-EDALL-E (DALL·E) DALL-E 2, and DALL-E 3 – software developed by OpenAI, based on artificial intelligence, which generates images based on a given text description. https://archiveapp.org/dall-e/

KDE Plasma 6.8 Ends eGPU Copy Tax: Cyberpunk Jumps From 27 to 50 FPS on Wayland

KDE Plasma eGPU performance gets a major boost in the upcoming 6.8 release: developer Xaver Hugl's linux-dmabuf v6 ...

How to Install Linux on Your Chromebook

Chromebooks are amazing little machines. Since they run a barebones operating system with just a browser on top, they are often inexpensive, low-powered, and incredibly useful. However, if you want to ...

Linux App Release Roundup (July 2026)

If you spent July dodging the summer heatwave, catch up on the best Linux app releases and updates you might have missed last month in this roundup. You

I tried Framework's premium 'Linux-first' laptop: consider the bar raised

I tried Framework's premium 'Linux-first' laptop: consider the bar raised ...

New AMD Linux patch boosts low-end gaming performance on Steam Deck

As the Steam Deck slowly marches toward its fifth birthday next February, owners are likely eager for a way to extend its ...

5 common mistakes people make when switching to Linux

Computer operating systems run the gamut. While some have the reputation for being less efficient than others, this isn't ...

I tested a new Debian Linux loaded with local AI - see if it's right for you

I tested a new Debian Linux loaded with local AI - see if it's right for you ...

The quiet Rust migration reshaping Linux from the inside out — and why it matters for security

Ubuntu is replacing core Linux tools with Rust. Here’s how memory safety could strengthen security without breaking familiar ...

“He’s Been Struggling”: We Have A New Report On Nick Reiner’s Allegedly “Hostile” Behavior In Jail After Pleading Not Guilty To Murdering His Parents, Rob And Michele Reiner

For the past seven months, Nick has reportedly been housed in near-total isolation in a specialized medical observation jail unit.