How-To Geek on MSN

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 ...
How-To Geek on MSN

3 must-try tools if you want Windows-like desktop widgets on Ubuntu

Using KDE Plasma Widgets is another fantastic way to display desktop widgets on your Ubuntu desktop. However, you need to ...

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 ...

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.

The 6 Linux distros I expect to rule 2026 - and why

Which Linux distributions will rise above the competition in 2026 to dethrone the old guard? These are my picks.
Make Tech Easier

Fresh Adds an Easy-to-use and Powerful Text Editor to the Linux Terminal

Fresh is an easy-to-use and poweful text editor for the terminal. It takes many things we love about modern graphical editors and brings them to the terminal.
Hackaday

Linux Fu: Yet Another Shell Script Trick

I really have too many tray icons. You know the ones. They sit on your taskbar, perhaps doing something in the background or, ...
Simon Fraser University

ENSC 833: NETWORK PROTOCOLS AND PERFORMANCE

Current count of email messages related to ENSC 833 exchanged this term: 19. Course description: This course covers the techniques needed to understand and analyze modern data communications networks ...