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Minix gets a NetBSD code infusion

Thanks to a Google Summer of Code project, Minix has gotten an infusion of NetBSD commands and libraries

By Joab Jackson

Feb 29, 2012 3 mins

Computers and Peripherals Open Source Unix

Oracle lawsuit alleges ‘gray market conspiracy’ over support services

ServiceKey and DLT Federal Business Systems Corporation are named in Oracle's complaint

By Chris Kanaracus

Feb 22, 2012 4 mins

Intellectual Property Legal Technology Industry

Quest extends Unix Sudo tool

Enterprises can now run user compliance reports against Sudo

By Joab Jackson

Dec 15, 2011 3 mins

Open Source Operating Systems Unix

Usenix: Dartmouth expanding diff, grep Unix tools

Dartmouth researchers are working on variants of diff and grep that can parse more complex data structures

By Joab Jackson

Dec 8, 2011 4 mins

Open Source Operating Systems System Management

Oracle Solaris goes to 11

The newest version of Oracle's Solaris operating system is better prepared for cloud workloads, the company claims

By Joab Jackson

Nov 9, 2011 4 mins

Enterprise Applications Oracle Unix

Dennis Ritchie, Father of Unix and C programming language, dead at 70

Part of famed Bell Labs development team

Oct 13, 2011 3 mins

Enterprise Applications Unix

How Linux mastered Wall Street

Linux has become a dominant player in finance due to the OS kernel's ability to pass messages very quickly

By Joab Jackson

Aug 15, 2011 5 mins

Financial Services Industry Microsoft Technology Industry

Linux 3.0 a steady step forward

The newly released Linux kernel features improved support for Xen and BTRFS file system, as well as a new versioning scheme

By Joab Jackson

Jul 22, 2011 4 mins

Open Source Operating Systems Unix

A Sidebar on User-Interface Customization: The Mexican Airplane Pilot Story

This tale – told to me when I was an undergraduate computer-science student – has really stuck with me over the years, and provides significant guidance on how to build applications that optimize user productivity.

By Craig Mathias

Jul 21, 2011 4 mins

Enterprise Applications Productivity Software Unix

PlanetLab creates a more advanced sudo

Admins at the PlanetLab global research network release an advanced access control program

By Joab Jackson

Jun 20, 2011 3 mins

Enterprise Applications Operating Systems Unix