Am I the only one that types capital "Y" when this question is asked rather than just hitting <Enter>?

#msys2 #pacman #unix #linux

I’m trying to use xargs to evaluate a mathematical expression.

Like:

echo "1234" | xargs -I{} echo $(({}+1))

But, for whatever reason, {} is always evaluated as "0" (while I can confirm those are integer).

Any hint? Maybe something else than xargs for the job here?

#cli #bash #unix

Wow,The Ansible connection plugin "jailexec.py", that I created this year, which can be used to automate FreeBSD jails without SSH (via jexec) got used in an example git-repository from the @FreeBSDFoundation 😯

github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/b…

I feel humbled.

jailexec.py: github.com/chofstede/ansible_j…

#freebsd #ansible #python #bsd #unix

blog/easy-jail-setup/plugins/connection at main · FreeBSDFoundation/blog

A repository for code related to blog posts. Contribute to FreeBSDFoundation/blog development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

Amazing lost media news!

52-year-old 9-track tape found with Unix V4, the operating system that everything else came from. Only 20 copies ever existed. University of Utah found theirs in a storage closet, knew what they'd found, and got the help of the California Computer Museum to reconstruct the delicate data.

I really enjoyed reading this article, which treats its readers as capable of understanding, and explains some of the technical background and challenges. Kudos to the author Courtney Tanner for conveying the excitement of this find to the audience.

Original:

sltrib.com/news/education/2026…

Archive:

web.archive.org/web/2026010720…

(I realize the irony of having to link the archive article. SL Trib promises they'll remove their paywalls soon!)

#RetroComputing #LostMedia #ComputerHistory #technology #unix

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.

^{The Salt Lake Tribune}

TIL about OpenBSD VPN faq

#VPN #service #OpenBSD #BSD #Unix #OpenSource #programming #technology

openbsd.org/faq/faq17.html

humans unix
🤝
using ps to find cat

#unix #caturday

I've Just downloaded v15.0 of freeBSD iso install image

Play will be done today

#freeBSD #ghostBSD #BSD #Unix #OpenSource #programming #technology #POSIX #stable

#FreeBSD Users
Do you run quarterly or latest packages on your #FreeBSD workstation? Or do you build ports?

Servers excluded this time, only #desktop systems 😉

#freebsd #unix #bsd

• quarterly (17%, 3 votes)
• latest (82%, 14 votes)
• ports (0%, 0 votes)

Spektakulärer Fund: Womöglich einzige Version von Unix V4 aufgetaucht
winfuture.de/news,154837.html

@Larvitz du magst doch #Unix 🫣

Spektakulärer Fund: Womöglich einzige Version von Unix V4 aufgetaucht

Bei Aufräumarbeiten an der University of Utah wurde ein über 50 Jahre altes Magnetband entdeckt, das möglicherweise die einzige vollständige Kopie von Unix V4 aus dem Jahr 1973 enthält. Das Band soll nun im Computer History Museum analysiert werden.

^{Felix Krauth (WinFuture.de)}

While cleaning a storage room, our staff found this tape containing #UNIX v4 from Bell Labs, circa 1973

Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist: gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_E…

We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum

#retrocomputing

We adopted the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard at Freedesktop! It's now part of the regular set of specifications, and we can make edits, of course.

Right now, it is very historically interesting, but hopefully it will be practical in future too and receive some modernization!

You can read the current HTML spec of FHS 3.0 at:
specifications.freedesktop.org…
#freedesktop #linux #unix #linuxfoundation

🎂 Unix was born on November 3, 1971.

Massive respect to legends Ken Thompson & Dennis Ritchie; the world runs on their vision. 💻✨

#unix #opensource

Nixcraft has written clear and consise instructions on many sh commands both internal {sh bash csh ksh} & external

Here's an example of the usage of dd an important powerful command which does everything the Unix way.

Here you're taught how to use dd safely to clone drive images. ddrescue dcfldd are also covered

You can use dd in any shell you like. You can also use them in your BSD OS

#Programming #bash #csh #ksh #fish #sh #commands #dd #BSD #Unix #Linux

cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-c…

TIL about the existence of MirBSD

Go read and learn about the project

#BSD #MirBSD #Unix #OpenSource #programming

mirbsd.org/

TIL about the existence of smolBSD an amazing minimal BSD Unix system. It boots in {milli}seconds!

Site:

smolbsd.org/

GitHub: github.com/NetBSDfr/smolBSD

#netBSD #BSD #UNIX #OpenSource #programming #quemu #bash #sh

Thanks to @nixCraft

I wonder if their #UUCP is still up?

#unix #OReillyMedia

What's your terminal based editor on Linux/Unix? If it's not listed here, please comment!

#tui #terminal #Linux #unix #editor #ide #vim #vi #neovim #Emacs #spacemacs #nano

• vi (5%, 5 votes)
• vim (29%, 25 votes)
• neovim (30%, 26 votes)
• nano (15%, 13 votes)
• emacs (19%, 17 votes)
• spacemacs (0%, 0 votes)

Remembering a legend! 🙌

His contributions shaped the foundations of modern computing and inspired generations of developers. 🖥️❤️

#dennisritchie #c #unix

The new home for my personal WIP website (hofstede.it) is slowly taking shape.

Plus enough resources for another project, that is still a secret 😉

#unix #bsd #freebsd #server #devops

NEW VIDEO - Install FreeBSD from Scratch!

#FreeBSD #Unix #OpenSource #garyhtech

youtu.be/33vj2JNK-ZM?si=rZPFym… via @YouTube

Install FreeBSD from Scratch!

#FreeBSD #OpenSource #Unix #windows #garyhtech #2025 #technology #tech Let's run through how to download and install FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE from scratch!Gear I...

^YouTube

The cake is not a lie.

Happy Birthday sdf.org !

#bbs #unix #community #happybirthday

Happy 50th birthday, cron! Thanks for remembering all of our jobs for us 😎

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron

#cron #unix #linux #birthday

I've easily & smoothly configured KDE Konnect to work in Fluxbox WM

#FluxBox #KDE #Xorg #Desktop #Environment #OpenSource #POSIX #GNU #is #not #UNIX #Linux #freeBSD #KDEKonnect #Android

At this moment I'm roughly tuning a very nice FluxBox Desktop in an OpenSource POSIX driven OS.
I'm working on tuning my Desktops Environments in such a way that it doesn't matter whether I run them in Linux or *BSD

That way I'll just fire up the Operating System inject my own configuration for the desktop environment fire up X.org and then start working

FluxBox has been a favorite window / desktop manager of mine a couple of decades ago.

Since it has been written efficient it's blazingly fast
I combine tools that I love from Xfce with FluxBox so that my muscle memory for shortcuts can be used in a super smooth manner

#FluxBox #Xorg #Desktop #Environment #OpenSource #POSIX #GNU #is #not #UNIX #Linux

Since this command...

`xfce4-screenshooter -S -d 2 --window -s "$HOME/Pictures/$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S)_Screenshot2.png"`

...segfaults in fluxbox atm I did not bother with a screenshot, because xfce4-screenshooter rocks way too much to use another one

#FluxBox #Xorg #Desktop #Environment #OpenSource #POSIX #GNU #is #not #UNIX #Linux

I've been able to configure KDE to my liking so that I feel at home again in the K Desktop Environment.

This is critical because it means that everything from way back in the beginning, decades ago when KDE was released, is still in the current new and fresh version of the K Desktop Environment

It means that the teams which have worked on KDE for the past decades have kept the core of KDE alive

It means that we have an excellent group of programmers, before and current, who have worked on KDE and who have kept KDE beautiful fantastic and magnifique for a wide range of people all over the globe

@kde

#KDE #Xorg #Desktop #Environment #programming #OpenSource #POSIX #GNU #is #not #UNIX #Linux #freeBSD #Konnect #Android

Kinda frustrated with the state of #desktops in #Linux / #BSD / #Unix

You can either have a fully functional, but kind of frustrating-to-use (too mouse-centric) desktop with Gnome or KDE Plasma, or you can have a lean, efficient, and fast wm/compositor like #i3, #sway #awesomewm #evilwm, #cwm, #bspwm, or whatever you like, BUT you will constantly be scratching your head when #Gnome and #GTK programs either start very slowly or refuse to run at all, and are constantly trying to figure out what combination of configuration, daemon, and small animal sacrifices are necessary to do what the big, bloated desktops do automatically.

It's freaking exhausting, and I want to go back to the days that every one just ran #IceWM, #Enlightenment, or #WindowMaker.

P.S., Just for clarity, I really do love #KDE #Plasma. I think it's a wonderful, easy-to-use, and extremely flexible desktop. But sometimes I really don't want a desktop, I just want a lean-and-basic UI that stays out of my way (for home stuff vs. work stuff, generally).

nixCraft (@cyberciti.biz)

bsky.app/profile/cyberciti.biz…

> Kind reminder to all of my followers 😉 #linux #unix #backups

Para los que andamos moviéndonos entre varios sabores de linux/unix/BSD, y se nos pira la cabeza más de lo deseado. Esta tabla rosetta de comandos nos puede ser muy útil.

bhami.com/rosetta.html

#unix #linux #bsd

The KDE team has created a wonderful Network for your Androids it's called Konnect and the things that it can do are so various that I'll just show you one of them in the included photographs

The ease with which I can control a music 🎵 player that works on one Android from all my devices which run Konnect opens up possibilities which are just marvelous for a sound engineer like me

#KDE #Xorg #Desktop #Environment #OpenSource #POSIX #GNU #is #not #UNIX #Linux #freeBSD #Konnect #Android

• rm command (98%, 599 votes)
• unlink command (1%, 9 votes)

KDE keyboard shortcut note:

Goto

system settings > shortcuts > kwin

Check out the actions which can be bound to keyboard shortcuts.

#KDE #Xorg #Desktop #Environment #OpenSource #POSIX #GNU #is #not #UNIX #Linux #freeBSD #Konnect #Android

If you haven't done so yet and you are playing with Open Source Operating Systems, read this article about the BSD family

it is very enlightening, and worth every minute of reading it

#bash #sh #zsh #ksh #csh #tsh #freeBSD #100DaysOfCode #1000DaysOfCode #POSIX #Programming #Patch #UNIX #History

it-notes.dragas.net/2025/03/23…

OSDay 2025 - Why Choose to Use the BSDs in 2025

The slides, the notes, and the text behind my presentation at OSDay 2025 in Florence, Italy - 'Why Choose to Use the BSDs in 2025.

^{Stefano Marinelli (IT Notes)}

nixCraft (@cyberciti.biz)

bsky.app/profile/cyberciti.biz…

> #linux or #unix users will get this one … 🤓

It is once again time to give thanks to Brian Fox, the Black American programmer that has given us BASH and echo! Thank you for your INCREDIBLE contributions to open source software, Unix, and Linux. It literally would not be the same without you. BASH is still absolutely foundational to all computing today. Happy Black History Month to an absolute icon!

#bash #bashscript #echo #foss #linux #unix #BlackHistoryMonth #gnu

Happy birthday bash!

#linux #gnu #unix #bash

No, that is not how you exit Vim.

#vim #unix #macos #linux #thinkpad