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  1. The Importance of the BSD Operating Systems

    Introduction NetBSD, OpenBSD, and FreeBSD represent more than just operating systems in many cases--in some popular accounts, the three operating systems are associated with legacies and tradition, with open-source software representing the core of the systems. Regardless of the specific operating system, common features include a tty interface and the use of the BSD kernel, with many UNIX-like commands such as cd, ls, cp, rm, mv, echo, and rmdir commonplace in each system. Testing […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  2. Oh wow, another Linux distro! Because the world was truly lacking in obscure, *community-driven* operating systems with names that sound like mythical creatures 🐉. This one ditches the 'typical' stuff like systemd for something even more esoteric, because who doesn't love reading 50 pages of installation guides to feel elite? 😏
    dwarmstrong.org/chimera-instal #LinuxDistros #CommunityDriven #OperatingSystems #MythicalCreatures #EsotericTech #InstallationGuides #HackerNews #ngated

  3. This is pretty cool.

    MS-DOS 2.0 on the Apple IIe (March 2026)

    An Apple II enthusiast ported MS-DOS 2.0 to an Apple IIe running an ALF AD8088 Plus 8088 card (a much simpler device than the PC Transporter) designed for CP/M-86.

    It boot, supports 80-columns, reads the clock, reads disk data from a shared ProDOS file on the IIe's hard disk.

    Stated plans from the author, Seth Kushniryk, include Super Serial and Uthernet II support as well as running CP/M-80 on MS-DOS on ProDOS with a V20 swapped in for the 8088.

    sethkush.com/post/2026/03/12/m

    #AppleII #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #MSDOS #CPM #CPU #operatingsystems #OS #coprocessor #i8088 #AD8088 #maker #hacking #blog #blogpost #nostalgia #vintagetech #technews #tech #Apple2forever #Apple #AppleIIe

  4. The Register: AmiBrowser brings 21st century web to 20th century Amigas . “The new native 68K AmigaOS web browser leans on the machines’ underlying emulation system to offer modern facilities on a retro OS. Amibrowser from Amigakit tackles one of the requirements to use a 20th century retrocomputer in the world today: a modern browser.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/31/the-register-amibrowser-brings-21st-century-web-to-20th-century-amigas/

  5. CW: Introduction and photo with eye contact

    I am a #ComputerNerd and I specialize in #Storage #DataMigration services for a living. With this account, I post about #InformationTechnology, #Cloud services, #Security, #OperatingSystems, #Computers and follow accounts that discuss these topics. I work mostly with and/or prefer #PreSales, #ProfessionalServices, #macOS, #UNIX, #NetApp #ONTAP, #Dell #Isilon #PowerScale, #NAS, #SAN, #Perl, #KornShell, #Bash #Shell, #Awk, #AWS, #GCP, #Azure
    #Introduction

  6. Collaborative iOS app Craft Docs secures $8M, led by Creandum and a ‘Skyscanner Mafia’ - Launched in only November last year, the Craft Docs app — which was built from the ground up as an i... - feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcr #operatingsystems #inreachventures #generalpartner #distinction #co-founder #skyscanner #app-store #creandum #software #trip.com #europe #notion #travel #apple #china #macos #ceo #tc #yo

  7. Remotion raises $13M to create a workplace video platform for short, spontaneous conversations - One of the broader trends of the pandemic has been the unbundling of Zoom with startups pulling out ... - feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcr #operatingsystems #co-founder #instagram #brooklyn #greylock #messages #sarahguo #software #chicago #slack #ceo #cto #tc