The Unix operating system is one of computing's most significant technologies, providing the framework that the familiar Linux and Mac OS X operating systems were developed on. Unix can be a viable ...

On "1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-0 Day," tech lovers all over the world celebrated the moment when the clocks in the popular Unix computer operating system struck that exact stream of numbers. But on Feb. 13, ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A research team at the University of Utah uncovered a rare piece of computing history. University of Utah researchers found a rare 1973 UNIX tape in storage. The tape may reveal ...

The Unix operating system has been around for decades, and it and its lookalikes (mainly Linux) are a critical part of the computing world. Apple’s operating system, macOS, is Unix-based, as are ...

If you're new to the UNIX operating system, especially if you're familiar with Windows, you'll find that the file access control mechanisms might not be exactly what you expect. File permissions and ...

I’m jealous. Matt Lake’s written a great tale, Gone but not forgotten: 10 operating systems the world left behind, that I wish I’d written. Well, just because he got there first doesn’t mean I can’t ...

The US government has reported that fewer vulnerabilities were found in Windows than in Linux/Unix operating systems in 2005. Linux/Unix-based operating systems -- a set that includes Mac OS X, as ...

Linus Torvalds once said, in reference to the development of Linux, that he “had hoisted [himself] up on the shoulders of giants.” Among those giants, Dennis Ritchie (aka dmr) was likely the tallest.