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UNIX V4 tape successfully recovered: First ever version of UNIX written in C is running again

Crucial early evolutionary step found, imaged, and ... amazingly ... works Computer History Museum software curator Al Kossow ...
NPR

Unix: An Operating System, Not A Timekeeper

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, ...
ZDNet

Enhance UNIX system security with access control lists

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 ...
Forbes

Is Unix Now The Most Successful Operating System Of All Time?

A fascinating little point made in a much longer piece about the smartphone wars. One that makes me wonder whether Unix can now be considered to be the most successful operating system of all time.

I've used Linux for decades, but I'd switch to FreeBSD for this one feature

ZDNET's key takeaways FreeBSD is one of the most stable OSes on the planet.FreeBSD is also more challenging than Linux.You ...
Computerworld

IBM Opens Door to Users on AIX Testing

IBMs beta testing of its AIX operating system will no longer be an invitation-only event. Last Thursday, the company announced that beta testing will be open to any users who want to download an early ...