Unix articles

Lost Unix v4 source code from 1973 recovered from decades-old magnetic tape

Through the looking glass: A half-century-old magnetic tape containing the only known copy of Unix v4 has been found and recovered by the University of Utah's School of Computing. The nine-track 3M magnetic tape dates back to 1973 and contains roughly 40 megabytes of data – the earliest surviving Unix release in which both the kernel and core utilities were written in C.

Debian plots fix for Y2K38 bug by upgrading to 64-bit timekeeping

In tech culture, the term "vaporware" was first used in reference to which product?

Your outdated version of Windows Media Player 6 will still work after the Y2K38 bug ends civilization

Modder releases Unix-like operating system for the NES

Bolster your resume with the Linux/UNIX Certification Training Bundle

Weekend tech reading: Canadian police can bypass BlackBerry encryption, drone racing coming to ESPN

Linux Learner Bundle: Save 91% on 6 in-depth Linux courses

New Bash software bug may be even worse than Heartbleed

Operation Windigo botnet has infected 25,000 servers in the last two years

Try your luck at hacking into Jurassic Park's UNIX network

Ex-Hostgator employee allegedly installed backdoor on 2,700 servers

C programming language creator Dennis Ritchie dies at age 70