Fink is one of several projects that brings easy management of open source Unix programs to OS X. Thanks to the “Darwin” underpinnings in OS X, Mac users can compile and run many useful open source ...

After two and a half decades of working with Unix, I’ve seen a lot of change in my favorite OS and, at the same time, retained a number of favorite commands that continue to keep my job as a Unix ...

You have thousands of commands at your disposal as a Unix administrator. However, even the most advanced administrators only use a finite number of tools and utilities on an ongoing basis. The ...

Dennis RitchieWho created a single OS?Descriptions of Unix are sometimes shortened to "an OS created by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie." There is no need to deny the roles of these two men. However, ...

Forty years ago this summer, a programmer sat down and knocked out in one month what would become one of the most important pieces of software ever created. In August 1969, Ken Thompson, a programmer ...