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- 1New comic installment charts the origins of BSD Unix●F/OSS Comics #13: BSD Unix, Part 3 – The Beginning of BSD Unix
A new entry in a webcomic series about free and open-source software history tells the story of how BSD Unix began. The installment, part three of a series dedicated to BSD Unix, continues an illustrated retelling of the operating system's early development and its place in computing history. Readers interested in software history are following the series as it works through foundational moments of the open-source movement.
- 2NetBSD-themed comic depicts parade winning despite chaos●PARADE STRUGGLES TO VICTORY DESPITE DISGRACEFUL SCENES # content_review # netbsd @ netbsd # art # comic # runbsd # unix_
An artist known for surreal Unix-themed comics has published a new piece under the heading 'Parade struggles to victory despite disgraceful scenes', tagged with NetBSD and the runBSD community. The comic portrays a parade pushing through to a win amid disorder, continuing an ongoing series of whimsical illustrations celebrating BSD operating systems. Unix enthusiasts are sharing and discussing the latest installment.
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Discussion of the origins of BSD Unix, the Berkeley Software Distribution lineage of the Unix operating system developed at the University of California, Berkeley. The thread traces the project's early history, a topic of recurring interest among open-source and Unix enthusiasts. No specific new development is reported beyond the historical discussion itself.
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A history piece tracing the origins of BSD Unix is circulating among tech enthusiasts. The Berkeley Software Distribution began at the University of California, Berkeley in the late 1970s as a variant of AT&T's Unix, and went on to shape operating systems like FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and macOS. Readers are sharing and discussing the early developments that laid the groundwork for modern open-source software.
- 5OpenVPN: the open-source tool for secure VPN connections●OpenVPN – a software suite that implements techniques for creating secure point-to-point or site-to-site virtual private
OpenVPN is a software suite that creates secure point-to-point or site-to-site virtual private network connections over routed or bridged networks. It works across Linux, macOS, Windows, BSD, Unix, iOS and Android, and is widely used to encrypt traffic between devices and networks.
- 6gping, the graphing ping tool, gets a shoutout among developers●handy open source sh commands `gping ftp.sunet.se` `man gping(1)` sources https:// github.com/orf/gping # Programming #
Developers are highlighting gping, a free and open source command-line tool that works like the classic ping utility but displays live graphs of network response times. Users point to examples such as pinging ftp.sunet.se, Sunet's Swedish file server, and note the tool's source code is available on GitHub. The tip is circulating among Unix and BSD users as a handy addition to shell toolkits.