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What exactly makes Linux so bulletproof?

Look at almost any mission-critical computer system in the world—servers, workstations, embedded computers, and many more—and ...

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 ...

What the Linux desktop really needs to challenge Windows

Unix died because of endless incompatibilities between versions. Linux succeeded on servers and everywhere else because it ...
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Unix Compensation, Skills Demand Remain Strong

It’s a good time to be a Unix technician, so long as you’re currently employed. The weak economy and the bursting of the dot-com bubble have forced high numbers of Unix professionals into the ranks of ...

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

UNIX V4, the first ever version of the UNIX operating system in which the kernel was written in the then-new C programming ...