The Unix operating system has been around for decades, and it and its lookalikes (mainly Linux) are a critical part of the computing world. Apple’s operating system, macOS, is Unix-based, as are ...

My contention in this thread is that the user experience philosophy that underlies Linux/UNIX (the "Unix Philosophy") is close to the mirror image of the Apple design philosophy (I'll call it the ...

Reprogramming your personal workflow with a productivity system is a lot like programming computer software: given a stream of incoming information and tasks, you set up holding spaces and logical ...

Thus far we have explored the tenets that form the core of the Unix philosophy. They are the bedrock upon which the Unix world sits. No one could strongly contest them and rightfully consider him or ...

Many people credit Ken Thompson of AT&T with inventing the Unix operating system and, in a sense, they're right. Thompson wrote the first Unix version in 1969 at AT&T's Research Division of Bell ...

A mosaic of desktops, toolkits, and command line rituals reveal a culture that prizes control, polish, and tinkering.

We have recently received two books, both of which attempt to set down the Unix philosophy. This philosophy is said to underlie the work we all do with Linux, so discussions of it are worth a look.

The Art of Unix Programming (TAoUP), by Eric S. Raymond, is not a tutorial or how-to book. Instead, it is a book about the history and philosophy of Unix. But no other book has had a greater influence ...

Generally speaking, 40 is considered “over the hill” in human beings. I’m 35, and as I get closer and closer to the crest of that hill, I can tell you with some certainty that the best is yet to come.

Just as the Unix philosophy provided a blueprint for open source, open source practices and design principles provided a model for the cloud “The cloud was built for running open source,” Matt Wilson ...