Tag: unix
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FreeBSD focuses on Laptops
Why laptop support, why now: FreeBSD’s strategic move toward broader adoption. Do you want FreeBSD on your laptop? Maybe now is the perfect time to give it a try! In a world full of Linux and Windows-based operating systems, there are some BSD-based derivatives that aim to challenge the status quo by offering a more efficient,…
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Land Before Linux
The Land Before Linux: Let’s talk about the Unix desktops! Today, thanks to Android and ChromeOS, Linux is an important end-user operating system. But, before Linux, there were important Unix desktops, although most of them never made it. Way back in 1993, I oversaw a PC Magazine feature review on Unix desktops. Yes, that’s right,…
