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SDF, one of the oldest public access Unix systems, has been offering free shell accounts and internet services to anyone since 1987. The community-run system in Dallas provides email, web hosting, chat and a member-supported social network, and continues to attract attention as a rare surviving piece of early internet culture.
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A developer blog post examines whether the Unix copy command's recursive flag should be written as lowercase -r or uppercase -R. The two flags have subtly different histories and behaviours across POSIX systems, and the post walks through which one is portable and safe to use in scripts.
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OpenBSD developers have declined to adopt the Uutils Coreutils port, citing licensing and compatibility concerns. The Rust-based rewrite of GNU coreutils has been gaining traction across Linux distributions, but the OpenBSD project decided it does not fit its requirements. The decision has sparked discussion among developers about licensing, code quality and the trade-offs of replacing long-standing Unix tools with reimplementations.
- 4Blogger argues the shell works well as a teaching environmentโI jotted down some brief thoughts on using the shell as a teaching environment: https:// hgrsd.nl/blog/shell-based-tuto
A developer has published a short blog post arguing that the Unix shell is an effective environment for teaching programming concepts. The piece focuses on job suspension and foregrounding, suggesting these shell mechanics offer hands-on ways to explain how programs run and interact. The author shared the post with the programming and teaching communities, inviting discussion on shell-based tutorials.
- 5NetBSD ships recent rsync built with AI assistanceโFor all Fediverse people using # Linux and starting to move to # NetBSD did you notice that NetBSD has rsync as package
Users migrating from Linux to NetBSD are noting that the operating system's package collection offers a current version of rsync, one reportedly developed by Andrew Tridgell with help from Claude AI. Discussion in the Fediverse is asking which rsync version or alternative people rely on, as free software developers weigh AI-assisted tooling and what it means for classic Unix utilities.
- 6OpenBSD Developers Reject Uutils Coreutils PortโOpenBSD Developers Reject Uutils Coreutils https://news.lavx.hu/article/openbsd-developers-reject-uutils-coreutils-port-
OpenBSD developers have declined to adopt the Uutils coreutils port, citing licensing and compatibility concerns. Uutils is a Rust rewrite of GNU coreutils, widely discussed as a modern replacement in the Unix world. The decision has sparked debate among developers about whether Rust-based reimplementations belong in security-focused operating systems and how licensing differences factor into such choices.
- 7Meson creator to give NUUG talk on DIY film scanner in OsloโOn behalf of NUUG, I have invited @ jpakkane , creator of Meson ( https:// mesonbuild.com ), to Oslo for the talk "Build
Jussi Pakkanen, creator of the Meson build system, has been invited by Norwegian Unix user group NUUG to speak in Oslo. His talk, "Building a Super 8 Film Scanner at Home", describes how he repaired a 1970s projector and built a scanner using a Raspberry Pi, stepper motors, 3D-printed parts and machine vision to digitise Super 8 film.
- 8SDF public access Unix system, online since 1987, draws attentionโSDF Public Access Unix System ... est. 1987 Article URL: https:// sdf.org/ Comments URL: https:// news.ycombinator.com/i
SDF, one of the oldest free public access Unix systems, founded in 1987, is drawing renewed attention among technology enthusiasts. Run as a nonprofit, it offers free shell accounts and community services to anyone with an internet connection, a rarity in the modern web. Commenters are praising its longevity, volunteer-run operation and role as a living piece of internet history that still welcomes new users.
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