Manu TooManySecrets
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Manu TooManySecrets
@sotomonte.net
FreeBSD Since 4.1
Linux since 1993
Powershell, Dotnet, C, Shell Scripting, WSL, kernel, UNIX, BSD, Windows, Linux, openSUSE
Learning again, and again, and again...
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Suddenly I see (#PostmodernJukebox) Sit down and listen ;-)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kjx...
Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall ('70s Simon & Garfunkel Style Cover) ft. Ashley Campbell & Peedy Chavis
YouTube video by PostmodernJukebox
www.youtube.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Meet the female codebreakers of Bletchley Park

Deciphering enemy code during the second world war was arguably the first role for women in tech

by Suzanne Bearne (from the archives)

www.theguardian.com/careers/2018...

#womenInStem
October 13, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Modern Linux Tools ikrima.dev/dev-notes/li... from Hacker News via #gcufeed@libera.chat / gcu.info/gruik/
Modern Linux Tools - Gamedev Guide
Programming notes for Unreal Engine, Houdini, Game Development, Math, & Graphics
ikrima.dev
October 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM
#FreeBSD 15.0-BETA1 Now Available

A summary of changes since ALPHA5 includes:

- OpenZFS upgraded to 2.4.0 rc2
- Various fixes to "no-root" release building
- Various fixes to the process for building OCI container images
- Various fixes to the process for building VM and cloud images

Continue...
October 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
When the #Atari 1040ST appeared in 1986, BYTE featured it on the cover with the headline: “A megabyte of memory for $999.”
October 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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October 6, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The QNX Operating System
Quantum Software and the microkernel UNIX
www.abortretry.fail
October 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Xerox Star was the first personal computer to feature a GUI, desktop icons, and a mouse. David Smith, one of the principal designers, wrote: “Every user’s initial view of the Star is the Desktop, which resembles the top of an office desk, together with surrounding furniture.” @unix-byte.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In the 1980s, during the Cold War, US restricted computer exports to the Soviet Union. The Soviets nevertheless cloned VAX/VMS. In response, DEC etched onto the #VAX chip in Russian: "VAX... when you care enough to steal the very best" Via @unix-byte.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Layers was AT&T’s proprietary windowing system, shipped with the #UNIX PC (PC 7300), predating the widespread adoption of X11. Layers acted like a graphical multiplexer—a distant ancestor of tmux or screen—but ran directly on a bitmap display with rudimentary window management. Via @unix-byte.bsky.
October 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
In 1985, AT&T introduced the #UNIX PC (known as the PC 7300). It featured a Motorola 68010 CPU running at 10 MHz and ran UNIX System V. Its built-in monochrome green monitor had a resolution of 720×348. The system sold for $5,500 ($16,500 in today’s dollars) Via @unix-byte.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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😴 A Lazy Coder's Guide to Exploiting Class Features – @james-oneill.bsky.social (#PSConfEU 2025)

💡 Extend objects without writing full classes
💡 Improve IntelliSense & output formatting
💡 Smarter code, less boilerplate

#PowerShell #Automation #CodingTips
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
youtu.be
August 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Unix was a very small.So it was very beneficial to a lot of people, especially at universities, because it was very hard to teach computing from an IBM end-user point of view. That was the origin of the so-called #Unix culture." Ken Thompson, 1999 IEEE Computer interview
Via @unix-byte.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
MicroTimes' Interview with Doug and Larry Michels from Santa Cruz Operation (1987) #UNIX #Xenix #SCO
computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/microtimes...
MicroTimes' Interview with Doug and Larry Michels from Santa Cruz Operation (1987)
They talk about XENIX and more.
computeradsfromthepast.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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New blog post! 📰 Visual Studio build logs are useless 😤 — but MSBuild Binary Logs reveal everything VS hides. Learn how to capture .binlog files, expose analyzers & generators slowing you down, and finally fix slow builds! ⚡💻👇 awakecoding.com/posts/msbuil...
MSBuild Binary Logs Reveal What Visual Studio Hides
Visual Studio build logs are noisy and useless for real insight. MSBuild binary logs reveal what the IDE hides: where time is spent, which analyzers drag, and why projects rebuild. Learn how to captur...
awakecoding.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
GitHub - BalajeS/WSL-For-FreeBSD: Experimental project to adapt the #WSL2 open-source components to run on #FreeBSD

github.com/BalajeS/WSL-...
GitHub - BalajeS/WSL-For-FreeBSD: Experimental project to adapt the WSL2 open-source components to run on FreeBSD
Experimental project to adapt the WSL2 open-source components to run on FreeBSD - BalajeS/WSL-For-FreeBSD
github.com
September 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
One of the first reviews of #Linux appeared in BYTE from Sep 1994. It was a Linux distribution packaged and sold by Fintronic USA
Via @unix-byte.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Before BYTE became the go-to magazine for computer enthusiasts, there was Creative Computing. Published from 1974 to 1985, it was one of the first popular magazines dedicated to computer hobbyists.
Via @unix-byte.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
FreeBSD 15.0-ALPHA3 Now Available
lists.freebsd.org
September 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
BYTE, in November 1984, reviewed the Agat computer (АГАТ КОМПЬЮТЕР)—Russia's first microcomputer—in unflattering terms. Nevertheless, for many years the Agat remained a popular computer in Soviet schools. Image by Sergei Frolov, leningrad.su/museum/
Via @unix-byte.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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🔴 Lluvias torrenciales, pedrisco y mucha actividad eléctrica en 4 comunidades este domingo.

⚠️ Avisa Samuel Biener. 
Lluvias torrenciales, pedrisco y mucha actividad eléctrica en 4 comunidades este domingo, avisa Samuel Biener
Una vaguada traerá un cambio de tiempo radical a España este fin de semana: se esperan lluvias muy fuertes o torrenciales en varias comunidades.
f.mtr.cool
September 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Adventures in porting a #Wayland Compositor to #NetBSD and #OpenBSD by Jeff Frasca

www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Adventures in porting a Wayland Compositor to NetBSD and OpenBSD by Jeff Frasca
YouTube video by BSDCan
www.youtube.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:48 AM
"People think of Bill Joy as this software guy, but he is also a great chip designer [...] he was in my office every day with a new idea. They were brilliant ideas [...] Finally I had to say, Bill leave me alone" Anant Agrawal, the lead designer of #SPARC chip
#UNIX #BSD Via @unix-byte.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
UNIX/WORLD from 1984: #Unix is great not only because it implements elegant concepts, but because it is portable and available in source [...] it is modifiable- it can become anything you want it to be. But if it becomes "standard", will it still be Unix?
Via @unix-byte.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM