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Peter BoschDecided to display the VAX-11/750 at the <a href="https://hsnl.social/@revspace" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@revspace</a> open day yesterday. All the hard work seems to have paid off, managed to get 18 hours of uptime out of it before shutting it down at the end of the day! <a href="https://hsnl.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unix</a> <a href="https://hsnl.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://hsnl.social/tags/dec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dec</a> <a href="https://hsnl.social/tags/vax11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vax11</a> <a href="https://hsnl.social/tags/minicomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#minicomputer</a> <a href="https://hsnl.social/tags/unixhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unixhistory</a> <a href="https://hsnl.social/tags/bsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bsd</a>

fraggleBefore Wayland, there was X11, the graphical backbone of Linux for over 35 years. Originally developed at MIT in the 1980s, X11 introduced network transparency, allowing applications to run on one machine while displaying on another, a concept ahead of its time. This flexibility made it an essential part of UNIX and later, Linux desktops, powering everything from early X Window Managers to full desktop environments like Xfce, MATE, and KDE.Despite its age and complexity, X11 remains widely used today, proving that well engineered software can stand the test of time. While Wayland aims to replace it with a modern, secure approach, X11’s legacy continues to shape how we interact with Linux desktops.<a href="https://1.6.0.0.8.0.0.b.e.d.0.a.2.ip6.arpa/tags/x11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#X11</a> <a href="https://1.6.0.0.8.0.0.b.e.d.0.a.2.ip6.arpa/tags/linuxdesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LinuxDesktop</a> <a href="https://1.6.0.0.8.0.0.b.e.d.0.a.2.ip6.arpa/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSS</a> <a href="https://1.6.0.0.8.0.0.b.e.d.0.a.2.ip6.arpa/tags/waylandvsx11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaylandVsX11</a> <a href="https://1.6.0.0.8.0.0.b.e.d.0.a.2.ip6.arpa/tags/unixhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnixHistory</a>

LavX NewsUnpacking the Legacy of Unix Shell Wildcard Globbing: A Journey Through TimeThe evolution of wildcard globbing in Unix shells is a fascinating tale of innovation and minimalism. From its humble beginnings in V1 to the robust implementations in V7, discover how this feature sh...<a href="https://news.lavx.hu/article/unpacking-the-legacy-of-unix-shell-wildcard-globbing-a-journey-through-time" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://news.lavx.hu/article/unpacking-the-legacy-of-unix-shell-wildcard-globbing-a-journey-through-time</a><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ShellScripting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShellScripting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/UnixHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnixHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/WildcardGlobbing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WildcardGlobbing</a>

mxkSince I needed to point to it again for work reasons: If you are writing shell scripts and you think that they are portable, you probably should know this webpage: <a href="https://www.in-ulm.de/~mascheck/various/shells/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.in-ulm.de/~mascheck/various/shells/</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/posix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#posix</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/bash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bash</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/bashscripting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bashscripting</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ksh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ksh</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unix</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/unixhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unixhistory</a>

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