XDA Developers on MSN

5 terminal tools that make learning commands easier

TLDR and Cheat don't replace man pages; they complement them. They're perfect for day-to-day learning and quick reference ...

Hidden in storage, a University of Utah research associate happened upon the only known copy of this ‘revolutionary’ software

It took careful work to recover the UNIX V4 operating system from the 9-track magnetic tape. The software is foundational for ...
Hackaday

Linux Fu: Yet Another Shell Script Trick

I really have too many tray icons. You know the ones. They sit on your taskbar, perhaps doing something in the background or, ...
Techrights

Gemini Links 02/02/2026: Books, Scams, and mkscript (a Script to Make Scripts)

macOS 26 came out recently. One of the things that’s different about it is that the built-in applications all have loads of ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Why printf is superior to echo in Linux scripts

The printf command offers well-defined behavior following the POSIX standard, which means it works the same way across shells ...
GitHub

Source code of Understanding Unix/Linux Programming. The book provides example code in C, I would like to replicate it in Rust.

$ uname -a Linux pop-os 5.17.5-76051705-generic #202204271406~1651504840~22.04~63e51bd SMP PREEMPT Mon May 2 15: x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ ldd --version ldd (Ubuntu GLIBC 2.35-0ubuntu3) 2.35 $ ...
Reuters

Shell mergers chief Greg Gut quit after CEO blocked BP bid, FT says

Report says Shell CEO, CFO opposed BP bid Gut confirms he left Shell in September Shell in June ruled out BP bid, said it was bound by UK rules Shell on Tuesday says it has 'nothing to add' on matter ...
Upstream

Shell executive quit after BP acquisition proposal rebuffed - report

Senior leaders at Shell rejected a proposal to acquire rival BP early in 2025, prompting the resignation of the former executive in charge of Shell’s mergers and acquisitions, the Financial Times ...