emsquared, 15 days ago to random

Ouch-OS
My imaginary operating system.
It says ouch a lot.
That's all I got
#ouch #operatingsystems

pixel, 17 days ago to history

In 2024 MS-DOS is still .2%

#OperatingSystems #ComputerHistory #History #Timeline #Video
https://kottke.org/24/04/0044426-a-bar-chart-race-visualiz

seav, 22 days ago to microsoft

Breaking IT news: #Microsoft just open-sourced MS-DOS 4.0. Versions 1.25 and 2.0 had already been open-source (MIT License) since 2018. If you’ve ever used DOS in the 1990s, you most likely were using v5.0 or v6.x. Those later versions likely won’t be released as open-source due to third-party restrictions.

https://github.com/microsoft/MS-DOS

#MSDOS #OperatingSystems

Adorable_Sergal, 22 days ago to IBM

thinking of getting into that whole "polycule" thing just so i can have someone to watch two-hour OS/2 retrospectives with

#OS2Warp #OperatingSystems #IBM #polycule #OS2 #RetroComputing

CharlieMcHenry, 23 days ago to retrocomputing

Fifty years of the PC operating system… a historic look at the contributions of pioneer Gary Kildall and his CP/M operating system to the #PersonalComputer revolution. I go back to this period, and am so there for any tributes to Kildall who IMO deserves a lot of credit for his vision and early contributions. Plus, he was just an awesome guy. #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #OperatingSystems #OS #CPM #GaryKildall

https://computerhistory.org/blog/fifty-years-of-the-personal-computer-operating-system/

itnewsbot, 2 months ago to ArtificialIntelligence

This classic Android app is tapping into the ghost of Google Now - Ever have one of those moments where you see some new tech twist — an app, a feature, ... - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3713202/android-app-ghost-of-google-now.html#tk.rss_all #artificialintelligence #productivitysoftware #operatingsystems #smartphones #mobileapps #android

rvr, 2 months ago to programming

GitHub - torokernel/ToroOS: This repository contains the source code of the Toro Operating System. https://github.com/torokernel/ToroOS/tree/master

ToroOS is an operating system programmed in FreePascal for educational purposes for x86 that supports one core. Supports POSIX and grub as bootloader.

#FreePascal #OperatingSystems #Programming

itnewsbot, 2 months ago to android

The 5 most intriguing Android 15 features (and how to enjoy 3 of 'em on any device today) - Holy leapin' lizards, Larry! It may seem like Google's Android 14 update is still sizz... - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3713101/android-15-features.html#tk.rss_all #productivitysoftware #softwaredevelopment #operatingsystems #softwareprovider #mobileapps #android #google

Wen, 3 months ago to IT

Drowning in code: The ever-growing problem of ever-growing codebases

https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/12/drowning_in_code/?td=rt-3a

A plea for smaller software via a tribute to Niklaus Wirth. Very accessible and it contains many ‘home truths’ that the industry loves to ignore.

#IT #OperatingSystems #Wirth #SmallIsBetter

itnewsbot, 3 months ago to ArtificialIntelligence

The real problem with Google's new Gemini Android assistant - I'll be honest: I was really hoping for an "aha!" moment over these past few days.Ever... - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3712864/google-gemini-android-assistant.html#tk.rss_all #artificialintelligence #productivitysoftware #operatingsystems #softwareprovider #voiceassistants #android #google

itnewsbot, 3 months ago to android

Give yourself a magnificent new Android multitasking shortcut - Has there ever been a feature as packed with potential and simultaneously easy to forg... - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3712841/android-multitasking-shortcut.html#tk.rss_all #productivitysoftware #operatingsystems #mobileapps #android #google

0xor0ne, 3 months ago to linux

Useful collection of notes to learn operating systems and Linux kernel internals

https://linux-kernel-labs.github.io/refs/heads/master/index.html

#Linux #operatingsystems

itnewsbot, 3 months ago to ArtificialIntelligence

Android's Circle to Search is déjà vu all over again - Over the past several days, I've been exploring what might just be one of the most mea... - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3712803/google-circle-to-search-android.html#tk.rss_all #artificialintelligence #operatingsystems #android #google

itnewsbot, 3 months ago to Windows11

5 dark mode upgrades for your Windows 10 or 11 PC - Both Windows 10 and Windows 11 have a dark mode, but it’s not perfect. It’s missing so... - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3712806/windows-10-windows-11-dark-mode-upgrades.html#tk.rss_all #smallandmediumbusiness #productivitysoftware #operatingsystems #windows10 #windows11 #microsoft #windows

itnewsbot, 3 months ago to android

3 Android camera shortcuts that make iPhones look amusingly antiquated - For most of us, referring to the rectangular gadget in our pocket as a "phone" is almo... - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3712721/android-camera-shortcuts.html#tk.rss_all #operatingsystems #smartphones #android #google #iphone #apple

lurkjay, 3 months ago to books

In the Beginning… Was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson

Text instead of screenshots: https://cohost.org/lurkjay/post/4333260-in-the-beginning-wa

#reading #nonfiction #books #history #computers #PC #OperatingSystems #unix #linux #windows #MacOS #bookstodon

One day, another worker leaned a ladder against the outside of the building that we were putting up, climbed up to the second-story level, and used the Hole Hawg to drill a hole through the exterior wall. At some point, the drill bit caught in the wall. The Hole Hawg, following its one and only imperative, kept going. It spun the worker’s body around like a rag doll, causing him to knock his own ladder down. Fortunately he kept his grip on the Hole Hawg, which remained lodged in the wall, and he simply dangled from it and shouted for help until someone came along and reinstated the ladder. I myself used a Hole Hawg to drill many holes through studs, which it did as a blender chops cabbage. I also used it to cut a few six-inch-diameter holes through an old lath-and-plaster ceiling. I chucked in a new hole saw, went up to the second story, reached down between the newly installed floor joists, and began to cut through the first-floor ceiling below. Where my homeowner’s drill had labored and whined to spin the huge bit around, and had stalled at the slightest obstruction, the Hole Hawg rotated with the stupid consistency of a spinning planet. When the hole saw seized up, the Hole Hawg spun itself and me around, and crushed one of my hands between the steel pipe handle and a joist, producing a few lacerations, each surrounded by a wide corona of deeply bruised flesh. It also bent the hole saw itself, though not so badly that I couldn’t use it.
After a few such run-ins, when I got ready to use the Hole Hawg, my heart actually began to pound with atavistic terror. But I never blamed the Hole Hawg; I blamed myself. The Hole Hawg is dangerous because it does exactly what you tell it to. It is not bound by the physical limitations that are inherent in a cheap drill, and neither is it limited by safety interlocks that might be built into a homeowner’s product by a liability-conscious manufacturer. The danger lies not in the machine itself but in the user’s failure to envision the full consequences of the instructions he gives to it. A smaller tool is dangerous too, but for a completely different reason: it tries to do what you tell it to, and fails in some way that is unpredictable and almost always undesirable. But the Hole Hawg is like the genie of the ancient fairy tales, who carries out his master’s instructions literally and precisely and with unlimited power, often with disastrous, unforeseen consequences. Pre-Hole Hawg, I used to examine the drill selection in hardware stores with what I thought was a judicious eye, scorning the smaller low-end models and hefting the big expensive ones appreciatively, wishing I could afford one of them babies. Now I view them all with such contempt that I do not even consider them to be real drills—merely scaled-up toys designed to exploit the self-delusional tendencies of soft-handed homeowners who want to believe that they have purchased an actual tool.
Their plastic casings, carefully designed and focus-group tested to convey a feeling of solidity and power, seem disgustingly flimsy and cheap to me, and I am ashamed that I was ever bamboozled into buying such knicknacks. It is not hard to imagine what the world would look like to someone who had been raised by contractors and who had never used any drill other than a Hole Hawg. Such a person, presented with the best and most expensive hardware-store drill, would not even recognize it as such. He might instead misidentify it as a child’s toy, or some kind of motorized screwdriver. If a salesperson or a deluded homeowner referred to it as a drill, he would laugh and tell them that they were mistaken—they simply had their terminology wrong. His interlocutor would go away irritated, probably feeling rather defensive about his basement full of cheap, dangerous, flashy, colorful tools. Unix is the Hole Hawg of operating systems, and Unix hackers—like Doug Barnes and the guy in the Dilbert cartoon and many of the other people who populate Silicon Valley—are like contractors’ sons who grew up using only Hole Hawgs. They might use Apple/Microsoft OSes to write letters, play video games, or balance their checkbooks, but they cannot really bring themselves to take these operating systems seriously.

itnewsbot, 3 months ago to tech

After 32 years, one of the ’Net’s oldest software archives is shutting down - Enlarge / Box art for IBM OS/2 Warp version 3, an OS released in 1995 t... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1995023 #newmexicostateuniversity #operatingsystem. #operatingsystems #internetarchive #internethistory #ancientservers #obsoletetech #jasonscott #retrotech #hobbes #tech #os/2 #ftp #ibm

itnewsbot, 3 months ago to android

How to access Google's Circle to Search smartness on any Android phone today - Whoa. Is it just me, or is there a serious scent of déjà vu in the air right now?Googl... - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3712442/google-circle-to-search-android.html#tk.rss_all #productivitysoftware #operatingsystems #android #google

itsfoss, 3 months ago to random

Learn about the CP/M operating system that played a major role in the development of personal computing.

https://itsfoss.com/cp-m-os-history/

#operatingsystems

itnewsbot, 3 months ago to security

The most significant number from Samsung's Galaxy S24 announcement - My goodness, there's a lot to be said about Samsung's newly announced Galaxy S24 famil... - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3712136/samsung-galaxy-s24.html#tk.rss_all #samsungelectronics #operatingsystems #softwareprovider #smartphones #security #android #privacy #google

itnewsbot, 4 months ago to ArtificialIntelligence

Before you buy a Windows 11 'AI PC' in 2024, read this - “AI PCs” were everywhere at CES 2024 last week, and companies like Intel, AMD, NVIDIA,... - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3712187/microsoft-windows-11-ai-pc-2024.html#tk.rss_all #artificialintelligence #smallandmediumbusiness #operatingsystems #generativeai #desktoppcs #windows11 #microsoft #windows

itnewsbot, 4 months ago to android

A powerful Android dark mode enhancement - If there's one thing I've learned about my fellow Android appreciators in recent years... - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3712240/android-dark-mode.html#tk.rss_all #productivitysoftware #operatingsystems #android #google #chrome

itnewsbot, 4 months ago to ArtificialIntelligence

The question no one's answering about AI on Android in 2024 - I'm typically not one for sweeping tech predictions.This year, though, it seems safe t... - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3712122/google-android-ai-artificial-intelligence.html#tk.rss_all #artificialintelligence #productivitysoftware #operatingsystems #microsoft #android #google

itnewsbot, 4 months ago to VirtualReality

How to think about Apple and spatial computing - It might not yet be clear where Apple’s visionOS (and Vision Pro headset) aims to go. ... - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3712160/how-to-think-about-apple-and-spatial-computing.html#tk.rss_all #augmentedreality #operatingsystems #virtualreality #apple

itnewsbot, 4 months ago to Windows11

5 New Year's resolutions for Windows users - Welcome to the futuristic-sounding year of 2024 — that time of year when people set Ne... - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3711864/windows-pc-resolutions-2024.html#tk.rss_all #computersandperipherals #smallandmediumbusiness #operatingsystems #desktoppcs #windows11 #windows10 #windows