Shell & TerminalHow-To 5 min read
How to Use a TUI Git Client
Setting up a terminal-based git interface for staging, committing, browsing history, and resolving conflicts visually without leaving the terminal.
#howto#git#tui
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Operating systems, infrastructure, emulation, and technical history.
Shell & TerminalNews 3 min read
Shellshock: A 25-Year-Old Bash Bug Becomes a Global Emergency Patch
Disclosed September 24, 2014, Shellshock let attackers run arbitrary commands via a Bash environment-variable flaw, with botnets scanning for targets within hours.
#news#bash#security
Read more Shell & TerminalDeep Dive 5 min read
How Tab Completion Actually Works in Bash and Zsh
Pressing Tab and getting a sensible list looks simple. Underneath, Bash and Zsh implement a programmable system matching rules specific to each command.
#deep-dive#completion#bash
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tcsh and csh: Why FreeBSD's Shell Heritage Isn't POSIX
FreeBSD default shells did not evolve from the Bourne lineage behind Bash and Zsh — tcsh descends from a separate design built to feel more like C.
#deep-dive#tcsh#csh
Read more Tech HistoryDeep Dive 6 min read
From ARPANET to the Internet: How One Protocol Ate Every Network
Trace ARPANET from NCP through TCP/IP, gateways and the 1983 transition—and correct the myth that one protocol simply swallowed every rival network.
#deep-dive#arpanet#internet
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The Browser Wars: How Netscape and Internet Explorer Fought for the Desktop
Reconstruct Netscape's rise and Internet Explorer's distribution campaign using the Microsoft antitrust record, product history and Mozilla evidence.
#deep-dive#netscape#browser
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No, Bill Gates Never Said '640K Ought to Be Enough for Anyone'
The famous '640K ought to be enough' line has no verified source, and Gates denied it on the record. What the paper trail actually shows.
#fix#myth#bill-gates
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No, Al Gore Never Said He 'Invented the Internet' — Here's the Actual Quote
Gore never said 'I invented the internet.' The exact 1999 sentence, how it mutated within days, and what Cerf and Kahn say his record shows.
#fix#myth#internet
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Correcting the Record: ENIAC Wasn't Legally the 'First' Computer
ENIAC is taught as the first electronic computer, but 1973's Honeywell v. Sperry Rand invalidated its patent — partly over a 1941 visit to Atanasoff.
#fix#myth#history
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Correcting the Record on Who Actually 'Invented' Email
Ray Tomlinson deserves credit for one specific breakthrough: networked email. Same-machine electronic mail existed years before he touched it.
#fix#myth#email
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