Why Is Unix So Important?
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What’s so special about Unix?

On Unix and Linux systems, the user has a choice of shells. … This shows the preference of modular design in the Unix world. Everything up from the shell to the graphical user interface is just another program, and components can be swapped out easily. It also allows for an approach to development based on small tools.

Is UNIX dead?

That’s right. Unix is dead. We all collectively killed it the moment we started hyperscaling and blitzscaling and more importantly moved to the cloud. You see back in the 90s we still had to vertically scale our servers.

Alexander Ross

Alexander Ross

Gaming, Esports & Interactive Media Writer

Alexander Ross has covered the video game industry for a decade, writing deep dives on game design, esports tournaments, VR developments, and gaming culture.

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