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Unix is Beautiful is a quiet corner of the Internet where old scripts, humour, history, and nostalgia can be found. The only unifying theme to be found here is Unix. From BSD to SysV, and encompassing systems like GNU/Linux, all of these platforms are related by, or are the inheritors of, a set of principles and common interfaces that have defined modern computing and the Internet Age.
This is the Unix philosophy: Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work together. Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a universal interface.
— Doug McIlroy
Software
All software published on this site is licensed for use under the MIT License.
| unx.is tools | a curious collection of tools |
| mariadb-backup.sh | trivial backups for MariaDB |
| Git scripts and hooks | a variety of Git scripts and hooks |
| golang-installer.sh | install Golang from official source |
| whatismyip | Golang CLI tool to return external IP address |
| jek-serve.sh | wrapper script for building Jekyll sites |
| Kickstart tools for EL | tools to build reproducible ISOs for EL6 |
History and lore
Articles
- A Brief History of Hackerdom by Eric S. Raymond