Now that Linux and (to a lesser extent) BSD have more or less taken over the world, are we allowed to feel nostalgia for the classic commercial Unices? Which one is your favorite? Any fond/frustrating memories of using them?
Comfy Unix thread
Robert Long
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Chase Adams
For me, it's Mac OS
Mason Ross
Unironically this.
Chase Brown
I bet OP regrets making this thread already
Ryan Butler
Thomas Scott
I installed OpenIndiana in a VM recently and it was kind of okay. That's about the extent of my experience with non-BSD/Mac Unix unfortunately.
It would be fun to get an old SGI workstation just to mess around with Irix. Always thought they were really cool-looking machines.
Elijah Hernandez
Oliver Clark
I found a book in the library today called A Quarter Century of Unix. I'd be surprised if anyone has borrowed it in the last 20 years.
It tells the story of how Unix was created at Bell Labs in the 70s. It has lots of photos of Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson and the rest of the engineers at Bell Labs. They've all got moustaches and big glasses, and it looks like an awesome place to work. They even had a Bell Labs Equestrian Society, and there's a picture of all the engineers on horses.
Working in Bell Labs with nerdy 70s engineers making Unix is the ultimate comfy Unix experience.
Asher Ross
Daily reminder that UNIX is proprietary malware that doesn't respect your freedoms.
