Amiga Unix (Amix)
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rob74
4 minutes ago
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It's a bit strange to call Amiga Unix an "early Unix variant", if you consider that in 1990 Unix was already around 20 years old?
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mepian
58 minutes ago
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OpenLook is nice but it's a bit of a shame it doesn't have its own version of Workbench.
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TheChaplain
1 hour ago
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> Its kernel, libc, and much of its software is closed source, so when Commodore folded its story was over.

I am certain someone have the full source code somewhere, I just hope that they eventually say "f--k it, it has been 36 years, let the world have it".

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Sharlin
1 hour ago
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> Did I mention it hasn't been updated in a decade? Put your Amiga UNIX machine on the net with no firewall and you may see it rooted faster than a Win98SE box running IE5.

I presume this was written back around 2005 or so, but honestly color me impressed if there has ever been malware targeting Amix in the wild.

Also, ouch :D

> Table 1: Unix standard → Amiga UNIX alternative

  mail   elm
  more   less
  finger Finger
  vi     emacs
  cc     gcc
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Keyframe
58 minutes ago
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Should've been vim since it originated on Amiga.
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rob74
5 minutes ago
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It did indeed, but the original vim was developed for AmigaOS, not sure if there was an Amiga Unix version available...
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Sharlin
52 minutes ago
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Huh, TIL. And that vim’s creator died in 2023, at only 63 :(
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brongondwana
1 hour ago
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Damn, $2000. I wish I'd kept my copy.
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kunley
1 hour ago
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Very honest warning there :)
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