Shell accounts give access to a remote system via a shell, like early internet users in the '90s. A shell account offers a ...

One particular frustration with the UNIX shell is the inability to easily schedule multiple, concurrent tasks that fully utilize CPU cores presented on modern systems. The example of focus in this ...

The $25 shareware program Homer from Toby Smith comes in two forms -- one for MacTCP-based connections and one for those who have only a Unix shell account. Homer is primarily used via a MacTCP-based ...

GUIs are great—we wouldn’t want to live without them. But if you’re a Mac or Linux user and you want to get the most out of your operating system (and your keystrokes), you owe it to yourself to get ...

OPERATING SYSTEM VENDORS talk a good game in terms of interoperability, but their objective is to get you off competitors’ software and onto theirs. As such, transparent interoperability is not a high ...