Using a custom random number generator can significantly improve performance over Swift's default random generator. For example, wyrand is 50x faster than Double.random in Swift when filling an array of 100,000,000 elements. #SwiftLang #macOS https://gavinw.me/posts/swift/random-array.html

@nixCraft in reality the WHOLE world is running on #LINUX these days, while only two rather small fractions left are using #windows and #macos . Anything important already runs #Linux since decades. Those small fractions are mostly for kids toys and hobbyist artists.

obviously they are talking about desktop :P #Linux #macOS #Windows

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A four-panel meme showing operating system wars. Panel 1: Red macOS figure claims "macOS IS BETTER." Panel 2: Blue Windows figure counters "Windows is MUCH BETTER than macOS." Panel 3: Both look down at a small, sad yellow Linux figure. Panel 4: macOS and Windows figures tells the now happy Linux figure, saying "Linux is good too."

Mal wieder ein etwas besserer #Golem #BesserWissen #Podcast zur Geschichte und Entwicklung von #Unix; inspiriert von Vorläufer #Multics sowie die modernen Nachfahren #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD und #MacOS sowie am Rande auch dessen Neuinterpretation #Linux.

"Podcast Besser Wissen: Von Multics zu Unix"
https://www.golem.de/news/podcast-besser-wissen-von-multics-zu-unix-2505-196557.html

#Betriebssystem

Well this has a lot of useful bits if you're an #Emacs person on #macOS :

https://lmno.lol/alvaro/awesome-emacs-on-macos

New #blog post!

Let's explore virtualizing the different BSDs on Apple Silicon.

https://briancallahan.net/blog/20250222.html

#BSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #DragonFlyBSD #Unix #Linux #virtualization #apple #macOS #arm #aarch64 #arm64

#Journelly 1.1 is now available on the App Store

Now available in 11 languages, delivering the first round of feature requests and bug fixes.

Check out the release blog post: https://lmno.lol/alvaro/journelly-1-1-released

#plaintext #notes #journaling #ios #swift #swiftui #macos #iphone #indiedev #privacy #orgmode #emacs

Multiplexing will boost your SSH connectivity or speed by reusing existing TCP connections to a remote host. Here are commands that you can use to control multiplexing when using OpenSSH server or client on your Linux, macOS, FreeBSD or Unix-like systems. Not sure what SSH multiplexing is? Learn how to set it up and use it to speed up your SSH sessions with our handy guide: https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ssh-multiplexing-control-command-to-check-forward-list-cancel-stop-connections/

#linux #unix #freebsd #opensource #openssh #macos

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List of ssh command to control an active connection multiplexing process on Linux or Unix such as: Valid commands are: “check” (check that the master process is running), “forward” (request forwardings without command execution), “cancel” (cancel forwardings), “exit” (request the master to exit), and “stop” (request the master to stop accepting further multiplexing requests).

@wolf480pl @cas it's easy...

The reasons one can despise something and the reason one appreciates it can be different.

I.e. I can appreciate #macOS for it's #accessibility right from the #installer but I can #despise it for #Apple not selling it as a commercial #Unix distro for a #subscription

Same with #bash: I can appreciate it for being better than #sh (unix-#shell) , #tcsh or #csh but I despise it for not having modernized like #fish.

• And with fish I appreciate it but I despise it's not the default #shell for any #Linux distro I can use in #production.

It's called having "mixed feelings" or rather #NuancedOpinion.

• Kinda like how every #skiddie and #TechIlliterate can use #Windows but that Windows is shit and the only reason they can is because they got groomed into being #consoomers that accept #enshittification as a fact of life.

would you give LLM (AI) to run commands on your macOS, Linux, FreeBSD or Unix machine? Fuck no. I survived this long without this crap and I will be fine. Do not want. Go away.

#ai #unix #linux #macos #freebsd

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AI-Powered Terminal Assistant Screenshot that can run Linux and Unix commands for you.

If you ever accidentally end up inside vi or vim or neovim by reading some tutorials online, you can quit it by pressing Escape, colon ( : ), q (q), bang (!) and pressing return. It is simple as that. Modern version of VIM even tells you that on welcome screen. No need to panic.

#UNIX #linux #macos #freebsd #vim

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vim welcome screenshot showing version number and info about how to exit and get help about vim.

incomplete list of macOS defaults commands with demos

https://macos-defaults.com

#macOS

Strong suspicion I could swap out #macOS for #Linux, do better with #Minecraft and most everything else, and not do much worse at macOS-specific stuff like #GarageBand and Messages under #OSXKVM (https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM).

Anyone done this, or something similar?

@siracusa At the very least, if you can *only* have popup buttons that “hug" the title of the selected item, at least lower the compression resistance on the label so it truncates. This is NOT how you build UI. Look how the label will go into its own row if it doesn't fit vertically.

#SwiftUI #macOS #SystemSettings

An extremely odd-to-me thing:

#macOS Safari has recently started collecting empty windows hidden away from view. Right-clicking on the Dock icon will regularly show three or four “Start Page" entries (my default when opening a new window) that just like… respawn…? or something.

I don't create them, they're not active or in view, but they keep cropping up even after I close each one.

Getting Started: macOS Apps with SwiftUI http://leanpub.com/courses/leanpub/macos-apps-with-swiftui by Grace Huang is the featured course on the Leanpub homepage! https://leanpub.com #appdevelopment #macOS #SwiftUI

A new #blog post appears!

I built a native GCC 14.2.0 for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger PowerPC.

https://briancallahan.net/blog/20250329.html

#macos #macosx #tiger #powerpc #power #unix #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #linux #solaris #illumos #gcc #llvm #clang #compiler #compilers #assembler #linker #toolchain #freesoftware #opensource #gnu

I should add: These are all originals with packaging and manuals. #MacOS #vintage #MacOS9 #MacOSX

@david_chisnall

"… would love to switch to another platform but whenever I try KDE or GNOME my experience is always ‘not quite as bad as Windows’, …"

For more than two decades, I was a huge fan of Apple's OS. Yosemite was the killer, I switched to PC-BSD.

Now, preparing to switch from FreeBSD to Linux:

– whilst I do miss the excellent aspects of Mac OS X, the worst aspects are so bad that I'll never switch back

– I can barely tolerate Microsoft's desktop environment, and that's not because I'm anti-Microsoft

– KDE Plasma ticks more boxes than any other DE.

YMMV :-)

#Apple #FreeBSD #Linux #Microsoft #macOS #MacOSX #KDE #Plasma #Windows

rsync replaced with openrsync on macOS Sequoia https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250408062403 #openbsd #openrsync #rsync #macos #apple #freesoftware #libresoftware

that is how do it. what about you? sudo -i? sudo -s? su -? gksudo? runuser? pkexec? See https://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/command-line-hacks/linux-run-command-as-different-user/ for more on those commands.

#linux #unix #macos #freebsd

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Linux meme: Winnie the Pooh prefers sudo -i over repeatedly using sudo.

Lesson 1 in #UIUX... your buttons should not be moving targets. Especially if they're toggles.

Look at how if I toggle on "Transactions" and then toggle it off, I am no longer in the bounds of that button. TF?!

I have a feeling this was designed for touch and touch only. It wouldn’t matter there because you lift your finger after tapping…

#macOS

Interest in LibreOffice, the open-source alternative to Microsoft Office, is on the rise, with weekly downloads of its software package close to 1 million a week as users look to avoid subscription costs. That’s the highest download number since 2023. It works on Linux, macOS, Windows and Unix like systems. https://www.computerworld.com/article/3840480/libreoffice-downloads-on-the-rise-as-users-look-to-avoid-subscription-costs.html

#opensource #macos #windows #linux

#MacOS geeks in my timeline: I have a bunch of #vintage #MacOS9 and early #MacOSX software to give away, including Adobe Creative Suite, Cinema4D, Logic Platinum, Toast, and Microsoft Office. Does anyone know anyone collecting vintage Macs where these would be in good hands?