F/OSS Comics
F/OSS Comics is a comic series about free and open source software. Through stories from the history of computing and software, we hope to help readers understand F/OSS and get involved.
13. BSD Unix, Part 3 - The Beginning of BSD Unix
From Pascal and ex tapes to a VAX system: Bill Joy handles BSD distribution and debugging, then joins Ozalp Babaoglu to bring virtual memory to Unix.
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12. BSD Unix, Part 2 - The Birth of the vi Editor
At UC Berkeley, Bill Joy and Chuck Haley help Ken Thompson improve Pascal, then turn their attention to editing. The path from ed through em and ex leads to vi.
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11. BSD Unix, Part 1 - Unix Code Goes to UC Berkeley
How did Unix spread from Bell Labs to universities and companies? One clue lies in Ken Thompson's visit to UC Berkeley, with Unix source code in hand.
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10. The Life of Dennis Ritchie
From Harvard to Bell Labs: the life of Dennis Ritchie, creator of C and co-developer of Unix, and his later work on Plan 9 and Inferno.
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9. The Unix Philosophy
More than five decades after Unix was created, its philosophy and code live on in Linux, macOS, and other operating systems. Its lasting influence comes from a simple approach to software—build small programs that do one thing well, work together, and communicate through text streams.
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