r/unix
28k members
r/unix is a subreddit with 28k members. The most common kinds of discussions are ideas and news, and the community frequently discusses unix, linux, solaris, os, and script, and they frequently recommend/review operating system.
Popular Themes in r/unix
#1
Ideas
: "Screenshots of Plan9 operatin system"
10 posts
#2
News
: "UNIX v4, the 1st version rewritten in C, was successfully recovered from tape this weekend — & here it is running in SimH on IRIX."
9 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Mentally stable? No"
6 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "GhostBSD launches Gershwin, a new Desktop Environment for Unix-like operating systems with MacOS style looks."
5 posts
#5
Advice Requests
: "Three Unix books so far! Already finished the first one coding my way through the second one and am about to start the third one. Any other recommendations?"
5 posts
#6
Self-Promotion
: "Remember sitting in front of a Unix workstation in 90s? I recreated that exact feeling in your browser."
3 posts
#7
Money Talk
: "Bought for 1 dollar, still worth it to learn some of this today?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/unix
#1
Unix
: "Unix v4, the 1st version rewritten in C, was successfully recovered from tape this weekend — & here it is running in SimH on IRIX."
152 posts
#2
Linux
: "Unix-like operating systems such as Linux and MacOS, dominate the film industry with a 71% of the overall market share."
29 posts
#3
Solaris
: "Daily reminder that Solaris is actually free for home, personal use and non production use. Oracle has also recently promised more regular updates."
27 posts
#4
Os
: "Another cool UNIX workstation, that was never released (it's a prototype) - the Sun SPARCstation UPN. It's based on a 170MHz TurbOsPARC SS5, tops out at 64MB of RAM, has DB9 male serial ports, PCMCIA like the Voyager, and is half the size of a lunchbox."
22 posts
#5
Script
: "A classic Script for you"
22 posts
#6
Shell
: "A comprehensive line-by-line commentary on the UNIX Fourth Edition (1973) source code. Covers the kernel, file system, device drivers, Shell, and utilities."
15 posts
#7
Operating System
: "Windows slips below 30% of the global Operating System market share, as Unix-like Operating Systems dominate overall."
13 posts
#8
Kernel
: "A comprehensive line-by-line commentary on the UNIX Fourth Edition (1973) source code. Covers the Kernel, file system, device drivers, shell, and utilities."
12 posts
#9
Aix
: "Development Environment setup on Aix 7.3"
12 posts
#10
Programming
: "TIL the Bourne Shell uses a very weird Programming style"
11 posts
Products Discussed in r/unix
Operating System
9 reviews
#1
Linux
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#2
BSD
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#3
Arch
4.0★ from 1 review
Member Growth in r/unix
Yearly
+4k members(18.8%)
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Last updated: June 11, 2026