{"id":40871,"date":"2019-03-29T14:25:39","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T12:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=40871"},"modified":"2019-03-29T14:25:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T12:25:46","slug":"unix-history-repository","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2019\/03\/29\/unix-history-repository\/","title":{"rendered":"Unix History Repository"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S7JB0mhrGCQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S7JB0mhrGCQ\">Evolution of unix-history-repo (Gource Visualization)<\/a> video shows how the UNIX operating system was born and how it matured over time.  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