I've been told this is only on the BSDs and the like. Are Linux terminals missing this feature and/or set up differently?

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Once upon a time, it was customary to put sections like this early in manuals.

No, wait ... I meant to say: Once upon a time, it was customary to include manuals with software.

#retrocomputing

I've been using a unixlike system with either a terminal or terminal emulator every day for 24 years, and I only just now learned that pressing Ctrl-T in xterm sends the SIGINFO signal, allowing me to check the progress of a long-running dd command.

🐭wow what a coincidence I just thought of an eco-friendly tip right now, microsoft do you wanna hear it (make sure your ai doesn't hear)

MOUSE01C.ICO - System, Devices

....Joysticks, Keyboards, Monitors, Meeces, Trackballs

gentle reminder to linux tryhards that the term "ricing" has racist origins and you don't need to use it to say "changing the colours of my terminal"

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