Heil /9/
The big /9/ thread, discuss everything related to Plan 9 world
> the de facto standard: 9front
9front.org
> Harvey (gcc/clang modern build)
harvey-os.org
> The heretic: Jehanne (some love needed)
jehanne.io
other useful links
> cat-v.org
> suckless.org
Docs:
> Plan 9 original docs (4rth edition)
9p.io
> Introduction to Operating Systems Abstractions Using Plan 9 - Lsub
lsub.org/who/nemo/9.intro.pdf
> Get a 9front
youtube.com
>Literally no web browsers available
Pass
> Literally
There is a web browser, actually there are "literally" 2
>Abaco
garbage
>mothra
garbage
The strongest!
are you using plan9 rn?
actually, is anybody here using plan9?
Works for me, maybe you're a brainlet
do you post from plan9?
Plan 9 doesn't support js
it's sad that this is dead but you just gotta let it go man
shill something good that could actually be used as a main/only OS, like openbsd or something idk
It's 10+ years that is "dying"
Just like this world.
It dies a slow death and then promptly collapses in a short time.
Unironically a brilliant idea.
>minimal to the point of being useless
No thanks.
t. NodeOS dev who posted from Brave browser.
Except when you actually need to do anything.
I'm sorry for mentally-deficient "people" like you, but browsing the web is not doing something.
Anybody try to flash plan9 on bios chip?
since you just posted it means you had to use a different browser and so it doesn't
>work for me
is it really not dead though
Except every year or becomes more developed in terms of code, concept of adoption and forks
I don't consider posting in this shit hole a metrics of an OS nor having a fully capable browser.
Abaco and mothra can browse Wikipedia and Google and sort of other web sites and it's enough for me, consider what has to offer
So why no new releases for ages?
you don't need JS to post here
9front.org
One new release every 6 month or so
It's a pain in the ass. You can not browse the catalog either
most you will use it is in a VM
until a functioning browser is ported then daily usage is out of question
why is their website down atm?
> A web browser is necessary in order to use a OS
This is Technology related board kid.
I used 9front for 6 month or so as daily basis on the metal mostly writing PS and code while listening to music, and sometimes browse the web pages that were not heavy on Js and CSS (Wikipedia).
For daily usage, mouse chording combined with plumber was really comfy, it's something you really miss on every other systems.
Once you are used to the UI, it's really clumsy going back to other wm/DE.
Plan 9/9front has lot to offer in technical aspects and ordinary use, its target is not normies though
It's up now.
what is the best way to install Plan9 userland utilities on Linux?
Links. Or port NetSurf
Plan9 from userspace
What can I do with Plan9 that I can't do with the userspace ports?
How do I into Acme
I'm actually a NetBSD user posting from NetSurf.
Finally a thread I can enjoy
Anyone here tried 9front's new virtual machine, vmx? Supposedly it can run Linux and bsd comfortably, for when you need to watch videos or use Javascript heavy sites
does the Rc shell on Plan9 work the same as bash or are there improvements?
Proper namespace and fileserver usage. The Rio wm on Linux is shit and basically just a skin.
The base functionality of all the tools work but you lose a lot of the integration between them. You can emulate or recreate some of it with Linux tools but it's never as clean.
improvements
>A web browser is necessary in order to use a OS
It is in year 2002+15 AD
>I used 9front for 6 month or so as daily basis on the metal
Supposedly you were, what made you go back to our "normie" operating systems?
What can you do with Linux that can't be done on Windows 10 WSL?
No, it gives up lots of functionality for minimalism.
You can try it easily actually.
$ git clone github.com
$ cd rc
$ autoreconf -vi
$ ./configure
$ make
$ ./rc
Rakitzis' clone though can be configured with readline support, so you get rc with bash shortcuts.
But if you're going on Plan 9, you get no such thing.
>What can you do with Linux that can't be done on Windows 10 WSL?
Have a secure and functional system that works.
does acme only work with ac or can i use bash in linux? What was the command for a shell again, Win or something?
win, lowercase.
you can use bash, set $acmeshell I think
You'll probably need to change your prompt though because acme won't support any colour codes you might have in it
Thank you kindly
Plan 9 isn't Linux and your post is entirely irrelevant to this thread.
>It is in year 2002+15 AD
Why?
Because I don't like 2018 so I'll casually skip it
Why the 'need' for web browser
>news
>info for formats, interfaces, hardware
>forums (support, tickets etc)
>webmins interfaces (for remote jobs)
>documentation (HTML/CSS format)
Web (of course) and embedded development (limited info availability) will be very restricting.
Most open source contributions as well (b/c Github, Gitlab, etc).
System administration is also now usually dependent to web-accessible products (support and issue tracking).
umm.. how do i compile the kernel ?
do i have to do it inside 9front ?
Are you serious? Almost all that has a non web good alternative. You said you need the browser for things that browser shouldn't be used for
>wiki.installgentoo.com
>Within the /lib folder, 9front contains plain text copies of The Manifesto of the Communist Party, the Constitution of the United States, and many other highly important documents that have immense historical importance and so deserve a place in the official documentation of the operating system.
what the actual fuck ?
>project uses said web interface
>b-but there is an alternative
You are either doing toy projects or work alongside the rest.
Now if you can find information outside the web, good for you.
(Though sharing information is the point of the web in first place.)
All kind of information are get to the web browser if
it doesn't rely heavily on js and css.
The other things you listed are just things that the browser is not meant for and they are the cancer that needs to die.
>documentation (HTML/CSS format)
This is what you faggot actually do? Should I take you seriusly after this or you just trolling?
There was a copy of "Mein kampf" under /lib few years ago
Whatever. If you think so then arguing more on this is a waste of time.
Also if you're user I replied to , I'm still waiting an answer to my question.
L M F A O
is 9front completely a meme?
btw plan9's terminal shares some features with templeos's terminal
The 9front devs are contrarian elitists. They'd do anything just to piss normies off.
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In what ways will it be better than Unix? Will it ever takeoff?