[rio] Plan 9 is not UNIX

machine: ThinkPad T420
os: ⑨front
- auth+cpu+file on encrypted cwfs
wm: rio + riow
programs:
- aux/statusmsg
- bar
- clock
- faces
- stats
- zuke
wallpaper

For those interested in learning more about Plan 9 and trying it out in a public environment: SDF Public Access UNIX System is hosting their seasonal Plan 9 Boot Camp starting June 20th. Feel free to drop into com and say hello!

You're running Plan9 on real hardware???

How's it faring?
- But of course! Real hardware or bust.
  
  This particular machine has been my daily driver for months now, so I would say it is faring quite well.
Is this for business or personal? Both? Other? I'm wondering about differences in daily interactions when running Plan 9.
- All? I just use it like any other computer, honestly.
  
  Are there any specific questions you have? I can try my best to explain.

This is the sexiest plan 9 shot I've seen, insanely cool OS

What is the date and faces thing measuring? lol

It's an email indicator. See faces(1) for details.

The wallpaper is awesome. And everything else looks quite unique, pretty and usable

PNINU? That acronym will never fly

Perhaps just PNU?
- Of course. I forgot to leave out the short words

What display protocol does it use by default?

It uses /dev/draw.

See draw(3) and rio(4) for details.

What is Plan9? Is is an OS... or a kernel... or a set of utilities? I've been sorta interested in it in the past, but have no idea where to start.

Plan 9 is a research operating system developed by Bell Labs as a successor to UNIX.

I would suggest starting somewhere like here to get an idea of what it's about, as well as checking out this video from one of 9front's core contributors.
- Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
  
  this video
  
  Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
  
  I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

sicko-mega Plan 9 posting

rio’s color scheme may be modified by editing the .c configuration files and re-compiling:

Note: Someone will mock you for doing this.

What's wrong with the pretty gray background?

Nothing at all.

It's purely for my own needs — what worked for Rob Pike's eyes in the '90s doesn't really work for mine when it comes to actually using it every day, so I figured I'd have fun with it while I was changing the colors for the various programs.
- Ah, I didn't know Pike or Thompson were involved with Plan 9 . Does anyome here know why they used the Ed Wood movie for the name?

Wild to see a Plan9 distro. What do you use it for? Hobby projects, distro surfing, etc?

I use it for all of my day-to-day computing tasks. Writing, email, browsing, programming, drawing, games... the works.

Anything I can't do directly in 9 is covered by a combination of ssh(1), vt(1), and vnc(1) — with just a touch of vmx(1) if I'm feeling dangerous.

Thats super freaking cool!!! I didnt know what plan 9 was until i read the comments and then went to wikipedia and mannn its super epic. Like in 2015 theres videos of a guy porting plan 9 on a raspberry pi!!

I have an RPi4 and a 0W that run 9front as diskless terminals thanks to that effort. It works really well!

Richard Miller is one of the OGs; he did the first port of UNIX, and if you look into Plan 9 more you'll see exactly how much of a connection to history it really is.

Is 9front still maintained? I’ve been wanting to check it out for a while

Very much and very actively.

There are new commits every week and the latest release was April 28th.