Perhaps just PNU?
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Perhaps just PNU?
That would be the port of NetSurf.
On this machine I have everything except for Bluetooth and the fingerprint reader, neither of which I ever use anyway.
Oh sure, lots of things are “inconvenient” on Plan 9.
Of note for most would-be users: if you rely on a modern web browser like Firefox/Chrome, forget about it. Never going to happen.
It’s important to remember that Plan 9 is fundamentally a research operating system; it’s not really a “typical” environment by any stretch, and that stems largely from it being entirely network-based and distributed. A single Plan 9 system in isolation can only be so interesting. Using it on a laptop like this can be an entirely different set of problems.
If you’d like some examples of things you may face:
booting can be slow
security is not a priority
poor documentation, though it’s been getting better
reading research papers is basically a requirement for understanding the system
can be intimidating to set up for some of the more important features – password store and authorization server, new users, etc.
cwfs
is slow
hjfs
is really slow
only recently did we get a filesystem that specifically aims to be crash-safe
For me, though? I genuinely don’t need much more than what’s available in the base system.
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.
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.
Plan 9 is an operating system first released in 1992 that was developed by Bell Labs as a successor to UNIX.
Shown above is 9front, which is a modern fork where basically all new Plan 9 development happens.
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.
All? I just use it like any other computer, honestly.
Are there any specific questions you have? I can try my best to explain.
Indeed.
9front comes with two browsers out of the box: abaco
and mothra
. There is also a port of NetSurf as well as both gopher and gemini browsers.
See rio(1)
for details.
It’s an email indicator. See faces(1)
for details.
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.
Firstly, don’t go out of your way to try and convince or force people, but TL;DR – if you have an opportunity and want to give someone a solid start, my recommendation is always Linux Mint.
My mother asked me to switch her in September 2022. Some bad Windows Defender definitions update started triggering warnings every 5 minutes starting at 2AM or something riduculous. I got a frantic call to come over because of “someone hacking her computer” fully expecting to just fix whatever was busted and move on with my day.
After a conversation, I installed LMDE for her and set up automatic updates plus Timeshift. She has had exactly two problems since then:
she forgets that the scanner isn’t accessed by right-clicking the printer’s tray icon and messing with settings
she didn’t like that she can’t move desktop icons to wherever she wants
She was also just about the easiest switch there could have been. Like many older folks, her primary use for her desktop is web/email and she has already been using Firefox/Thunderbird since the '00s.
It sounds like Gentoo is literally exactly what you want.
I am currently not using gentoo, and because the packages in its default repos are only updated when necessary, and the break-my-gentoo repo is more of a joke than an actual replacement for arch.
I’m sorry, but I am genuinely confused here.
Gentoo can be both stable and bleeding edge and allows you to mix and match on a per-package basis.
Does setting ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64"
globally not make things bleeding edge enough for you? Grab *-9999
packages instead.
I think it really is as simple as our dorks from the Labs liking Ed Wood.
Same reason the mascot is named Glenda.