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Plan 9 OS

RsadeikaRsadeika Posts: 3,837
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With summer boredom setting in, I thought I would try to find a completely new OS, not another *nix, Linux, or Windows. And I came across Plan 9, best part is that you can run it on a Raspberry Pi.

Since I had a Raspberry Pi 2, basically doing nothing, that is now running Plan 9. I am not sure what the kernel/system size is, but it seems to be running comfortably on the Pi, and I must say it is very responsive, not dog slow like Linux. Maybe it could be ported to the P2 when it becomes available?

Since I just started investigating this, I am not even sure if I will like it. One thing that I noticed, with this OS, you can basically start with a blank screen, I think you use the right button on your mouse to create a window size of your choice, when you release the button, it is your terminal window, and you can go from there. Just a reminder, you do need a three button mouse, I started with a Logitech Track Ball, did not like that at all. Of course you will also require a keyboard.

Plan 9 is open source, I tried to find the source but I got distracted by other things, like reading the intro papers. Has anybody else had any experience with Plan 9?

Ray

Comments

  • msrobotsmsrobots Posts: 3,709
    No experience, but stumbled upon it also.

    Quite interesting.

    Mike
  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2016-08-05 13:25
    I tried it some years ago. Can't remember anything about it, apart from it being named after the cult film "Plan 9 from Outer Space". It was Bela Lugosi's last film, IIRC, and is one of the worst films ever made.
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    You mean a "cult classic" :)
  • kwinnkwinn Posts: 8,697
    Heater. wrote: »
    You mean a "cult classic" :)

    Are "one of the worst films ever made" and "cult classic" not synonymous?
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2016-08-05 17:51
    That's what I meant.

    For example "Eraser Head"
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    Heater. wrote: »
    That's what I meant.

    For example "Eraser Head"

    Interesting. Video blocked in the US.


  • ozpropdevozpropdev Posts: 2,792
    Video blocked down under too.
  • kwinnkwinn Posts: 8,697
    ozpropdev wrote: »
    Video blocked down under too.

    In Canada as well
  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,451
    Eraserhead is an early David Lynch movie. My wife and I are huge DL fans for things like Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, and Mulholland Drive, but Eraserhead is executed with such grit and steadfast antipathy to all things life-affirming that I simply cannot watch it. I suspect that makes it his most brilliant movie, but it is something I cannot appreciate if I want to actually keep living and go to work the next day.
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