9front, by far the best operating system in the whole world, pushed out a new release, titled “GEFS SERVICE PACK 1“. Even with only a few changes, this is still, as always, a more monumental, important, and groundbreaking release than any other operating system release in history. Everything changes, today, because exec() now supports shell-scripts as interpreter in #!, improved sam scrolling, TLS by default in ircrc, and more.
You’re already running 9front, of course, but if you’re one of the few holdouts still using something else, download GEFS SERVICE PACK 1 and install it.
I dont disagree, but why do you consider it better than anything else. QNX for example has show that a microkernel is vastly preferable for heart monitors. TRON has shown that all microwaves need a tiny system to work. (there is now a hundred billion tron devices in the world active)
I dont want to be crude, but plan9 whilst revolutionary is not “that great” in modern standards. But i get your point.
I believe the joke is that Plan 9, and by extension 9front, is nearly impossible for most ordinary humans to understand and use, so it must be the greatest OS ever devised. Also the 9front devs take great pleasure in absurd humor and inside jokes on their site.
On the serious side, it takes the UNIX philosophies of “everything is a file” and “make each program do one thing well” to the absolute extreme in a very elegant and simple way. It’s also a wonderful approach to distributed computing where any physical machine running Plan 9 can be a CPU and/or file server or client for any other machine.
The 9P file system protocol is also used in both commercial and open source software behind the scenes, as Thom recently reported on.
https://www.osnews.com/story/144195/fun-fact-theres-plan-9-in-windows-and-qemu/
Propaganda. Both 9front’s developer and the article author align to the same ideologíes.
The best? In what way and compared to what OS? I think you’re exaggerating
Its satire.
Plan 9 is clearly UNIX 2.0, UNIX 2.0 is clearly better than anything else. Change my mind.
9front may not be for everyone, but providing useful refinements such as GEFS updates and improved shell behavior is commendable for a niche system like this Plan 9 fork. ragdoll archers say
The best OS in the world is which can run software we use every day. I will never understand how people call a niche proof of concept the best OS in the world. Even its page is broken.
yeah, I’m there on it with you. However, if you have very specific workload, you may utilize alternative OSes like BSDs or 9p/9f just for that and it might be a game changer for you. Better stability, sometimes more predictable, more secure in most cases, etc. What I mean is that we need to stop fixating on “one size fits all” kind of thing. Everything has its purpose, otherwise it wouldn’t exist.
It`s just a joke, don`t take it so seriously.
I find 9p to be weirdly good and enjoyable to use, but nowadays I don’t have enough time to just sit on an incomplete OS that doesn’t cover all of my needs, so Linux is my frequent pick, even though I absolutely love alternative OSes and OpenBSD in particular.
OpenBSD is not an alternative operating system.
I see so many people missed the joke.