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Unfortunately I think plan9 only remains this way by keeping the people who use it small, being elitist and somewhat unwelcoming[0]. That's not to say I wouldn'
by qqii 7y ago
Unfortunately I think plan9 only remains this way by keeping the people who use it small, being elitist and somewhat unwelcoming[0]. That's not to say I wouldn't also recommend spending a weekend messing around.
I was recently having a conversation about the unix philosophy on reddit[1]. As nix and software built for nix became more and more mainstream it becomes harder and harder to keep with the unix philosophy and the philosophy of this post.
[0]: http://fqa.9front.org/ http://fqa.9front.org/
[1]: https://youtu.be/XvDZLjaCJuw https://youtu.be/XvDZLjaCJuw
- ddevault 7y agoThe reading material is "unwelcoming" to discourage coming into it with any preconceptions. If you go into it trying to make it do $x, you'll have a bad time and send lots of annoying emails to the maintainers. If you come into it wanting to learn about it and derive an $x from your experience, you'll have a better time.
- saagarjha 7y agoTo be fair, a cat flipping me off and telling me to “go away” in the FAQ may lead to misunderstandings.