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> This is a fringe Operating System No, TempleOS was a fringe operating system. Plan 9 was a legitimate research operating system developed by computer scient

> This is a fringe Operating System No, TempleOS was a fringe operating system. Plan 9 was a legitimate research operating system developed by computer scientists who had a key role in the development of UNIX and other highly-regarded pieces of software. Plan 9-based technologies are a part of most, if not all, operating systems today (even Windows!). But, a fun article, and I'm always happy to see Plan 9 crop up from time to time. It's at risk of being forgotten, but shouldn't be.

Technically 6y ago
> Plan 9-based technologies are a part of most, if not all, operating systems today (even Windows!). 9p is indeed a great technology—I would have also thrown in utf-8—but most of plan9's ideas remain quite fringe. I would pay a ton of money for an OS with both bind and browser support. Plumber is still leagues better than anything offered by macs/linux/windows. That said, I don't see "fringe" as being mutually exclusive with "legitimate". TempleOS had some features that other OS's could use, too—its use of hyperlinking is actually really cool.
- iuguy 6y ago
  > TempleOS had some features that other OS's could use, too—its use of hyperlinking is actually really cool. If you want to see what doldoc and plumbing in one system might look like, check out Oberon[1]. [1] - http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2009/04/22/oberon/ http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2009/04/22/oberon/
- butterisgood 6y ago
  9p is being used by Microsoft in WSL2 to access host files from linux over v9fs - last time I looked anyway.
ChrisSD 6y ago
> It's at risk of being forgotten Not by HN at least. It comes up fairly regularly in one context or another. Though usually when someone is bemoaning some aspect of POSIX or Linux.
MisterTea 6y ago
Plenty of people still interested but the community is small. It's far from dead or forgotten. 9front is updated on a near daily basis.
- smorrow 6y ago
  For the curious: https://code.9front.org/hg/plan9front/ https://code.9front.org/hg/plan9front/

Technically 6y ago

> Plan 9-based technologies are a part of most, if not all, operating systems today (even Windows!). 9p is indeed a great technology—I would have also thrown in utf-8—but most of plan9's ideas remain quite fringe. I would pay a ton of money for an OS with both bind and browser support. Plumber is still leagues better than anything offered by macs/linux/windows. That said, I don't see "fringe" as being mutually exclusive with "legitimate". TempleOS had some features that other OS's could use, too—its use of hyperlinking is actually really cool.

iuguy 6y ago
> TempleOS had some features that other OS's could use, too—its use of hyperlinking is actually really cool. If you want to see what doldoc and plumbing in one system might look like, check out Oberon[1]. [1] - http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2009/04/22/oberon/ http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2009/04/22/oberon/
butterisgood 6y ago
9p is being used by Microsoft in WSL2 to access host files from linux over v9fs - last time I looked anyway.

ChrisSD 6y ago

> It's at risk of being forgotten Not by HN at least. It comes up fairly regularly in one context or another. Though usually when someone is bemoaning some aspect of POSIX or Linux.

MisterTea 6y ago

Plenty of people still interested but the community is small. It's far from dead or forgotten. 9front is updated on a near daily basis.

smorrow 6y ago
For the curious: https://code.9front.org/hg/plan9front/ https://code.9front.org/hg/plan9front/