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I already know about Inferno, but unfortunately, it's an experiment and can't be used on a daily basis. Some of the underlying ideas are great, though!
by carlesfe 14y ago
I already know about Inferno, but unfortunately, it's an experiment and can't be used on a daily basis. Some of the underlying ideas are great, though!
- catenate 14y agoshrug I use it on a daily basis, over top of Linux, mostly. I've used Wily/Acme-SAC/Acme as my programming and OS interface for the past 10 years (2003-), after 11 years of Emacs (1992-2003). Both systems are completely reprogrammable, and Inferno has the advantage of being an actual OS (as opposed to a kitchen sink). I recommend it because it's a good way to get the feeling that you know the whole system, which you seem to be interested in, like the early home computers. I think the major three OSes are a little too big and bloated to get the same feel. Also, since it's a VM, you can take it around to other machines, and share it with other people, without changing the base OS they use.
- carlesfe 14y agoThanks for the tip, but it's not what I aim for. You say you use Inferno over Linux. It's my daily linux apps I would want to tweak: Firefox, mutt, vim, eog, etc. I don't want to learn about operating systems... I just want to hack my daily apps. Thanks again, I might try to hack Inferno itself. I ran it on a VM some months ago and it seemed nice.