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What’s the context for “Do Not Install”?
by thaliaarchi 2y ago
What’s the context for “Do Not Install”?
- Lammy 2y agoRebuild of Plan9 - You Can (Not) Install
- vintagedave 2y agoThis is an excellent question and I dug around on the website looking for an answer too. I have _no idea_. Presumably, as a release, it should be installed? The website has a wonderful semi-retro esthetic, a noticeable political stance, and a sense of humour, and I wonder if the naming is related.
- mrcranky 2y agofrom the #cat-v irc channel, this is a loose reference to Three Body Problem when the trisolarans sent a message to earth saying DO NOT REPLY.
- classichasclass 2y agoIf you have to ask, you shouldn't install it. This is entirely in keeping with the philosophy of 9front.
- moody__ 2y agoIn part https://merveilles.town/@prahou/112247017144832938 https://merveilles.town/@prahou/112247017144832938
- PAPPPmAc 2y agoThat Unix Surrealism ( https://lemmy.sdf.org/c/unix_surrealism?dataType=Post&sort=TopAll https://lemmy.sdf.org/c/unix_surrealism?dataType=Post&sort=T... ) art project(?) is absolutely delightful in general.
- SllX 2y agoIt’s the release following Humanbiologics.
- pajko 2y agoIt's just the name of the release, like the choice of the names of Toy Story characters in Debian. A former release was called "don't touch the artwork".
- adastra22 2y agoProbably the same sense of humor as their release server: only9fans.org