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9front, seemingly Plan 9's de-facto successor, is almost surely quirky, often whimsical, at times nostalgic. It might even be functional, depending on how you d
by Tevo 2y ago
9front, seemingly Plan 9's de-facto successor, is almost surely quirky, often whimsical, at times nostalgic. It might even be functional, depending on how you define that[1]. Is actively developed, has a vibrant community. Puts an interesting spin on how you lay out systems, but doesn't diverge much from the Bell Labs formula. I'd certainly recommend giving it a shot, for the UNIX-inclined.
[1] I've daily driven it back in high-school, for all that's worth. Wrote assignments in troff and all. Some people might be able to tell of less mundane success stories as well.
- rcarmo 2y agoI tried Plan9 as a minimalist desktop. I soon realised that three-button mouse chording isn't doable in this decade, and wish someone had written a Platinum-like window manager to replace rio.
- anthk 2y agoForking Rio to create a Twm clone would be nice.
- rcarmo 2y agoIt's been somewhat done (there are a couple of forks out there, but nothing usable or maintained).
- lproven 2y ago> I soon realised that three-button mouse chording isn't doable in this decade, The scroll wheel on any wheelmouse is a button and you can click it as well as spinning it. All wheel mice are also 3-button mice.
- rcarmo 2y agoTry doing that on a trackpad--but if I wanted to use a mouse, the chording is too cumbersome.
- lproven 2y agoOn my work MacBook Air, I installed a FOSS app. https://github.com/artginzburg/MiddleClick-Sonoma https://github.com/artginzburg/MiddleClick-Sonoma Works well, but I miss the physical middle button on my Thinkpads. The chording isn't really cumbersome, just unfamiliar. You get used to it quite quickly with a few tens of minutes of practice.
- Aloha 2y agoWriting high school assignments in troff puts your an ubernerd status, which I am slightly envious of ;-)
- pjmlp 2y agoPlan 9's successor, is Inferno, which folks keep forgeting about.