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          I use it because it’s truly a “complete system” in a way that Linux and even the BSDs are not – every program is an example in itself and it comes with a ton of various scratch-built utilities that you don’t usually find as part of a typical Linux distro. Stuff like a basic torrent or IRC client just sort of fall out of the way Plan 9 is organized and implemented.

          It also provides me with a distraction-free environment and a set of tools that I enjoy using, even if some aspects of Plan 9 as, say, a laptop daily driver are inconvenient or awkward. It really is better suited for networked computing.

          I was pretty much sold from first contact because Plan 9 is the way that I feel best matches what I’ve always wanted from my machines: a simple grid of networked appliances where I can route the various resources and hardware in whatever way I require.

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                Bottom of site: SDF Public Access UNIX System

                (this page was generated using ksh, sed and awk)

                I love this!

                Edit: I just noticed this. Is this a miscalculation of the time or am I in the wrong timeline?

                ©1987-2065 SDF Public Access UNIX System, Inc. 501©(7)

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                What happens with the Plan 9 system after the boot camp has ended? From what I can see on that site, their Plan 9 shenanigans will end by mid-September. (SDF is NetBSD-centric AFAIK.)

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                  It used to be that everyone in the Boot Camp got their own VM that was wiped each season, but recently everything was migrated to a single installation that doesn’t reset and everyone uses.

                  In short: now you get a permanent account.

                  And yes, SDF itself is NetBSD-based—the largest single installation as well as a primary testing environment, if I’m not mistaken.

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                    That’s not too hard, given that NetBSD is a niche in a niche. But a permanent Plan 9 server account which I do not have to keep running sounds intriguing… thank you!

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            I wish someone would port Python and BorgBackup to it. Venti/Fossil are not quite as nice for multi-OS backups.

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              Python 2.5.1 was distributed as part of 9front back when it used hg, but it was ultimately removed from the base system once we switched over to git9.

              I never bother with venti/fossil, honestly. I’m more of a cfws kind of person, but Ori’s gefs has been attracting my attention lately.

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                Venti/Fossil are awesome for a Plan 9 network. Sadly, the world isn’t Plan 9. TIL about gefs though.

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          In #cat-v? Not regularly. I mostly hang out in gridchat with a handful of the 9front people.

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            ah. I’ve been doing linux things, but maybe i’ll try out gridchat next time i’m on 9front

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        What desktop environment is that? Or is it built in by default or doesn’t work quite similar to linux?

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        A rare sighting of a Plan 9 user! You need to be protected at all cost! Your species is extremely rare and important for future studies.

        BTW for a moment I was upset, because I thought this is a screenshot of Reddit. I kinda like the old look of it.