• InvertedParallax@lemm.ee
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    9 days ago

    Yay a new 9front.

    But I’d like to see a Linux compat layer, which should be possible between syscall intercepts and a glibc build.

    Source first, of course, but then maybe binary, sockets are easy to wrap, the rest should be even easier.

    Running a Linux chroot under plan9 like I run lxc containers or BSD Jails now would be awesome.

  • janNatan@lemmy.ml
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    8 days ago

    How funny, I only recently learned of 9Front after trying to find out if there’s still a fork going of the original UNIX OS from Bell Labs (which is exactly what 9Front is… I think.)

    Anyway, nice article. Thanks for posting.

    • The_Decryptor@aussie.zone
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      2 days ago

      Plan 9 is inspired by UNIX (Helps that it had the same devs), but it’s not a direct continuation.

      UnixWare is I think the only direct continuation of the original AT&T UNIX. The various BSDs are close enough but were re-written entirely in the late 80s/early 90s so there’s nothing original remaining.

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        2 days ago

        BSDs are “Unix of Theseus”, so they are the closest.

        Solaris is a direct continuation that didn’t have a rewrite of anything after any litigation.