Re:Plan 9 ported to the Raspberry Pi
by jared314 on Saturday August 10, 2013 @03:26PM
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> So, what is its killer feature that makes ME want to try it out?
Transparent distributed multi-user environments and clean unification of files and objects are some of the main goals [0], but, at its core, it is a research OS, and has never evolved to fill a specific niche. Many people, including Alan Kay (I mention it because I recently re-watched a few of his presentations), have spoken out about the need for more open-sky/exploratory research. It might gain popularity if it specialized into a good distributed control-plane, performance-constrained systems, or as a container OS, but it is not any of those things. Try it out for the fun and experience of trying it out.
Transparent distributed multi-user environments and clean unification of files and objects are some of the main goals [0], but, at its core, it is a research OS, and has never evolved to fill a specific niche. Many people, including Alan Kay (I mention it because I recently re-watched a few of his presentations), have spoken out about the need for more open-sky/exploratory research. It might gain popularity if it specialized into a good distributed control-plane, performance-constrained systems, or as a container OS, but it is not any of those things. Try it out for the fun and experience of trying it out.
[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_9_from_Bell_Labs#Design_co...