9FRONT (Plan 9) "Do Not Install" Released (opens in new tab)

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37 pointsmoody__2y ago14 comments

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thaliaarchi2y ago· 9 in thread

What’s the context for “Do Not Install”?

moody__OP2y ago

In part https://merveilles.town/@prahou/112247017144832938

PAPPPmAc2y ago

That Unix Surrealism ( https://lemmy.sdf.org/c/unix_surrealism?dataType=Post&sort=T... ) art project(?) is absolutely delightful in general.

adastra222y ago

Probably the same sense of humor as their release server: only9fans.org

pajko2y ago

It'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".

classichasclass2y ago

If you have to ask, you shouldn't install it. This is entirely in keeping with the philosophy of 9front.

Lammy2y ago

Rebuild of Plan9 - You Can (Not) Install

SllX2y ago

It’s the release following Humanbiologics.

vintagedave2y ago

This 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.

mrcranky2y ago

from 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.

anthk2y ago· 1 in thread

Wireless for rpi? Which ones? I'd love one for Rpi B+.

Uh, RTC for games/gba, so now games like Pokémon Emerald now can access to the internal clock?

moody__OP2y ago

The pi3 and the pi4 have been tested to be working, I have heard that the pi0 does not quite work.

And yes the RTC was written for and tested against Pokémon Emerald.

parlortricks2y ago

How do you blackhole route if you cant assign a route to a non interface? Is there a null interface to assign too or something? (never used plan9 just curious)

Gualdrapo2y ago

Things would be better if Plan9 was the dominant OS.

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