Re: [9fans] [OT] linux origins, why not?

[Victor Nazarov <vir@comtv.ru>]

Skip Tavakkolian wrote:

>what was the nature of this "terminal emulator"?  was it something
>like a vt100 terminal emulator or something like mux (dmd, 630)?
>
>
I think it was something like vt100, imho, linux's tty driver derives a
lot from Linus's work, but I don't feel competent to answer your
question, you can investigate source code to find some evidence that I'm
right or wrong.

Burton Samograd <kruhft@gmail.com> wrote

>Us kids (well, I'm 31 today, but I still feel like a kid around these
>circles) never got to grow up with unix and linux let us learn, so it
>still has a place near my heart, warts, cancerous growths and all  ;-)
>
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Hmm, the most important part of my answer is my age. I'm 21. I'm just a
student.

>I don't want to reject it, it just sounds like a bit of a slam, since
>I generally don't hear much good about linux on lists such as this.
>
>
No slam was intended by me, just an interesting fact, isn't it?

>Without linux I wouldn't have ever had a chance to really learn unix,
>would have never had a reason to check out plan9 and even have an iota
>of understanding about why it's such a great evolution over the
>original unix.  I know linux isn't the best but it sure gets picked on
>a lot, especially around these groups.
>
I can confirm, that my path to the world of plan9 is the same. I still
like Debian, that I used a lot. I still don't like Windows that I use
and have to use a lot. I think, the feeling I experiance when see or
hear about GNU crap is something like sadness. Seems like they loose
that way. That way wich is embodied by Plan9.
--
Victor Nazarov