Re: [9fans] Harvey OS: A new OS inspired heavily by Plan 9

[Prof Brucee <prof.brucee@gmail.com>]

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i was gonna suggest as per rob's post that chan.c was a good place to check
for gcc introduced code. anyone actually going to diff the code or is it
all going to be speculation?

brucee

On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 9:01 PM, steve@quintile.net <steve@quintile.net>
wrote:

>
> if there was a way to run apt-get on plan9 and run standard Linux tools,
> like Firefox and thunderbird, and gcc then I would be a very happy old
> programmer.
>
> I did some work on extending cinap's amazing linuxemu some years ago but
> modern Linux has evolved to the point where even this becomes very painful.
> a bsdemu might be easier, but I haven't looked into that.
>
> just being able to run gcc in arm/thumb cross mode would be great. I know
> kenc will build arm but I need to keep source compatibility with the rest
> of the team, who use gcc - on windows!
>
> it is still a battle to keep plan9 running at work, though so far, even if
> I haven't won, I haven't lost either.
>
> -Steve
>
>
>
>
> > On 26 Jul 2015, at 10:35, a.regenfuss@gmx.de wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hm, that looks interesting. I like what that they are trying to make
> plan 9 a bit
> > more accessible by using familiar programs and closing the gap between
> modern unix
> > and the plan 9 ideas. However, I think I'll rather keep vanilla plan 9
> or 9front
> > (rio is still better than X11, sorry).
> > But nontheless, it's a great idea and I hope they keep up the great work.
> >
> > adrian
> >
> >
> > Gesendet: Sonntag, 26. Juli 2015 um 00:15 Uhr
> > Von: "Axel Belinfante" <axel.belinfante@utwente.nl>
> > An: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans.net>
> > Betreff: Re: [9fans] Harvey OS: A new OS inspired heavily by Plan 9
> >
> > I couldn’t resist looking, and found in
> http://www.osnews.com/comments/28699
> >
> > "Harvey is an effort to get the Plan 9 code working with gcc and clang”.
> >
> > So, in a way it seems to be a port of Plan 9.
> > More details, including the feature list below, are at
> http://harvey-os.org[http://harvey-os.org]
> >
> > Features
> >
> > • AMD 64 bit
> > • Modern, simplified syscall system
> > • GCC toolchain means you can use gdb(!)
> > • Compile in Linux or OSX using Harvey's headers and libs, no need to
> change anything else
> > • Fast compilation of the whole system
> > • All Plan9 userland apps available
> > • Plans to add X11 with rio-like multiplexing, tty driver, new
> fileserver, native toolchain and more
> >
> > I’m intrigued by the “compile … using Harvey's headers and libs, no need
> to change anything else” —
> > I guess that means that it will be easy to “port” stuff to Harvey?
> >
> > The team list contains names well-known on this list...
> >
> > I must say, it looks quite interesting, worth checking out.
> >
> > Axel.
> >
> >
> > On 25 Jul 2015, at 17:58, Ryan Gonzalez <rymg19@gmail.com[
> rymg19@gmail.com]> wrote:
> >
> > No clue. I'm guessing it's heavily inspired by Plan 9.
> >
> > On July 25, 2015 3:34:13 AM CDT, "steve@quintile.net[steve@quintile.net]"
> <steve@quintile.net[steve@quintile.net]> wrote:
> > not sure what Harvey is... is it just plan9 ported to build on gcc?
> >
> > if so does gcc run under Harvey?
> >
> > does gcc run under plan9 now?
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> >
> > On 25 Jul 2015, at 01:43, Ryan Gonzalez <rymg19@gmail.com[
> rymg19@gmail.com]> wrote:
> >
> >
> https://medium.com/this-is-not-a-monad-tutorial/harvey-an-operating-system-with-plan-9-s-shadow-3081414e5f0b[https://medium.com/this-is-not-a-monad-tutorial/harvey-an-operating-system-with-plan-9-s-shadow-3081414e5f0b]
> >
> > I'm not affiliated with this whatsoever; I just saw it on Reddit and
> found it interesting.
> >
> > I found this part particularly neat:
> >
> >> We are working in ANSI POSIX environment to have most of well known
> tools and programs that programmers or end users expects to have in a
> modern operating system. Things that for traditional Plan 9 would be very
> difficult to have.
> >
> > --
> > Sent from my Nexus 5 with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
> > --
> > Sent from my Nexus 5 with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
>
>

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