From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: From: a.regenfuss@gmx.de To: 9fans@9fans.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 11:35:32 +0200 In-Reply-To: References: <50977FDF-8544-41E2-89B7-0369D26C980E@gmail.com> <6D6B26D6-EFC0-4B29-97E7-3DC74A8B1F4C@quintile.net> <56D2E1DC-FA8E-410A-8EBD-7A260AF6FA0B@gmail.com>, Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] Harvey OS: A new OS inspired heavily by Plan 9 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 63277dca-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Hm, that looks interesting=2E I like what that they are trying to make pla= n 9 a bit more accessible by using familiar programs and closing the gap between mod= ern unix and the plan 9 ideas=2E However, I think I'll rather keep vanilla plan 9 o= r 9front (rio is still better than X11, sorry)=2E But nontheless, it's a great idea and I hope they keep up the great work= =2E adrian =C2=A0 Gesendet:=C2=A0Sonntag, 26=2E Juli 2015 um 00:15 Uhr Von:=C2=A0"Axel Belinfante" An:=C2=A0"Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans=2Enet> Betreff:=C2=A0Re: [9fans] Harvey OS: A new OS inspired heavily by Plan 9 I couldn=E2=80=99t resist looking, and found in=C2=A0http://www=2Eosnews= =2Ecom/comments/28699 "Harvey is an effort to get the Plan 9 code working with gcc and clang=E2= =80=9D=2E So, in a way it seems to be a port of Plan 9=2E More details, including the feature list below, are at=C2=A0http://harvey-= os=2Eorg[http://harvey-os=2Eorg] Features =E2=80=A2 AMD 64 bit =E2=80=A2 Modern, simplified syscall system =E2=80=A2 GCC toolchain means you can use gdb(!) =E2=80=A2 Compile in Linux or OSX using Harvey's headers and libs, no need= to change anything else =E2=80=A2 Fast compilation of the whole system =E2=80=A2 All Plan9 userland apps available =E2=80=A2 Plans to add X11 with rio-like multiplexing, tty driver, new fil= eserver, native toolchain and more I=E2=80=99m intrigued by the =E2=80=9Ccompile =E2=80=A6 using Harvey's hea= ders and libs, no need to change anything else=E2=80=9D =E2=80=94 I guess that means that it will be easy to =E2=80=9Cport=E2=80=9D stuff to= Harvey? The team list contains names well-known on this list=2E=2E=2E I must say, it looks quite interesting, worth checking out=2E Axel=2E =C2=A0 On 25 Jul 2015, at 17:58, Ryan Gonzalez wrote:=C2=A0 No clue=2E I'm guessing it's heavily inspired by Plan 9=2E =C2=A0 On July 25, 2015 3:34:13 AM CDT, "steve@quintile=2Enet[steve@quintile=2Ene= t]" wrote: not sure what Harvey is=2E=2E=2E is it just plan9 ported to build on gcc? =C2=A0 if so does gcc run under Harvey? does gcc run under plan9 now? =C2=A0 Steve =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 On 25 Jul 2015, at 01:43, Ryan Gonzalez wrote: =C2=A0 https://medium=2Ecom/this-is-not-a-monad-tutorial/harvey-an-operating-syst= em-with-plan-9-s-shadow-3081414e5f0b[https://medium=2Ecom/this-is-not-a-mon= ad-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=2E I found this part particularly neat: > We are working in ANSI POSIX environment to have most of well known tool= s and programs that programmers or end users expects to have in a modern op= erating system=2E Things that for traditional Plan 9 would be very difficul= t to have=2E -- Sent from my Nexus 5 with K-9 Mail=2E Please excuse my brevity=2E -- Sent from my Nexus 5 with K-9 Mail=2E Please excuse my brevity=2E