Introduction to Plan 9: The Research Operating System from Bell Labs
By
AlexeyBrin
Pure flour-power. Hearty enough to carry you through lunch.
Summary
Plan 9 is a research operating system developed by the same Bell Labs team that created UNIX, emerging in the late 1980s as an evolution of UNIX principles for the networking and graphics era. The article serves as an introduction to Plan 9, explaining its origins, design philosophy, and relationship to UNIX, with Rob Pike describing it as "an argument" for simplicity and clarity.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledPlan 9 is a research operating system from the same group who created UNIX at Bell Labs Computing Sciences Research Center (CSRC).
Plan 9 can be seen as an attempt to push some of the same ideas that informed UNIX even further into the era of networking and graphics.
Rob Pike has described Plan 9 as 'an argument' for simplicity and clarity, while others have described it as 'UNIX, only moreso.'
You might also wanna read
The Historical Journey of OpenBSD on SGI MIPS Hardware
This article explores the historical journey of OpenBSD support on SGI hardware, tracing the relationship between BSD systems and MIPS archi
Technical Analysis of DOS Memory Management: Evolution and Hidden Complexities
This article provides a detailed technical analysis of DOS memory management, tracing its evolution from DOS 1.x through later versions. It
os2museum.com·3mo ago
Origins of QNX: From University of Waterloo's Thoth OS to Quantum Software
The article explores the origins of the QNX operating system, tracing its development from the Thoth real-time operating system created by G
abortretry.fail·7mo ago
Evolution of Threading and Multitasking in Mac Computers: From Single-Core to Modern Multi-Processing
This article traces the evolution of threading and multitasking capabilities in Mac computers from the original 128K Mac with a single Motor
eclecticlight.co·8mo ago
ReactOS Achieves Experimental ARM64 Support, Boots on Apple Silicon via QEMU
ReactOS, the open-source project aiming for binary compatibility with Microsoft Windows, has achieved experimental support for running on 64
phoronix.com·5d ago
Understanding the Linux TTY Subsystem: History, Architecture, and Implementation
A comprehensive technical deep-dive into the TTY (teletype) subsystem in Linux and UNIX systems. The article traces the historical origins o
linusakesson.net·13d ago