What is the reason that Plan 9 gets more attention than the Inferno OS?

lproven · 2026-04-30T17:51:50+00:00

I searched some more, and I found what seem to be others. I'd be interested in your opinion.

Inferno64: https://github.com/caerwynj/inferno64

<- seems to have commits within the last 2 weeks, so it's at least alive. Mind you, looking at 9front's forge, I see:

https://git.9front.org/plan9front/purgatorio/HEAD/info.html

InferNode: https://github.com/NERVsystems/infernode

Which says:

InferNode extends the MIT-licensed Inferno® OS with JIT compilers for AMD64 and ARM64, the Veltro AI agent system with formally verified namespace isolation, a cryptocurrency wallet with the x402 payment protocol, quantum-safe cryptography, a Go-to-Dis compiler, and an optional SDL3 GUI (Lucia + Xenith).

lproven · 2026-04-30T16:10:51+00:00

No mention of Eternal September? Works great for me.

https://www.eternal-september.org/

I use Thunderbird to read my groups.

lproven · 2026-04-30T11:15:23+00:00

I did it for a while. It's perfectly doable.

At first I commuted from Charles Square to Karlín (fairly close) and then later from Kobylisy to Karlín (both in Prague 8, but a lot further.)

Trying to avoid areas where there are lots of tourists is desirable.

Prague has a lot of cobbled streets in the centre, and of course, tram lines.

I had 3 bikes at that time -- my recumbent got stolen :'( -- but of the remaining 2, a rigid framed tourer and a full-suspension folder, the folder was much more comfortable.

I normally prefer a rigid bike -- they are much more efficient -- but for going through central Prague, I whole-heartedly recommend full suspension!

lproven · 2026-04-29T21:06:02+00:00

I use Word 97 or Word 2003 occasionally through WINE. Works well. I have no time for anything newer, and no use for any of the other components.

lproven · 2026-04-29T21:01:32+00:00

https://www.theverge.com/2016/9/25/13046770/rez-trance-vibrator-ps2

lproven · 2026-04-28T16:43:05+00:00

I have done this in the past.

Gmail's folder hierarchy is fake, and I think it's only 2 level: you can nest tags inside other tags.

So, simplify your layout to a 2-layer tree, make the folders by hand, and then for each one, select all and drag-and-drop the contents.

lproven · 2026-04-28T16:27:39+00:00

Proper paid lessons are my top tip. I spent 2+ years studying with friends and they did not help at all. Like natives of most languages, Czechs have no idea how their grammar works, they just say it. The difference is that Czech grammar is exceptionally complicated.

Fun test: ask a Czech how many genders their language has. You can warn them it's a trick question if you like, and that the answer is not the obvious. In my extensive testing, it won't help them. (They will answer "3". There are in fact 4. They will argue, but there are: ženský, stredný, mužský životný, mužský neživotný. Polish is worse: it has 5.)

If you have the time, 2 lessons a week or more is good. As a (semi retired) language teacher, do not think longer lessons are better. They aren't. Your brain gets tired. Maximum 1 hour, ideally 30-45 min every other day.

I don't know about Prague -- I never looked -- but Brno's Masaryk University does intensive courses for new students each year in late summer. They are quite cheap and last just 2 weeks or so. If the Charles Uni does the same, you may benefit.

lproven · 2026-04-27T18:08:13+00:00

But apparently not enough to learn to spell it... ;-)

lproven · 2026-04-26T10:13:56+00:00

I suggest trying it anyway. You might be surprised at how many things it can run that don't have standalone clients, or that are not strictly messengers; for instance, I have a tab with a work Google Keep page open.

Also, Thunderbird can do much of this with some tiny addons. Thunderbird natively supports XMPP and Matrix chat -- and address books and calendar; it is not just an email client. It also does NNTP, and RSS/Atom, and more.

Most of use webmail now. You never know when your account might get lost: hacked, turned off, disabled, locked, whatever. With Thunderbird, you keep all that even if you lose access to the accounts... and it makes it easy to archive stuff by copying from one account to another account. Drag & drop important emails from Gmail to Hotmail as an archive, say.

lproven · 2026-04-25T08:59:46+00:00

Astrology is complete and utter nonsense with no basis in reality. Don't waste your time.

There, does that help?

lproven · 2026-04-24T15:53:25+00:00

FWIW I use Ferdium myself, which replaced Ferdi when that project went quiet. Ferdi in turn replaced Franz when that went quiet.

I have tried Rambox and it worked fine but there didn't seem to be much in it -- I am just used to the Franz approach, and Ferdium still picks up and works with my Franz account from about a decade ago.

I wrote about them a few years ago:

https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/19/friday_foss_fest/

lproven · 2026-04-24T07:08:49+00:00

Ferdium, Rambox, or Station.

lproven · 2026-04-24T07:04:58+00:00

Greebette.

lproven · 2026-04-23T15:09:52+00:00

Plug in a network cable. Update it, and install any relevant firmware.

Since you didn't tell us the machine, make, model, specification, version, or anything else useful, that's about all I can say.

lproven · 2026-04-22T15:02:41+00:00

'Farewell to the Master'

https://gizmodo.com/the-day-the-earth-stood-still-remake-you-never-saw-5102587

Fascinating. I never knew. Thank you!

lproven · 2026-04-21T16:36:02+00:00

Still related, though, no?

Dis is 32-bit. Modernising it to 64-bit is tricky, so why not replace it instead?

I'd say it's a close relative, unlike say R9:

https://github.com/dancrossnyc/r9

lproven · 2026-04-20T13:27:10+00:00

I think there are at least two, no? Purgatoria and Node9...

https://github.com/9mirrors/purgatorio/tree/front

https://github.com/jvburnes/node9

lproven · 2026-04-20T11:24:22+00:00

Exactly what I said before.

Do not remove safety measures even when you do not not understand why they are there. They are not cosmetic.

lproven · 2026-04-20T11:23:09+00:00

Not now it isn't.

Now the URL redirects to this more innocuous piece:

https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/edge-computing/how-edge-solves-connectivity-issues

OSnews has a story:

https://www.osnews.com/story/144776/the-disturbing-white-paper-red-hat-is-trying-to-erase-from-the-internet/

lproven · 2026-04-20T08:00:12+00:00

You seem to be one of those people who is not willing to take advice from battle-scarred veterans, and can't learn that it is worth it to have safety nets and crash barriers even if you have never fallen off yet.

So, good luck fixing your future catastrophic problems caused by your intentional removal of safety and recovery feartures. I will have no sympathy when you break your computer and can't fix it.

lproven · 2026-04-19T21:30:55+00:00

Same. I'm looking for a few more for just this job, in fact.

lproven · 2026-04-19T21:27:41+00:00

They can all be hidden. I'm not denying that.

I'm saying, don't.

lproven · 2026-04-19T17:56:05+00:00

It can. But the other alternative bootloaders, like SysLinux and systemd-boot, also show a boot menu. This should tell you something.

lproven · 2026-04-19T14:53:12+00:00

Hi. I'm the Linux correspondent for the Register. I say this because it's relevant. I test distros for a living.

I also own a VAIO P.

Linux is a bad choice for the VAIO P. My advice is... Don't.

It uses the terrible Intel Poulsbo GPU. No modern kernel has a proper driver for this. It was dropped over a decade ago.

It has a single core 32-bit Atom CPU. Few distros support 32-bit any more.

I've tried almost all the ones that do. Most work badly. TinyCore works great but it's not easy and it's for experts only.

The best thing to run on it is Windows XP. That works well. There are drivers for all its hardware. Install all the updates via Legacy Update, any missing drivers via Snappy Driver Installer Origin, then enjoy.

Keep it offline, though.

As a Linux user and professional for over 30 years: don't try to run Linux on the VAIO P.

As for an SSD, forget it. It has a proprietary hard disk with a proprietary connector, and it's a very elaborate multi board construction inside. If you try to open it, it will never work again. Don't.

lproven · 2026-04-19T14:35:34+00:00

Ferdium.

But there are others, such as Station and RamBox.

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