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New release of Plan9 successor 9FRONT now available (9front.org)
submitted 2 days ago by sundray@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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From the Release page:

  • memdraw and devdraw now support affine warp primitive with demonstration programs provided in form of games/rotzoomer and see also image(1).

  • new atomic(2) functions provided for arm, arm64, mips, 386 and amd64.

  • big stabilization improvements for kernel when it runs out of memory as well as complete overhaul of the mount and image cache.

  • irtio10 i/o bar support for openbsd vmd.

  • libc got rune normalization updated to unicode v17.

  • libsec now has blake2 implementation.

  • git got a new rebase utility.

  • troff got ported to native plan9 from ape.

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[–] dbtng@eviltoast.org 2 points 1 day ago

I recommend reading their "Frequently Questioned Answers" document, aka Dash1.
https://fqa.9front.org/dash1.release.pdf

I've read a lot of tech docs through the years. Hands down, this is my favorite.

I do not recommend installing their OS, unless you have time to kill and curiosity.
9front is completely useless. It's a programmer's toy; a sandbox to develop some OS build ideas.

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I can't wait to figure out what to do on this release!

[–] dbtng@eviltoast.org 2 points 1 day ago

I install 9front releases, screw with a couple windows, and give up again. It's a cycle.

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 3 points 1 day ago

LOL - my opinion exactly

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thank you for posting release release posts

[–] yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Hey, this isn't the Funhole!

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That name puts me in mind of things like "Stormfront" and "National Front", if not also things like 4chan / 8kun.

..but that might be the point?? If so, I can't tell if it's a joke or serious. Disturbing.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They are emphatically anti-nazi/anti-fash. If you check out their homepage, the footer has links to "Nazi Punks: Fuck Off" and Black Lives Matter. The favicon for the site is a LGBTQ+ pride flag.

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 5 points 1 day ago

Well that's good to know at least. Still not sure I would have opted for that name, but then, these are clearly the games of sharper minds than mine.

[–] dbtng@eviltoast.org 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The devs are some really strange folks. They would enjoy your discomfiture.

But as OP said, they are really, emphatically, antifa-level before antifa was cool, no-nazi.