ref: 64335a8573bd09fd01220bd1386d1754f4c14ed3
parent: 85ae27b6104f116a1e3229ff7015eae56698d883
author: sirjofri <[email protected]>
date: Tue Jan 25 04:08:42 EST 2022
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# A Modern Operating System
+Many people have misconceptions about what a modern OS is, or even what “modern” means.
+This section will explain why Windows and Linux cannot be described as an entirely modern OS and why Plan 9 is more modern in some aspects.
+
## What is a Modern Operating System?
## Plan 9 is a Modern Operating System
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## Barriers of Entry
+Hardware, knowledge, UNIX.
+There are many barriers of entry to Plan 9 World.
+This section is about these, and also how to overcome the issues.
+
+Get a Thinkpad.
+
## Users, Developers and Gurus
+Three stages of Plan 9 People.
+
+Users, who can use the system and also do some scripting and setup stuff.
+
+Developers who program new applications and adjust existing ones.
+
+Gurus who can fiddle with kernel source code, know the whole system.
+These are the people I ask for help.
+
## Getting Help
+
+Common resources like wiki, books, ….
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# UNIX Heritage
+In general, what does it mean that Plan 9 is a successor of UNIX?
+There are many traces left, this section is about that.
+
# The Role of the Operating System
+What role should an OS play in a computing environment?
+Is it a driver or an application?
+
# Resource Abstraction
+Various resources can be abstracted in different ways.
+However, Plan 9 uses mostly the same abstraction ‥protocol‥ for doing that: Filesystems.
+
## Data Abstraction
## Service and Software Abstraction
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# Your Friend Namespaces
+
+Namespaces are your personal view on resources.
+This section tries to explain the general concept of names, naming and namespaces, as well as general conventions.
## What are Names?