What have we lost? (Demo of exotic OSes – Genera, Interlisp, BTRON, IBM I)

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  • plan9port

    Plan 9 from User Space

  • For those that like playing with arcane commands and systems; check out "Plan 9 from User Space"[0]. A port of Plan9's default applications that runs on Linux or MacOSX.

    ACME[1], a text editor, is a great starting point.

    [0] https://9fans.github.io/plan9port/

    [1] http://acme.cat-v.org/

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  • fsv

    fsv is a file system visualizer in cyberspace. It lays out files and directories in three dimensions, geometrically representing the file system hierarchy to allow visual overview and analysis.

  • With the upgrades to WSL in Windows 11 you can run fsv[1] with minimal hassle and get the true UNIX experience[2].

    1: http://fsv.sourceforge.net/

  • taoup

    The Tao of Unix Programming (Ruby-powered ANSI colored fortunes)

  • Between Plan 9 and Erlang we missed a bus somewhere.

    Love it. Added to https://github.com/globalcitizen/taoup

    That's your second pithy wisdom tidbit. (The first was The idea that data is a corporate asset needs to die. Data is a corporate liability.)

  • symbolics-keyboard

    Symbolics Keyboard adapter code

  • fish-shell

    The user-friendly command line shell.

  • You might want to try an alternative shell for your CLI. E.g. `fish` (https://fishshell.com/) does that.

  • Shrine

    A TempleOS distro for heretics (by minexew)

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NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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