Computers should not act like human beings
Mark Weiser has written a really interesting article about just how desirable new computing environments, like VR, "AI" agents, and so on, really are. On the top of "AI" agents, he writes:
Take intelligent agents. The idea, as near as I can tell, is that the ideal computer should be like a human being, only more obedient. Anything so insidiously ap
https://www.osnews.com/story/144033/computers-should-not-act-like-human-beings/
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APL9: an APL for Plan 9
This is the website for APL9, which is an APL implementation written in C on and for Plan 9 (9front specifically, but the other versions should work as well).
Work started in January 2022, when I wanted to do some APL programming on 9front, but no implementation existed. The focus has been on adding features and behaving (on most points) like Dyalog APL. Speed is poor, since many primiti
Moss: a Linux-compatible kernel written in Rust
Moss is a Unix-like, Linux-compatible kernel written in Rust and Aarch64 assembly.
It features a modern, asynchronous core, a modular architecture abstraction layer, and binary compatibility with Linux userspace applications (currently capable of running most BusyBox commands).
↫ Moss' GitHub page
I mean, hobby operating systems and kern
https://www.osnews.com/story/143918/moss-a-linux-compatible-kernel-written-in-rust/
LionsOS: an adaptable OS based on the seL4 microkernel
LionsOS is an operating system based on the seL4 microkernel with the goal of making the achievements of seL4 accessible. That is, to provide performance, security, and reliability.
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It is not a conventional operating system, but contains composable components for creating custom operating systems that are specific to
https://www.osnews.com/story/143878/lionsos-an-adaptable-os-based-on-the-sel4-microkernel/
VMS/XDE: an OpenVMS x86 development environment for Linux and Windows/WSL
VMS/XDE is an OpenVMS x86 development environment for Linux and WIndows (via WSL). It provides a familiar user experience for OpenVMS developers working in Linux and Windows yet offers 100% binary and file system compatilibilty with OpenVMS.
VMS/XDE includes OpenVMS V9.2-3 user, supervisor
Ironclad 0.7.0 and 0.8.0 released, adds RISC-V support
We've talked about Ironclad a few times, but there's been two new releases since the 0.6.0 release we covered last, so let's see what the project's been up to. As a refresher, Ironclad is a formally verified, hard real-time capable kernel written in SPARK and Ada. Versions 0.7.0 and 0.8.0 improved support for block device caching
https://www.osnews.com/story/143737/ironclad-0-7-0-and-0-8-0-released-adds-risc-v-support/
bluetui and restterm: two beautiful TUI applications
There's something incredibly enticing and retrofuturistic about a well-designed TUI, or text-based user interface. There's an endless list number of these, but two crossed my path these past few days, and I found them particularly appealing. First, we've got bluetui, an application for managing Bluetooth connections on Linux systems
https://www.osnews.com/story/143704/bluetui-and-restterm-two-beautiful-tui-applications/
9front Release released
The world's best operating system, 9front, has released a new release called Release. 9front is a maintained fork of Plan 9. The new release Release brings atomic(2) functions for arm, arm64, mips, 386 and amd64, improved stability when the kernel runs out of memory, memdraw and devdraw now support affine warp primitive, and more.
You can download Release from the usual mirrors.
https://www.osnews.com/story/143526/9front-release-released/
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