Plan 9 is good because it is a system designed with such principles in mind from the start. I don't see any meaning in Linux "adopting" some set of plan 9 commands...vanity..
On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 8:36 PM, dexen deVries <dexen.devr...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Saturday 02 July 2011 20:23:02 Eli Cohen wrote: > > I have used gentoo extensively and plan9 for a few years now as well, and > > this concept of "namespaces" for processes is a confusing but interesting > > concept. > > linux'c `clone()' syscall (the underpinnings of fork()) actually do accept > CLONE_NEWNS, CLONE_NEWNET, CLONE_VM and other flags, pretty close to p9's. > there's also chroot() that moves an inch into the right direction. > > however, due to security reasons (the SUID bit comes to mind, but must be > other ones too), all that -- and mount() and mount(MS_BIND, ...) -- are > restricted to superuser only; what a shame > > > maybe it is be possible to create a SUID-less Linux distro, based on > factotum > perhaps, that'd allow everybody access to those syscalls and options. > > > > > One major difference is X11. In plan9, the system handles the graphics > > more directly. > > afaik, x11 is considered an afterthought, bolted onto POSIX systems, and > thus > not integrated all that well. you can take a `screenshot' of textual > console > with the `cat' command, FWIW. > > > > -- > dexen deVries > > > (...) I never use more than 800Mb of RAM. I am running Linux, > > a browser and a terminal. > rjbond3rd in http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2692529 > >
