>As another historical note, for a number of years (2006 to 2009 iirc) Plan 9 >reached the peak of 3 regular users in Brazil. Others came and went, but those >3 are responsible for at least abaco, the initial python port, and the initial >work into what is now the 9front bootloader.
Also another note: from what I know fgb ( as you mention Abaco and he is the creator) Is argentinian, and Argentina isn't Brazillian territory, yet. I know "responsible" can have a different connotation/implication than creator, so i'd love to hear some clarification if there's a backstory though. I have no idea about the current 9front bootloader, and would love to hear notes about who did it, thanks to bringing it to light. Lucas Em sáb., 29 de ago. de 2020 às 16:55, Iruatã Souza <iru.mu...@gmail.com> escreveu: > > Le sam. 29 août 2020 à 19:26, Leonardo <leonardohcoe...@gmail.com> a écrit : >> >> Cool! >> >> I want to make a Plan 9 distro aimed at brazilians: I'm at the beginning of >> this journey. My plan is to translate all the documentation (articles and >> man pages), try to make the system more user friendly (not for hackers but >> for common people) and also work in ordinary software like a modern browser, >> a word processor, spreadsheet software, a kind of powerpoint etc. >> > > As another historical note, for a number of years (2006 to 2009 iirc) Plan 9 > reached the peak of 3 regular users in Brazil. Others came and went, but > those 3 are responsible for at least abaco, the initial python port, and the > initial work into what is now the 9front bootloader. > > So, Leonardo, welcome aboard :) > > Besides translation, what are the Brazilian-specific needs you are trying to > address? > I highly recommend you search the list for other projects similar to yours. > > Anyway, I wish you the best of luck in the journey! > > iru > >> >> I am studying Plan 9 and I am totally in love with it: read files, write to >> files and again: read files, write to files. And what else do you need to >> do? Little or nothing: things are really simple. The NSA invented SELinux >> (mandatory access control) because it saw that, from a security point of >> view, the idea of discretionary access control did not provide much. Okay, >> it's an idea and it works. But Plan 9, before, had introduced the idea of >> namespace which is, by the way, a much simpler and smarter idea: each >> process can have its own restricted view of the universe of files. I really >> don't understand why Plan 9 has not been adopted. Legacy base? > > 9fans / 9fans / see discussions + participants + delivery options Permalink ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T46e6d1465ae13031-M74c87e08e3038792f2004ac9 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
