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   March 16th, The Hyperboreatkeshiator (hatkeshiatortnd@annihilation.social)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jun-2026 00:16:01 JST March 16th, The Hyperboreatkeshiator

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   • matthew - retroedge.tech
   • Olivier Duclos
   @odc @matthew my plan9 evangelism is largely lighthearted. i'm a beginner to programming in general and the plan 9 ecosystem in particular.
   >rio and acme too much of a pain
   a complaint i share! but my being unemployed means nothing is at stake, so i use it as my os anyway. and besides, given enough time and motivation, it shouldn't be too hard to replace rio -- unlike something like x or wayland.
   still, good work on rc23. i hope many use your software.
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     Olivier Duclos (odc@mstdn.io)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jun-2026 00:16:07 JST Olivier Duclos

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     • matthew - retroedge.tech

     @HatkeshiatorTND @matthew I have a 9front VM running to make experiments. But using it as my desktop? Nah. Rio and Acme are too much of a pain to use for me.

     If you were asking why use rc23 instead of plan9 rc, well rc23 has a bunch of features that make it much more usable on UNIX/Linux, including a proper readline integration, and automatic handling of $HOME and $PATH.

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     • matthew - retroedge.tech
     • Olivier Duclos
     @matthew @odc why not use the real thing? 9front.org
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     • Olivier Duclos
     A better shell for UNIX based on Plan 9 rc - developed by @odc
     
     https://codeberg.org/rc23/rc23
     
     #rc #C #plan9 #shell #programming