Plan_9.mdwn (1004B)
1 **Plan 9** is a fully-featured, clean, compact and uniform [[operating system]] built as a successor to [[Unix]]. 2 3 Plan 9 is not a product, it is an experimental investigation into a different way of computing. The developers started from several basic assumptions: that CPUs are very cheap but that we don't really know how to combine them effectively; that *good* networking is very important; that an intelligent user interface is a Right Decision; that existing systems are not the correct way to do things, and in particular that today's workstations are not the way to go. 4 5 ## Relevance to permacomputing 6 7 The Plan 9 system is likely one of the fastest and most complete [[operating system|operating systems]] for the [[Raspberry Pi]] devices. In comparison with the various compatible Linux and BSD distribution, it comes already bundled with all the [[software]] and [[documentation]] required to understand and expand its inner workings. 8 9 "An argument for simplicity and clarity." 10 11 — Rob Pike