https://nein.ar/ Recent content in NEIN.AR: An improved reimplementation of the wheel on NEIN-AR Hugo en-us Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:44:39 -0300 https://nein.ar/posts/rio-supremacy/ Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://nein.ar/posts/rio-supremacy/ <p>In the Plan 9 operating system, <strong>rio</strong> isn’t just a window manager; it is a filesystem service. It represents the logical conclusion of “everything is a file.” Modern desktops like GNOME or KDE have become bloated monoliths that treat the user as a consumer of widgets rather than a manipulator of data.</p> <h3 class="section-header">The Threefold Path</h3> <ul class="list-disc list-inside space-y-1 text-xs"> <li><strong>Isolation:</strong> Each window is its own namespace.</li> <li><strong>Plumbing:</strong> Data moves between applications without complex APIs.</li> <li><strong>Textual Control:</strong> Everything can be driven by simple strings.</li> </ul> <p>Consider the simplicity of opening a window in a script compared to the nightmare of DBus or X11 protocols:</p>