Related Projects: * Pipeworld - Dataflow ZUI Desktop * Cat9 - Fully asynchronous non-terminal emulator Command Line Shell * Durden - 'Be all' Desktop Environment * Safespaces - 3D / VR Desktop
Funding & Support: * Business / Contracting / Donation Enquiries > contact [at] arcan-fe.com * Ongoing: NLNet grant on a portable A12 viewer: A12-Tools " Ongoing: NLNet grant on peer-to-peer storage, search and computing: A12-Directory * Concluding: NLNet grant on establishing network transparency protocol and discovery: Arcan-A12
Dissemination:
- Technical Overview Presentation (2015-2016) (youtube video)
- 2018 update to the presentation
- Design Slides
- Scripting Slides
- Ph.D Thesis (2013)
- Philosophy (12 principles for a diverging desktop future)
- Interview with Bjorn Stahl
Articles (Engine Properties / Uses):
- One Night in Rio: Vacation Photos from Plan9
- AWK for Multimedia
- Crash Resilient Wayland Compositing
- Arcan versus Xorg - Approaching Feature Parity
- Arcan versus Xorg - Feature Parity and Beyond
- Leveraging the 'Display Server' to improve debugging
- Arcan as OS Design
- The Quest for a Secure and Accessible Desktop
- Accessible Arcan: Out of Sight
Articles (Network Transparency):
Articles (Developing a replacement for Terminals):
- Chasing the Dream of a Terminal Free CLI
- The Dawn of a new CLI
- The Day of a new CLI
- Whipping up a new Shell: Lash#Cat9
Articles (APIs / development):
- Writing a KMScon/Console like WM using Arcan
- Writing a low-level Arcan client
- Another low level Arcan client: A tray icon handler
- Interfacing with a Stream Deck Device
Engine Components:
Ongoing Subprojects: