Mux
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mux was a windowing system
developed by Rob Pike at Bell Labs
for the Ninth Edition Research Unix
. mux is a predecessor of the Plan 9
windowing systems 8½ and rio
, which retain its minimalist user interface
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Windowing system
A windowing system is a component of a graphical user interface , and more specifically of a desktop environment, which supports the implementation of window managers, and provides basic support for graphics hardware, pointing devices such as mice, and keyboards...
developed by Rob Pike at Bell Labs
Bell Labs
Bell Laboratories is the research and development subsidiary of the French-owned Alcatel-Lucent and previously of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company , half-owned through its Western Electric manufacturing subsidiary.Bell Laboratories operates its...
for the Ninth Edition Research Unix
Version 9 Unix
Ninth Edition Unix, also known as Version 9 Unix or V9, was a version of the Research Unix operating system developed and used internally at the Bell Labs Information Sciences Research Division, "released" in September 1986. V9 was the successor to V8, and the predecessor to the last Research Unix...
. mux is a predecessor of the Plan 9
Plan 9 from Bell Labs
Plan 9 from Bell Labs is a distributed operating system. It was developed primarily for research purposes as the successor to Unix by the Computing Sciences Research Center at Bell Labs between the mid-1980s and 2002...
windowing systems 8½ and rio
Rio (program)
rio is Plan 9 from Bell Labs's windowing system. It is most notably known for making its window management transparent to the application. This allows running rio inside of another window manager.-Design concepts:...
, which retain its minimalist user interface
Graphical user interface
In computing, a graphical user interface is a type of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices with images rather than text commands. GUIs can be used in computers, hand-held devices such as MP3 players, portable media players or gaming devices, household appliances and...
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