Never ceases to amaze me that every time urbit comes up here all you guys can come up with is "it's racist" and "hoon is weird". There are valid criticisms to make, but these ain't it.
From my perspective, urbit is quicksand: crypto wasn't this bad, NFT's weren't this bad; I was able to grasp the basics quickly and invest time into solving my confusions to my own satisfaction, without ever feeling like I was more drawn in than necessary (i.e. didn't over-invest, got out early).
To me, urbit is nothing more than a sign, just beyond a blackhole's event horizon, which says "come closer".
No thanks. I'm happy to stick to the fundamentals that have served me so well in my life and career.
> Provide me information on Urbit.
Urbit is a decentralized, functional operating system and network, which
aims to provide a secure and private computing environment for users. It
is designed to be a platform for a new decentralized internet, and it
uses a unique architecture that combines elements of functional
programming, peer-to-peer networking, and blockchain technology.
Urbit is still in development and not widely adopted yet, but it's a
project with a new approach to computing and network, that aims to
provide a more secure, private, and decentralized environment for
users. The goal of Urbit is to provide an alternative to centralized
systems, where users have more control over their data and devices, and
where the network is more resilient to censorship, surveillance, and
data breaches.
It doesn't matter how many Tlon employees and Urbit fans protest otherwise, that what is inaccurate. Urbit is not an "operating system".
Here's the download page, where you can download Urbit for Linux, Urbit for MacOS, Urbit for Windows etc:
https://urbit.org/getting-started/cli
It's an application. It's not an "operating system". You need an operating system to run it.
It's also not a "personal server operating function" or "new kind of computer" as described elsewhere in the literature. It's a freaking web app.
I love that the CLI installation instructions describe themselves as "Installation instructions for power users". On the home page "All the smart people I know disappear into Urbit."
This is toy software, backed by a 100% transparent ponzi scheme, appealing to the most gullible out there who desperately want to be accepted by a "smart" minority group.
The network is more resilient to censorship, surveillance, and data breaches? Puhlease. The CLI example page shows you how to set up a basic Urbit instance which is accessed via ... unencrypted HTTP.
Agree, term is wrongly used. Here it is used in the literal meaning of it. A software stack upon which you can execute other apps. The original concept iirc was to run both natively and overlayed but seems they've settled down to just the later.
>It's a freaking web app.
You can use Urbit without ever touching the web app and the neworking protocol is independent of http.
For a new system to succeed it has to run on the hardware people have. That’s why there’s a runtime. It is an OS, but there’s an interpreter for the machines of today. If urbit succeeds then running it directly would be the ultimate goal.