From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <1538640119.2453563.1530300032.24CFB357@webmail.messagingengine.com> From: Ethan Gardener To: 9fans@9fans.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" In-Reply-To: <20181004034447.mzssqgh2i6c65mam@v520.kathe.in> Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 09:01:59 +0100 References: <20181002113028.kucfal5ffcjjk7ky@v520.kathe.in> <20181004034447.mzssqgh2i6c65mam@v520.kathe.in> Subject: Re: [9fans] plan9port : complete system : kernel : freebsd || linux ? Topicbox-Message-UUID: e6d895a0-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Thu, Oct 4, 2018, at 4:44 AM, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: > On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 11:23:45PM +0200, Aram H=C4=83v=C4=83rneanu wrote: > > > i had been trying to work with a collaborator to develop a complete, > > > installable system for plan9port. > >=20 > > Plan9port is already installable. >=20 > aram, by a complete, installable system for plan9port, i meant a > distribution running the linux kernel, bionic, plan9port, minimal xorg. > that distribution would be bootable off a usb disk and can be installed > to your harddisk like any generic gnu/linux distribution. > it is meant for use by those who want a pure plan9port based system and > nothing more, initially. later, as demand mandates, i'll add in > software. Instance 9000 of shortsightedness in a Plan 9 newbie. There's nothing stri= ctly wrong with it, but the attitude here of "this is good and i am doing i= t and i am not listening to any reason or question" is unpleasant. The big= question is "Why?" It will be less pleasant than running Plan 9 itself, a= s the user will have to deal with Linux-spawned ideas of how things should = be when configuring hardware or network filesystems. After 20 years of Lin= ux use, these are the parts I *least* want to touch! It will also be somew= hat harder to program, having to deal with standard C libraries and *probab= ly* gcc or clang. Don't just assume you can compile your libc of choice wi= th your compiler of choice until you've tried it. > think before you write your emails, you might end up sounding stupid > otherwise. LOL! I needed that laugh, thanks! Seriously, you failed to make any disti= nction between what you want to make and what plan9port already is, you ref= use to think about what you're doing, and then you deliver this insult! Pl= ease at least try to learn how to communicate basic facts about computer sy= stems before you write documentation for your operating system. :) Hm... I don't even want to ask if anyone has any current opinions on bionic= vs. musl, any more. Both of them are for Linux, and Linux makes me shudde= r. --=20 Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long -- Ogd= en Nash