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does anyone see a favorable way to set up= a plan 9 grid, either on campus or an alternative? the biggest hurdle is d= efinitely getting the grid on the university network where it can be connec= ted to locally, or getting it out of the network and online. also i know th= e sdf plan 9 bootcamp just ended, and i’m aware of 9gridchan, but i d= on’t know if they’re really going to be useful for my demands. = those two communities seem more oriented towards being an introduction to p= lan 9 and less towards using it or ‘switching’ to it. plus i do= n’t want to dump files onto someone else’s drives.
<= div>anyways, thank you for your time reading this, if you need me to check = x by doing y as the means of finding a solution, i’m happy to do so.&= nbsp;
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