plan 9 and linux

[Dirk Vleugels vleugels@do.isst.fhg.de]

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Hello,

On Apr 5,  6:15am, forsyth@plan9.cs.york.ac.uk wrote:
> Subject: plan 9 and linux
> >>How is it compared to Linux?
>
> outside the kernel, linux -- reasonably enough for
> a unix/posix clone -- simply uses all the freely available software
> for Unix-like systems that anyone can be bothered to port.  a lot
> of that is Big and Complicated.  by contrast,  although many of the
> older Unix commands are in Plan 9 at least in name,
> Plan 9's commands are freshly written.  (the few things left from the a=
ncien
> r=C3=A9gime -- notably `troff' -- have at least had a facelift.)
> a lot of crufty crud has been left behind.
>
> if you want a fairly conventional X11/Unix environment on your PC, Linu=
x
> is a reasonable choice.  Plan 9 has different aims.
>
>-- End of excerpt from forsyth@plan9.cs.york.ac.uk
[good statements deleted]
Yes, but how about connectivity of plan9. May i able to run it from home
with a slip/cslip/ppp dialup connection. uucp news/mailfeed? News / Mail
reader available?  What's the price for a private person?
Is there a gcc? I'm using a oberon2 -> gnu c compiler, and would miss it
a lot.

Cheers,

Dirk

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