From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: William Josephson To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan9 User Message-ID: <20011218163539.A7450@honk.eecs.harvard.edu> References: <004d01c1880a$a1a1a3a0$1701a8c0@davevaio> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <004d01c1880a$a1a1a3a0$1701a8c0@davevaio>; from dsimmons@powersmiths.com on Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 04:26:17PM -0500 Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 16:35:39 -0500 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 39467c22-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 04:26:17PM -0500, David Simmons wrote: > 1). Can one machine (possibly a laptop) be all of the sub-componets of a > Plan9 layout (ie. the CPU Server and File Server and User Terminal)? Want > to do some testing while on the road and need to put all on one machine - > Ok, I know that breaks the premise that Plan9 is a networked OS - just need > for concept testing. Yes; this is what kfs is for. > 2). Where can I find User type applications? As one would expect, the > majority of the apps available are geared toward software development and/or > lab settings. Is there a base OS that programs can be easily ported from - > the docs say it's easy - but on a User level, can I download the source for > say, Samba, and have it work? I've seen the various software collections, > but need to find things even as simple as a Tetris clone...I'm sure SOMEONE > has gone down this path and not hand-coded everything? Not really. Plan 9 != Unix, although some pieces can be ported easily enough using ape. Samba in particular has no hope of working. I did do a SMB/CIFS client this summer using the new lib9p, but I don't think it is regularly used or distributed yet. There are still some odds and ends left to be done (printing, mounting IPC$ instead of a specific share, encrypting the link (MD5 challenge/response works), and multithreading). -WJ