From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan9 User
From: anothy@cosym.net
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Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 16:40:43 -0500
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1) one machine can serve the functions of file server, cpu
server, and terminal. it's not the recomended setup, but it
can be done, and can work accpetably well for stand alone
or small installations.

2) depends what you mean by "User type applications". there
is, for example, no spreadsheet program, WYSIWIG word
processor, or tetris. many things written to POSIX (with
several common extentions) can be simply compiled on
Plan 9 (excepting for stupid ./configure screwups) using APE.

also, Inferno provides a set of things that you might be
looking for, such as a web browser (and a few games, like
tetris). Inferno can run on top of Plan 9. Inferno's a bit more
geared towards "commercial" apps, so you're somewhate
more likely to get the things i think you mean by "User type"
apps there. note, however, that you've got no hope of just
compiling samba - or any other user-land C code - there.

in general, though, Plan 9 is not Unix, and most things used
within it are either written from scratch for it or re-written.
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