Re: [9fans] So What is P9 good for.....

[Phil White <root@littlegreenmen.armory.com>]

Kinda funny.  We had a similar question on the 9fans list.

The draw of it is that it's probably the most complete take on a
distributed operating system built from the ground up with completely
new concepts.  As someone on 9fans put it, it's an entry not into the
market, but into the market of ideas.  The applications that exist for
it are those which fans port for it.  Several things have been ported
from *nix over to plan9.

It's not necessarily something that you use instead of Linux or FreeBSD;
it's something you use alongside Linux or FreeBSD.

If youre having problems installing it, there's two main options.  One
is to use VMWare (Russ Cox uses VMWare to run plan 9).  The other is
to get an account from Hangar 18 or my system (the Armory plan9 network)
when we open it up (Probably in a few weeks).

-Phil/CERisE

On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 09:37:58AM +0000, Jeffrey Haun wrote:
> I ask this in all seriousness...After visiting the main page at bell
> labs, and reading from the links there, I'm sorta missing the point of
> Plan 9. The interface is nice. But applications are sparce. What is
> the draw of thie OS. I tried to install it. But the hardware I have is
> not supported. So why go to the trouble. Why does the bunny not die???
>  Why do YOU use Plan 9 and not Linux/FreeBSD?