Re: [9fans] Plan9 - Should I try it?

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

 From my (mostly vicarious) experience, Plan 9 is not a trivial setup.

However, I don't think it's going to be better developed anytime soon.

Of course, I'm pretty far from the pulse of what's going on with plan 9.

I'd say that it makes a fine project for fun.

-Phil/CERisE

On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 08:36:50AM +0000, Andrei Maxim wrote:
> Hello group,
>
> I've read a while a go the `Maximum Security' book as I was looking
> for more info about computers and some decent read during a long
> Amsterdam-Toronto flight. For the first time ever, I found some
> reference related to the Plan9 OS. As I grabbed the first computer
> with Internet access, I looked over Plan9's docs and I became more and
> more intrigued.
>
> In a couple of months I will be upgrading my Internet connection and I
> will have a stable 128 kbps transfer rate. My question is: should I
> give it a try right now or wait till it's better developed?
>
> I want to install it over an old computer, a 366 MHz Celeron with 64
> MB RAM. The hard-disk is a Seagate Barracuda III with 30 GB. The modem
> is a 33.6 Kbps Rockwell model. On the main-board I have an integrated
> Yamaha OPL3 sound-card. The video card is an Intel i740 one.
>
> Thanks for your patience!
>
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