Re: [9fans] Plan9 as an everyday OS

[Ethan Grammatikidis <eekee57@fastmail.fm>]

On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:52:38 -0700
John Floren <slawmaster@gmail.com> wrote:

> At least once a month it happens. We can't escape. We're forever
> doomed to get a "Can I use Plan 9 as my desktop OS for web browsing
> and watching movies and stuff?" thread every couple weeks, because
> people are only willing to spend juuuust enough effort to find the
> Plan 9 web page and subscribe to 9fans.

I wish you people would shut up and point them at linuxemu or virtualisation ideas. :p You have to make the transition somehow.

> 
> 
> John
> 
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 9:30 AM, André Günther<Andre.G@gmx.de> wrote:
> > there's a thing called mailing list archives.
> > and you know..heh..there's this funny thing..dunno, it's called google or
> > something.
> > what you do is: type some words and then hit return...and wooha it searches
> > like the whole web. it's magic.
> >
> > On Jul 10, 2009, at 6:05 PM, Lorenzo Bolla wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >> I've just installed (with few difficulties, I must admit) a fresh Plan9 on
> >> my Dell Inspiron laptop.
> >> I played with it and I'd really like to study it and get used to it.
> >> Ideally, I would like to make it my "everyday OS", to do all the nice
> >> stuff you can do with a computer (a part from work and study), like browsing
> >> the web, watching movies and so on...
> >> Is anyone using it for such things?
> >> Is there, for example, a decent browser for Plan9 (I haven't found any)?
> >> Or a music/movie player?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >> Lorenzo.
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
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