From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: errno To: 9fans@9fans.net Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 09:06:28 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/2.6.38-ARCH; KDE/4.6.2; i686; ; ) References: <201105060008.05067.errno@cox.net> <44c5b39f47469ed34fefaf5f4f6f7c2e@brasstown.quanstro.net> In-Reply-To: <44c5b39f47469ed34fefaf5f4f6f7c2e@brasstown.quanstro.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201105060906.28711.errno@cox.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] Compiling 9atom kernel WAS: Re: spaces in filenames Topicbox-Message-UUID: def0c0f4-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Friday, May 06, 2011 05:59:25 AM erik quanstrom wrote: > > In other words, I think I can manage to eventually port small ad-hoc > > stuff; and then slowly "bake" it closer and closer to something that > > is more and more "9'ish". > > i hope that works for you. unfortunately, i think that process > will be a lot like making a pig into a supermodel by starting with > the lipstick. > I'm certain you're right. But it's a concrete and approachable starting place for me, that corresponds well to my _current_ level of experience and ability with plan 9. I expect that after a certain point, I would ditch it and start fresh with the new insights and wisdom gained from the initial attempt. You may disagree with such an approach, but based from what I know of my own self, it's the approach that is most likely to eventually produce some measure of something-more-than-nothing. > > > This is a research OS, not a Windows replacement. > > > There's a reason to use it. You want a great desktop experience that > > > is familiar, get an ipad. > > > the way i would read that is that since we value clean ideas and > orthogonal design more than polish, you get a clean and malleable > os, but you don't get this for free. it's not that easy to port stuff > to plan 9, and it's hard to get folks interested in certain boil-the- > oceans projects like building a full html 5 web browser. > Acknowledged, and understood.