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Subject: Re: [9fans] Nemo book
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On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:41:29 -0400
L N <leonardnemoi@gmail.com> wrote:

> The goal should be a Plan 9 "distro" that runs natively on AMD-64, and can
> open a web-browser.

That "goal" is a target moving at approximately the speed of light. Specifically, the "open a web browser" part of it is.

A virtualizer running on Plan 9 would waste far less time than implementing enough Linux syscalls to run a Linux distro new enough to run any browser newer than Opera 9.