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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 23:33:12 -0500
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Vanilla Plan 9 or one of the flavors?
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On Mon Dec 30 21:03:24 EST 2013, alexander3223098@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
> After a number of months of lurking on this list, I've finally gotten
> a computer set up to be a dedicated Plan 9 installation (as part of a
> grid, of course).
> At this point, I need to choose between vanilla Plan 9 or one of the
> flavors (9front or 9atom). I have read the "9front vs. 9atom" thread;
> prevailing wisdom seems to say to go with 9atom unless you need the
> hardware support of 9front - please correct me if this is wrong.
> That being said, the thread didn't talk about the vanilla Plan 9
> distribution from Bell Labs. The computer I'm installing it on is ~15
> years old, so I doubt it will have all that many hardware support
> issues. Basically, would you guys recommend I try the Bell Labs
> distribution of Plan 9, 9front, or 9atom as my first installation?
> I've also done a cursory search of the list archives without finding
> anything; if this has been covered before, please accept my apologies.

well let me know if i can answer any questions or fix anything.  funny how we all get
pigeon holed.  i thought i did 9atom to support more hardware.  :-)

- erik