On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 3:58 AM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>wrote:

> > A plan9 terminal can run programs, and can have a local storage file
> > system, with multiple users.
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> i think this is misleading.  while the fs running on the terminal can have
> multiple users, it is not true that you can have multiple users using
> the cpu resources of a terminal concurrently.
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> you can have all that and auth if you run a single machine with a cpu
> kernel with the downside that if you use the console you must be eve.
>
> since it's easy to get small, cheep, low-power machines, i run a
> traditional terminal with a seperate auth and fs.
>

You can even run 9vx as a totally reasonable terminal now... On a system
that needs not be dedicated to Plan 9, and still have your CPU/FS/AUTH
elsewhere.  (Thanks Russ!)

I'm a big fan of this approach, if people find it difficult to justify a
whole machine as a Plan 9 terminal.

I think Inferno is somewhat usable for this purpose even too right?  I've
just never managed to get it going (or admittedly spent much time trying).

Dave


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