From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20090930082306.GD5045@nipl.net> References: <20090930082306.GD5045@nipl.net> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:45:17 -0700 Message-ID: <3e1162e60909300745y4cd63102x8f861d34876fe4b4@mail.gmail.com> From: David Leimbach To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd7605454fe510474cc94df Subject: Re: [9fans] 9vx is really excellent, link it on the bell-labs pages? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 79d02a8a-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --000e0cd7605454fe510474cc94df Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I think it's officially a port of Plan 9's kernel to the vx32 stuff, so it's not precisely the same as running a Plan 9 box natively, or in another emulator, but it is indeed quite a feat, and "close enough" that most people won't notice. Personally, I'd love to be able to completely replace drawterm with 9vx, but for some reason I still have a little trouble with that setup (in fact I've not finished setting up my CPUFSAUTH server yet, so really I'm the reason for that). Another interesting project would be an Inferno based drawterm :-)... but I'd be lying if I said I had any time for that kind of fun. Dave On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 1:23 AM, Sam Watkins wrote: > I just installed 9vx under Linux on my eee pc, it's a delight to be able to > run > 2 or 3 instances of plan 9 with no bother under Linux! I can't really run > Plan > 9 as my main OS at the moment, but it seems there's not a big performance > hit > to run it in 9vx. > > I want to say "thanks!" to Russ for packaging this up (and to the plan 9 > devs > of course), and I want to suggest that there should be a link to 9vx on the > main plan 9 website. I suppose most of the people who are interested in > Plan 9 > would be Unix / Linux users like me, it's a very good way to try or use it > for > those people. > > Sam > > --000e0cd7605454fe510474cc94df Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I think it's officially a port of Plan 9's kernel to the vx32 stuff= , so it's not precisely the same as running a Plan 9 box natively, or i= n another emulator, but it is indeed quite a feat, and "close enough&q= uot; that most people won't notice.

Personally, I'd love to be able to completely replace dr= awterm with 9vx, but for some reason I still have a little trouble with tha= t setup (in fact I've not finished setting up my CPUFSAUTH server yet, = so really I'm the reason for that).

Another interesting project would be an Inferno based d= rawterm :-)... but I'd be lying if I said I had any time for that kind = of fun.

Dave

On = Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 1:23 AM, Sam Watkins <sam@nipl.net> wrote:
I just installed 9vx under Linux on my eee = pc, it's a delight to be able to run
2 or 3 instances of plan 9 with no bother under Linux! =A0I can't reall= y run Plan
9 as my main OS at the moment, but it seems there's not a big performan= ce hit
to run it in 9vx.

I want to say "thanks!" to Russ for packaging this up (and to the= plan 9 devs
of course), and I want to suggest that there should be a link to 9vx on the=
main plan 9 website. =A0I suppose most of the people who are interested in = Plan 9
would be Unix / Linux users like me, it's a very good way to try or use= it for
those people.

Sam


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