Re: [9fans] Is 9Fans dead or alive

[Chris McGee <sirnewton_01@yahoo.ca>]

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I could put it up as a troff file on a 9P share but then how will people find it and know when it's updated?

There's got to be some medium that is palatable to both hard core and new users.

Chris

> On Aug 30, 2016, at 8:51 PM, Skip Tavakkolian <skip.tavakkolian@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> some here still prefer hammer/chisel/stone to new-fangled quill/ink/parchment
> 
>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 3:22 PM Chris McGee <sirnewton_01@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>> Sure,
>> 
>> I'm looking for plan9 user/enthusiast appropriate medium. Any suggestions?
>> 
>> Chris
>> 
>> > On Aug 30, 2016, at 6:18 PM, Eduardo Alvarez <astrochelonian@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Are you keeping your progess public? It would be very educational to read.
>> >
>> >> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 7:10 PM, Chris McGee <sirnewton_01@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>> >> I am about a quarter of the way to a similar setup.
>> >>
>> >> My goal is to have a specialty for each of the Pi's (sensors, controller,
>> >> terminal, router) without preventing them from doing general tasks. I'm
>> >> hoping to eventually connect up some Pi zeros as leaf nodes for just
>> >> sensor/control and plumb through 9P via UART pins.
>> >>
>> >> Chris
>> >>
>> >> On Aug 30, 2016, at 3:36 PM, Skip Tavakkolian <skip.tavakkolian@gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> It is straightforward and easy:
>> >>
>> >> https://plus.google.com/+SkipTavakkolian/posts/Fb846KhBMM6
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 11:54 AM Eduardo Alvarez <astrochelonian@gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> I mostly lurk around here, as I'm greener than green when it comes to
>> >>> plan 9. At some point in time, a friend and I were discussing setting
>> >>> up a small-sized computing cluster for small scale distributed
>> >>> computations. I was keen on the idea of using inexpensive hardware (we
>> >>> even joked about using a truckloads of Raspberry Pis), and plan 9
>> >>> seemed like an excellent candidate for the infrastructure. The biggest
>> >>> challenge was porting software to Plan 9. Sadly, the idea never took
>> >>> off. It would be a fun experiment.
>> >>>
>> >>> Eduardo Alvarez
>> >>>
>> >>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 3:41 PM, Jules Merit
>> >>> <jules.merit.eurocorp.us@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>> Well let's hope someone does something. Mark-my-words is writing
>> >>>> beautiful
>> >>>> code that has already been done.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Push a little button, get .hot .chocolate.
>> >>>> -- Russ Cox Cable von Shane
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Aug 30, 2016 10:03 AM, "Skip Tavakkolian"
>> >>>> <skip.tavakkolian@gmail.com>
>> >>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I heard that too (I think the woot was for Go on Plan 9/ARM).  I'm
>> >>>>> sorry I
>> >>>>> missed that meetup.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I've been thinking about setting up a meetup for 9fans in Seattle area.
>> >>>>> There seems to be renewed interest (or perhaps it's my wishful
>> >>>>> thinking).
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 9:27 AM michaelian ennis
>> >>>>> <michaelian.ennis@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Skip Tavakkolian
>> >>>>>> <skip.tavakkolian@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> as a 9fan, I can say, not dead yet. In fact the population of 9fans
>> >>>>>>> in
>> >>>>>>> my neighborhood has doubled.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> And for the county it has at least tripled.  I heard at least one
>> >>>>>> other
>> >>>>>> woot for Plan9 at Brad Fitzpatrick's talk last week.  :)
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Ian
>> >

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