From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <2781f020907101027t66f89a46v64d1cd08982e79d0@mail.gmail.com> References: <80c99e790907100905x223b40ddjd8c9f784264b4922@mail.gmail.com> <1AFD45A2-8365-4475-9E0F-E7ABE4596AE4@gmx.de> <7d3530220907100952r4565108x4a9db6cc6635cec8@mail.gmail.com> <2781f020907101027t66f89a46v64d1cd08982e79d0@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:44:44 +0200 Message-ID: <56a297000907101344g3d84df67y124498890c0fba38@mail.gmail.com> From: Noah Evans To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan9 as an everyday OS Topicbox-Message-UUID: 1b47b456-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Heh.. go ahead. On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Joseph Stewart w= rote: > Thanks for saying what I didn't have the words to say. May I quote you > forever? > -joe > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Noah Evans wrote: >> >> There's nothing wrong with being new. =A0 There's nothing wrong with bei= ng >> polite either. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jul 10, 2009, at 6:52 PM, John Floren wrote: >> >>> At least once a month it happens. We can't escape. We're forever >>> doomed to get a "Can I use Plan 9 as my desktop OS for web browsing >>> and watching movies and stuff?" thread every couple weeks, because >>> people are only willing to spend juuuust enough effort to find the >>> Plan 9 web page and subscribe to 9fans. >>> >>> >>> John >>> >>> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Andr=E9 G=FCnther wrot= e: >>>> >>>> there's a thing called mailing list archives. >>>> and you know..heh..there's this funny thing..dunno, it's called google >>>> or >>>> something. >>>> what you do is: type some words and then hit return...and wooha it >>>> searches >>>> like the whole web. it's magic. >>>> >>>> On Jul 10, 2009, at 6:05 PM, Lorenzo Bolla wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> I've just installed (with few difficulties, I must admit) a fresh Pla= n9 >>>>> on >>>>> my Dell Inspiron laptop. >>>>> I played with it and I'd really like to study it and get used to it. >>>>> Ideally, I would like to make it my "everyday OS", to do all the nice >>>>> stuff you can do with a computer (a part from work and study), like >>>>> browsing >>>>> the web, watching movies and so on... >>>>> Is anyone using it for such things? >>>>> Is there, for example, a decent browser for Plan9 (I haven't found >>>>> any)? >>>>> Or a music/movie player? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks in advance, >>>>> Lorenzo. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> "I've tried programming Ruby on Rails, following TechCrunch in my RSS >>> reader, and drinking absinthe. It doesn't work. I'm going back to C, >>> Hunter S. Thompson, and cheap whiskey." -- Ted Dziuba >>> >> > >