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Subject: Re: [9fans] Native vs Emulated
From: Gorka Guardiola <paurea@lsub.org>
Date: Mon,  7 Mar 2005 11:10:21 +0100
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>> then, it's handy. You can do a p9 network, you can run linux with BSD and
>> Plan 9 guests, and so on. Reduce linux to playing the role of device
>> driver layer.
>
> for me, the novelty of this wore off real fast.
> a simulation of three computers running three
> different operating systems is no easier to
> use than three actual computers running three
> different operating systems (though it is admittedly
> easier to carry around).  i found that the os-os
> boundaries were really frustrating to keep hopping
> across, with distinct file systems, desktops, snarf
> buffers, etc. attached to each one instead of a
> unified whole.


Well for debugging kernels it is really good...


						G.