Re: [9fans] why not Lvx for Plan 9?

[a@9srv.net]

i believe i am, but perhaps your experience is different from
mine. certainly there's less stuff to worry about patches for
if you've got less stuff on the box. again, the idea is not to
take ubuntu (or whatever) and stick a VM on top, but rather to
strip the linux down to just what's needed to run the VM, like
THNX. far fewer security updates, although i suppose one could
argue it'll be more manual, ad hoc, and time consuming per
update. i've not done enough of that to really say.

i'm certainly not trying to convince you to run linux. if you
don't have a pre-existing compelling reason to run it, don't.
all i (and i believe eric) am saying is that if you *do* have
such a reason, a tailored VM environment can reduce the burden
quite a lot.

anthony