From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <56a297000907101344g3d84df67y124498890c0fba38@mail.gmail.com> References: <80c99e790907100905x223b40ddjd8c9f784264b4922@mail.gmail.com> <1AFD45A2-8365-4475-9E0F-E7ABE4596AE4@gmx.de> <7d3530220907100952r4565108x4a9db6cc6635cec8@mail.gmail.com> <2781f020907101027t66f89a46v64d1cd08982e79d0@mail.gmail.com> <56a297000907101344g3d84df67y124498890c0fba38@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:56:10 -0700 Message-ID: <68eb39920907101356m57bd4f84yc64fefbc2413a5b4@mail.gmail.com> From: Don Bailey To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd47b26bb73b2046e6033dd Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan9 as an everyday OS Topicbox-Message-UUID: 1b4c309e-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --000e0cd47b26bb73b2046e6033dd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "And the King shall answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Inasmuch as you have done it to one of the least of these my brothers, you have done it to me." On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Noah Evans wrote: > Heh.. go ahead. > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Joseph Stewart > wrote: > > 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. 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 wr= ote: > >>>> > >>>> there's a thing called mailing list archives. > >>>> and you know..heh..there's this funny thing..dunno, it's called goog= le > >>>> 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 > Plan9 > >>>>> 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 ni= ce > >>>>> 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 > >>> > >> > > > > > > --000e0cd47b26bb73b2046e6033dd Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "And the King shall answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Inasmu= ch as you have done it to one of the least of these my brothers, you have d= one it to me."

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Noah Evans <noah.evans@gmail.= com> wrote:
Heh.. go ahead.

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Joseph Stewart<joseph.stewart@gmail.com> = wrote:
> Thanks for saying what I didn't have the words to say. M= ay I quote you
> forever?
> -joe
>
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:07 PM,= Noah Evans <noah.evans@gmail.co= m> wrote:
>>
>> There's nothing wrong with bei= ng new. =A0 There's nothing wrong with being
>> polite either.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>= >
>> On Jul 10, 2009, at 6:52 PM, John Floren <slawmaster@gmail.com> wrote:
>><= br> >>> 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 des= ktop OS for web browsing
>>> and watching movies and stuff?&quo= t; 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 F= ri, Jul 10, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Andr=E9 G=FCnther<Andre.G@gmx.de> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> there's a thing called mailing lis= t archives.
>>>> and you know..heh..there's this funny t= hing..dunno, it's called google
>>>> or
>>>&= gt; something.
>>>> what you do is: type some words and then hit return...and = wooha it
>>>> searches
>>>> like the whole we= b. it's magic.
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 10, 2009,= at 6:05 PM, Lorenzo Bolla wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>> I&= #39;ve just installed (with few difficulties, I must admit) a fresh Plan9>>>>> on
>>>>> my Dell Inspiron laptop.<= br> >>>>> I played with it and I'd really like to study it a= nd get used to it.
>>>>> Ideally, I would like to make it= my "everyday OS", to do all the nice
>>>>> stu= ff you can do with a computer (a part from work and study), like
>>>>> browsing
>>>>> the web, watching mov= ies 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>&g= t;>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>= > "I've tried programming Ruby on Rails, following TechCrunch i= n my RSS
>>> reader, and drinking absinthe. It doesn't work= . I'm going back to C,
>>> Hunter S. Thompson, and cheap whiskey." -- Ted Dziuba
= >>>
>>
>
>


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