From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <6f7c60cddd2a6ab78e3f379113dfb502@quintile.net> <0866FABE-D005-45F1-AB2F-98F393AE1984@rejaa.com> Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:19:59 -0400 Message-ID: <7d3530221003241319o1c3ec88as8a66db156a335491@mail.gmail.com> From: John Floren To: ebo@sandien.com, Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] native install Topicbox-Message-UUID: f02351bc-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 4:11 PM, EBo wrote: > >> from 1 to 3. . .vmware or qemu (all of them).. . .i'm thinking >> in buying a modern PC in which i can run it natively...suggestions? > > While I have not bought one yet (money's a little tight at the moment), t= ake a > look at http://open-pc.com/. =C2=A0At least since everything is open, eve= n if the > device drivers are not available there is still a chance #!@#!$! BROADCOM $#@*!@(*&$> > I think for 360 Euro, I could build a better, Plan 9-compatible machine and *not* donate money to the KDE project while I'm at it. Should there be something on the wiki/elsewhere where people can post the specs of computers they are using and what hardware works/doesn't work? The supported hardware list tends to be a bit vague; I'd like something where I could look at a list of components for an entire Plan 9 compatible machine, or see if anybody else is still using component X. John