From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <9e913c890705171004o27118a11l92457c208807aae5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 17:04:42 +0000 From: "=?UTF-8?Q?Salva_Peir=C3=B3?=" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Wearables In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <13426df10705170914t5d020109y3b3bc1e80b811b6@mail.gmail.com> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6a91705e-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On 5/17/07, john@csplan9.rit.edu wrote: > Plan 9 fails for GUI-less use. If we go to a GUI system at some point, > I think it may be back in the running, but consider the current > requirements. We need something: > -That has a good CLI > -That can handle wireless > -That has a lot of CLI-oriented applications > > Linux has support for a *lot* of wireless cards. It's based on a system > that was designed for CLI use. It's got emacs, so I guess that answers > all questions about CLI-oriented applications. > Plan 9... working at the plain old command line, can you even interrupt > a program? The two main editors are GUI based (not gonna use 'ed'). As > seems apparent, it has far fewer supported wireless cards. It runs on > fewer machines. > Somebody, quick, send me a decent head mounted display, a Twiddler, > and a little machine that can run Plan 9 with supported wireless. I'll > set it all up, use it to access csplan9. Then I'll post pictures on the > wiki. Until then, I guess I'm still gonna end with Linux. > > John > > Although this it slighty diverts from wearable to pocket-able, I've used Inferno emu over Linux on a handheld [1] for 6 months now, and i've find it comfortable enought, to continue using it. (and recently it's got bt network support, even i've not used it yet) So i would consider this another alternative. [1] http://www.caerwyn.com/ipn/2006/12/inferno-emu-on-palm-tungsten-t3.html -- salva