RE: [9fans] Newbie Questions

[<cej@gli.cas.cz>]

Chris,

 

> 1.)Is Plan 9 still under development?? like are the drivers still
being updated and everything??
	yep!!
>2.)Is there a fully featured web broswer for plan 9 like fire fox
	almost: try 'abaco' [ found on /n/sources ], links, mothra, i
	but none of them's 'fully-featured' --- theyre mainly html browsers, forget of java | javascript | VB ... and other crap. What the hell is then HTML if it must be patched with these  ??
you'd better to connect to another machine from plan 9 , and run a browser there  --- maybe ask google to do it ;-)))
> 3.)How do you port unix software to plan 9, is it possible??
	yep! i've ported 80+ programs, either using APE, or natively (mainly libs). No problem at all if the code is not outraged too much. Rwemember that i'm not a programmer, just a biologist. Learning curve was moderately steep in that time i converted. Nowadays it's much easier. just forget all you know from win/mac/lunix/...
> 4.)Are there any window mangers alternative to Rio, or (older)8-1/2 ??
	what's bad with rio?? well, i personally don't like menus, if U2, use acme instead || call acme from rio. it's great: ui & editor in one.
> 5.)Can you play media files like movies and all??
	convert to mpeg (or ogg) and search /n/sources for a player. i'm happy with mpeg.
> 6.)Why is X window not reccommeded on plan 9?
	too heavy, IMHO.

> Thanks
> Chris


Welcome aboard,
++pac.

PS.: don't hesutate to contactme directly, I'LL HELP IF I CAN.