From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: RE: [9fans] Newbie Questions Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 12:40:19 +0200 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1180652291.171864.183700@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> References: <1180652291.171864.183700@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> From: To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 76986ca4-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Chris, =20 > 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.=20