From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753) In-Reply-To: <51656e510801111457r75050354gc48c8bfa80e9fe3@mail.gmail.com> References: <51656e510801111457r75050354gc48c8bfa80e9fe3@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Pietro Gagliardi Subject: Re: [9fans] Help! Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:09:45 -0500 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 2c0f9a26-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 There isn't a book on Plan 9 as there are many of UNIX (I plan to write one), but here are some places to start; you should at least do the first one first. - Run the Live CD and run the live part. You will see a guide to using Plan 9's rio windowing system and acme text editor; read those in order. - The Wiki, at http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/, is a wonderful place to start. You will need to set up a new user once you install; see http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Adding_a_new_user/ index.html for details. Just log on to user adm. - Get a book on troff, which lets you write documents. http:// www.troff.org/ has some details on books, as well as a link to a free one co-written by the founder of the O'Reilly publishing company; available at http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/utp/ - Read the Wiki page on Unix to Plan 9 command translation: http:// plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Unix_to_Plan_9_command_translation/ index.html It also has some details on converting shell semantics and files - .profile is now lib/profile - Type the command line page /sys/doc/rc.ps hit Enter, and read the guide to rc, the replacement for /bin/sh - Anything that John says (he beat me to it) On Jan 11, 2008, at 5:57 PM, clinton wrote: > I've installed plan9 a few times and found it to be a complete > mind-bender; it was more of a leap for me than deserting win95 for > slackware. I know I should Read The Fine Manuals ... but which are the > best ones to read first, and where do I find them? I've been an unix > enthusiast for some time (but perhaps not as long as some of you) and > I've been completely FAT-free for more than ten years now, so I'm not > scared of a steep learning curve. I've read the theoretical documents > about plan9; are there some sort of practical ones for newcomers?