From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <7715F725-C18F-42C0-9169-A507F12BDD27@airmail.cc> <0D1DE354-BD92-4969-9AC7-F6ABA745EA95@yingmi.cn> From: Jerome Ibanes Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 08:26:07 -0700 Message-ID: To: 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] What are you using Plan 9 for? Topicbox-Message-UUID: d7f201b6-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 I've been using it with Klong ( http://t3x.org/klong/index.html ) lately which supports plan9 natively. On Sat, Jun 16, 2018 at 6:39 AM, Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen wrote: > I cannot really say I am using Plan9 for anything serious, although I hav= e > both Plan9 and 9Front running on a couple of old laptops. I keep them aro= und > mainly to see if I can grok the ideas and maybe steal some of them :-) > > But I run the Plan9port tools on both Linux and Solaris, and occasionally > Inferno on Windows, when I want a sane environment there. Acme is my main > editor these days. The 'everything is text' approach works very well when > developing on multiple paltforms (Solaris, Linux, BSD, Windows). In Acme, > the left button combined with the plumber is really usefull when jumping > from a debug printout in the log to the source code. I run Vac/Venti on > Linux as my backup system both at home and at work. > > If I ever get some spare time, I intend to set up a cron job to replicate > the contents between the two Venti servers. > > > > On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 5:53 AM, =E5=88=98=E5=AE=87=E5=AE=9D wrote: >> >> Compared to "not for you", "don't care", "intend to not be successful",= I >> like more the topic of cat-v irc channel on freenode set by aiju: "fun >> fact: you can use multiple operating systems at the same time". >> >> Certainly Plan 9 can't replace Linux/macOS/BSD/Windows, I'm still curiou= s >> its upper bound for a sensible daily usage, and the best practice from = you >> happy experienced Plan 9 users. >> >> I checked mail headers in this mailing list, seems all use Apple Mail, >> iPhone Mail, WebMail with AJAX, Gmail(a lot), ProtonMail, these emails = went >> through Postfix and Exim servers, probably on Linux. >> >> In great harmony, we use kinds of operating system and kinds of software >> on them. >> >> Regards, >> Yubao Liu >> >> > On Jun 14, 2018, at 10:53 AM, N. S. Montanaro wrote: >> > >> > I think a lot of people discover Plan 9 and want it to be something it >> > isn=E2=80=99t, rather than stumble upon it out of necessity. As the FQ= A says, =E2=80=9CPlan >> > 9 is not for you." >> >