From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2014 10:59:54 +1100 Message-ID: From: da Tyga To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d044403b239077f0509a91b72 Subject: Re: [9fans] Chrome and 9 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 35c26f98-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --f46d044403b239077f0509a91b72 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I think that Plan9Port using the underlying Linux OS might be a better choice. I have also been thinking about cross-compiling from a Plan9 install (such as that on Raspberry Pi) to Samsung ARM based ChromeBook. Getting Plan9 to work with fastboot and implementing device drivers for the various ChromeBooks might be a lot of work. Don't know enough to justify my assumptions though. On 8 December 2014 at 06:35, Roswell Grey wrote: > It's no question that the Chromebook makes a wonderful candidate to > integrate features of 9 into. The thing was practically BUILT for > distributed computing, what with app servers and cloud integration tightly > integrated into the hardware. What I was thinking was creating a chrome > extension for 9P and the distributed file system, so that there'd be an > easy way to connect 9 machines and maybe even create a chrome 9 grid for > super processing. What would be your opinion on doing such a thing? > Practical? Waste of time? Wanna help? > --f46d044403b239077f0509a91b72 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I think that Plan9Port using the underlying Linux OS might= be a better choice.=C2=A0 I have also been thinking about cross-compiling = from a Plan9 install (such as that on Raspberry Pi) to Samsung ARM based Ch= romeBook. =C2=A0

Getting Plan9 to work with fastboot and= implementing device drivers for the various ChromeBooks might be a lot of = work.=C2=A0 Don't know enough to justify my assumptions though.

On 8 December= 2014 at 06:35, Roswell Grey <orangecalx01@gmail.com> w= rote:

It's no question= that the Chromebook makes a wonderful candidate to integrate features of 9= into. The thing was practically BUILT for distributed computing, what with= app servers and cloud integration tightly integrated into the hardware. Wh= at I was thinking was creating a chrome extension for 9P and the distribute= d file system, so that there'd be an easy way to connect 9 machines and= maybe even create a chrome 9 grid for super processing. What would be your= opinion on doing such a thing? Practical? Waste of time? Wanna help?


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