From: L N <leonardnemoi@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Nemo book
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:19:08 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CANPzgjS+4bFOw7hOaWfDJt8PCBOPjxMrjzNW-Q07L5MmJNjRZg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAL4LZyhGHcXh1P2C8QzQ1sC6YhaP_5rSUC2D5MMbwbzRz-173g@mail.gmail.com>
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> I think you have seriously misapprehended many things about Plan 9.
>
What am I misapprehending?
> We don't have X. We are not Linux compatible, although there's a
> rather decent Linux emulator. There is no GTK, no Qt, no Firefox, no
> modern C++ compiler.
>
I don't need X, Linux compatibility, GTK, Qt, Firefox, or C++.
I need an OS that runs a browser.
I was using "startx" in the figurative sense.
>
> I think it's time for people to stop telling the "Plan 9 community"
> what its goals should be,
Are my-two-cents worth a negative amount?
> when these people haven't even booted Plan
> 9.
>
Why should I boot Plan 9, when I know I can't run a browser, and I already
have p9p?
John
>
- Leonard
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-09-14 23:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-14 21:43 s s
2011-09-14 21:46 ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2011-09-14 21:46 ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2011-09-14 21:48 ` s s
2011-09-14 21:52 ` s s
2011-09-14 21:50 ` hiro
2011-09-14 21:55 ` s s
2011-09-14 21:57 ` John Floren
2011-09-14 22:13 ` L N
2011-09-14 22:17 ` ron minnich
2011-09-14 22:41 ` L N
2011-09-14 22:54 ` John Floren
2011-09-14 23:14 ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2011-09-14 23:19 ` L N [this message]
2011-09-14 23:30 ` hiro
2011-09-14 23:33 ` ron minnich
2011-09-14 23:43 ` Akshat Kumar
2011-09-14 23:45 ` hiro
2011-09-15 0:39 ` L N
2011-09-14 23:32 ` ron minnich
2011-09-14 23:43 ` Nick LaForge
2011-09-15 9:40 ` dexen deVries
2011-09-16 0:02 ` Ethan Grammatikidis
2011-09-16 0:15 ` ron minnich
2011-09-16 0:31 ` [9fans] my kingdom for a web browser :-P Lyndon Nerenberg
2011-09-16 0:41 ` ron minnich
2011-09-16 0:53 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2011-09-16 1:21 ` erik quanstrom
2011-09-16 2:13 ` Bruce Ellis
2011-09-16 2:46 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2011-09-16 3:58 ` Bruce Ellis
2011-09-16 14:52 ` Ethan Grammatikidis
2011-09-16 5:53 ` Anthony Sorace
2011-09-16 10:11 ` Aram Hăvărneanu
2011-09-16 14:56 ` Ethan Grammatikidis
2011-09-16 15:17 ` tlaronde
2011-09-16 17:36 ` Bruce Ellis
2011-09-18 5:39 ` stephano zanzin
2011-09-16 11:28 ` Steve Simon
2011-09-16 14:43 ` Ethan Grammatikidis
2011-09-16 3:46 ` [9fans] Nemo book Jens Staal
2011-09-16 9:07 ` yy
2011-09-19 15:43 ` ron minnich
2011-09-19 16:37 ` Jens Staal
2011-09-19 17:50 ` Charles Forsyth
2011-09-19 18:10 ` tlaronde
2011-09-19 18:21 ` erik quanstrom
2011-09-19 20:32 ` Richard Miller
2011-09-20 3:20 ` Jens Staal
2011-09-20 10:07 ` Richard Miller
2011-09-16 11:15 ` Steve Simon
[not found] ` <CAP6exYK+8TbaceUcfTAnuWruxahHvMmSgqGHKpH7jcZME=C5ww@mail.gmail.c>
2011-09-16 0:18 ` erik quanstrom
2011-09-16 4:52 ` L N
2011-09-16 7:21 ` David du Colombier
2011-09-16 7:28 ` cinap_lenrek
2011-09-16 8:33 ` Richard Miller
2011-09-14 23:27 ` Jeff Sickel
2011-09-14 23:55 ` Rob Pike
2011-09-14 22:27 ` hiro
2011-09-14 21:58 ` s s
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-08-17 15:20 [9fans] nemo book Benjamin Huntsman
2009-08-17 16:07 ` John Floren
2009-08-17 20:52 ` Steve Simon
2009-08-17 21:01 ` Benjamin Huntsman
2009-08-17 21:20 ` John Floren
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