From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5b6b1ec137ee77f811250213c3a5d12a@9front.org> References: <5b6b1ec137ee77f811250213c3a5d12a@9front.org> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:01:07 +0100 Message-ID: From: =?UTF-8?B?QmVuY2UgRsOhYmnDoW4=?= To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=14dae9340ee7fba2ce04d8db0ec3 Subject: Re: [9fans] gcc not an option for Plan9 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 36b6e45c-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --14dae9340ee7fba2ce04d8db0ec3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 2013/3/25 > > And how do you manage to browser the web? > > 9front did some work on mothra. For trivial javascript > I try charon (which was sufficient to configure my wifi > router). As a last resort I VNC to another operating > system. > > For the vast majority of what I do, mothra is sufficient. > > -sl > > Yes. This. I run my terminals in qemu/kvm on linux, My servers on real hardware. Or "in the cloud" (thanks Kurt). And i switch back to linux for mplayer and to watch youtube videos (and for some other websites) but i really like mothra. It's so pure. You just gotta love it. The 9front guys did a really good job with it. I even use Plan 9 at my workspace. I just ftpfs everything and massage my namespace anyway i want. And give the occasional $MAKE command through ssh. It's so noiseless. Of course there is room for improvement. But I can't complain I have all the tools =E2=98= =BA --14dae9340ee7fba2ce04d8db0ec3 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
2013/3/25 <sl@9front.org>
> And how do you manage to browser the web?

9front did some work on mothra. For trivial javascript
I try charon (which was sufficient to configure my wifi
router). As a last resort I VNC to another operating
system.

For the vast majority of what I do, mothra is sufficient.

-sl


Yes. This. I run my terminals in qemu/kvm on linux, My server= s on real
hardware. Or "in the cloud&q= uot; (thanks Kurt). =C2=A0And i switch back to linux
for mplayer and to watch youtube videos (and for= some =C2=A0other websites)
but i really li= ke mothra. It's so pure. You just gotta love it. The 9front
guys did a really good job with it. I even use Plan 9 at my workspace. I
just ftpfs everything and massage my namespac= e anyway i want. And give the
occasional $M= AKE command through ssh. It's so noiseless. Of course there
is room for improvement. But I can't complai= n I have all the tools =E2=98=BA

--14dae9340ee7fba2ce04d8db0ec3--