From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <57BB9228.5070600@gmail.com> From: Eduardo Alvarez Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 11:04:56 -0300 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [9fans] Is 9Fans dead or alive Topicbox-Message-UUID: 9ab37276-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Whatever you like is fine. I'm not picky. On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 7:22 PM, Chris McGee wrote: > Sure, > > I'm looking for plan9 user/enthusiast appropriate medium. Any suggestions? > > Chris > >> On Aug 30, 2016, at 6:18 PM, Eduardo Alvarez wrote: >> >> Are you keeping your progess public? It would be very educational to read. >> >>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 7:10 PM, Chris McGee wrote: >>> I am about a quarter of the way to a similar setup. >>> >>> My goal is to have a specialty for each of the Pi's (sensors, controller, >>> terminal, router) without preventing them from doing general tasks. I'm >>> hoping to eventually connect up some Pi zeros as leaf nodes for just >>> sensor/control and plumb through 9P via UART pins. >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> On Aug 30, 2016, at 3:36 PM, Skip Tavakkolian >>> wrote: >>> >>> It is straightforward and easy: >>> >>> https://plus.google.com/+SkipTavakkolian/posts/Fb846KhBMM6 >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 11:54 AM Eduardo Alvarez >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I mostly lurk around here, as I'm greener than green when it comes to >>>> plan 9. At some point in time, a friend and I were discussing setting >>>> up a small-sized computing cluster for small scale distributed >>>> computations. I was keen on the idea of using inexpensive hardware (we >>>> even joked about using a truckloads of Raspberry Pis), and plan 9 >>>> seemed like an excellent candidate for the infrastructure. The biggest >>>> challenge was porting software to Plan 9. Sadly, the idea never took >>>> off. It would be a fun experiment. >>>> >>>> Eduardo Alvarez >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 3:41 PM, Jules Merit >>>> wrote: >>>>> Well let's hope someone does something. Mark-my-words is writing >>>>> beautiful >>>>> code that has already been done. >>>>> >>>>> Push a little button, get .hot .chocolate. >>>>> -- Russ Cox Cable von Shane >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Aug 30, 2016 10:03 AM, "Skip Tavakkolian" >>>>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I heard that too (I think the woot was for Go on Plan 9/ARM). I'm >>>>>> sorry I >>>>>> missed that meetup. >>>>>> >>>>>> I've been thinking about setting up a meetup for 9fans in Seattle area. >>>>>> There seems to be renewed interest (or perhaps it's my wishful >>>>>> thinking). >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 9:27 AM michaelian ennis >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Skip Tavakkolian >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> as a 9fan, I can say, not dead yet. In fact the population of 9fans >>>>>>>> in >>>>>>>> my neighborhood has doubled. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> And for the county it has at least tripled. I heard at least one >>>>>>> other >>>>>>> woot for Plan9 at Brad Fitzpatrick's talk last week. :) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ian >> > >