From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753) In-Reply-To: <46721ee70801311622y709a0d6cme651c10d7b749184@mail.gmail.com> References: <46721ee70801311622y709a0d6cme651c10d7b749184@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Pietro Gagliardi Subject: Re: [9fans] A newbie question... Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:30:20 -0500 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 3e47c3c6-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Jan 31, 2008, at 7:22 PM, Michael Andronov wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a new to Plan9, and I am trying to understand the current > status of the system. > In particular, I am wondering about the list of application available= > - is there email reader? Several ways to do this, but to set up: http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Mail_configuration/index.html > > - Web browser? The most actively developed is abaco. Type, on the command line: 9fs sources /n/sources/contrib/fgb/root/rc/contrib/install fgb/contrib contrib/install fgb/abaco Then type abaco http://website.com/ You will need the http://. > > - office like suite = document editor, spreadsheet? Document editor is troff. There is no built-in spreadsheet, just maintain a text database. There are resources for learning troff; http://www.troff.org/ is a good place to start. > > - is it possible to run Linux software under plan9? Yes, there is an in-development program called linuxemu. I don't have much info on it, though. > > > In other words, I am wondering if it is possible to switch to Plan > 9 system, and to use it as 'everyday machine'? > > Thank you for your kind attention to this matter. > > have a great day, > Michael. >