From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Pietro Gagliardi Subject: Re: [9fans] New to plan 9: what next? Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:11:40 -0500 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 5b211ff6-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 First off, finish learning to use rc, rio, and acme. You'll need both of them :-) If you are using QEMU, I am assuming you already use another OS. Therefore, just a bit of translation: in your OS, you say "Copy." In Plan 9, you say "Snarf." Next, to turn off Plan 9, issue the fshalt command. When it is done, turn off your computer - Plan 9 doesn't (yet) turn off itself. The -r option to fshalt reboots the system. Next, log in as user glenda or boot the Live CD and read the rio and acme tutorials from that location. Next, read the wiki (http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9) for more familiarization. Next, go to http://www.troff.org/ to learn how to use troff, the word processor. troff.org is a (dead?) community-based website. Finally, check back here if you have any questions. On Feb 19, 2008, at 5:58 PM, devrin talen wrote: > I've been interested in Plan 9 for a little while now and finally got > around to setting up a virtual plan 9 installation via qemu. As > someone completely new to the operating system I've been reading the > man pages, getting familiar with sam and acme, randomly clicking > around, etc. What would you suggest for some next (baby) steps?