From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_b51e1c3b-3927-4f43-9e19-f684ff9b7646_" From: Steve Foster To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 15:58:31 +0000 In-Reply-To: References: , , , , MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [9fans] How to access CD drive? Topicbox-Message-UUID: c8bb318c-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --_b51e1c3b-3927-4f43-9e19-f684ff9b7646_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > From: quanstro@quanstro.net > Date: Tue=2C 11 Mar 2014 10:55:32 -0400 > To: 9fans@9fans.net > Subject: Re: [9fans] How to access CD drive? >=20 > > Does anyone work exclusively in plan 9 or is that not feasible so you t= hink? >=20 > i do. and many of the folks at the labs did. >=20 > since the subject is cd drive access=2C one of the things that i found mu= ch > easier with plan 9 is cd access. not only is it dead simple=2C and utter= ly > seamless with the rest of the system=2C it's so much better than the auth= or of > cdparanoia whining to you about choices the designers of $unixsystem > made. >=20 > - erik >=20 Thanks erik. I agree that cd access is easy=2C now that I know how. I'm goi= ng to try working in plan 9 as much as I can and continue learning about it= . If I could ask you another couple of questions. I do use linux. I've started learning C programming. I have been using linu= x as the platform to learn on. I was thinking of changing over to plan 9 fo= r this as well. Would you recommend doing this? I'm not thinking of it from= a work viewpoint so that's not an issue=2C but I like the idea of being ab= le to (hopefully=2C eventually) understand something as a whole and not jus= t bits and bobs. As I understand it this is possible with plan 9? Do you run plan 9 in a virtual machine or on native hardware? Cheers=2CSteve. = --_b51e1c3b-3927-4f43-9e19-f684ff9b7646_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


>=3B From: quanst= ro@quanstro.net
>=3B Date: Tue=2C 11 Mar 2014 10:55:32 -0400
>=3B= To: 9fans@9fans.net
>=3B Subject: Re: [9fans] How to access CD drive?=
>=3B
>=3B >=3B Does anyone work exclusively in plan 9 or is t= hat not feasible so you think?
>=3B
>=3B i do. and many of the = folks at the labs did.
>=3B
>=3B since the subject is cd drive a= ccess=2C one of the things that i found much
>=3B easier with plan 9 i= s cd access. not only is it dead simple=2C and utterly
>=3B seamless = with the rest of the system=2C it's so much better than the author of
&g= t=3B cdparanoia whining to you about choices the designers of $unixsystem>=3B made.
>=3B
>=3B - erik
>=3B

Thanks erik. I agree that cd access is easy=2C now that I know how.= I'm going to try working in plan 9 as much as I can and continue learning = about it.

If I could ask you another couple of que= stions.

I do use linux. I've started learning C pr= ogramming. I have been using linux as the platform to learn on. I was think= ing of changing over to plan 9 for this as well. Would you recommend doing = this? I'm not thinking of it from a work viewpoint so that's not an issue= =2C but I like the idea of being able to (hopefully=2C eventually) understa= nd something as a whole and not just bits and bobs. As I understand it this= is possible with plan 9?

Do you run plan 9 in a v= irtual machine or on native hardware?

Cheers=2C
Steve.
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