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From: ron minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] x10
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Date: Tue,  6 Apr 2004 12:20:45 -0600
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On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, Derek Fawcus wrote:

> After severly hacking a RH install I got a more or less comfortable
> environment on my laptop, and a not unreasonable boot time - so I never
> suspend, just shutdown... but the laptop'll be replaced soon, so time to
> battle again - that'll be when plan9 gets a tryout on it.

two essential things Plan 9 lacks for laptops
- sleep that works
- hot plug devices (e.g. pcmcia, usb dongles, etc.)

ron