From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Victor_LeNettoyeur_=99?= Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [9fans] Question Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 17:17:45 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: d10c7f5c-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 I'm a hobbyist who has a spare computer. This particular machine looks ideal to install the latest distribution of Plan9 on. Is Plan9 worthwhile as a workstation? I'm specifically interested in whether there is binary compatibility with UNIX. For example: will I be able to install my Applixware (for FreeBSD) atop it? Thanks in advance for tolerating such newbie questions. Any pointers to FAQ's or web pages which might be helpful are greatly appreciated. [Moderator's note: the plan9 FAQ at: http://www.fywss.com/plan9/plan9faq.html may be a useful starting point.] -- Victor LeNettoyeur "The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naive and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair." - Henry Louis Mencken