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Subject: Re: [9fans] Interesting in trying out Plan 9
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Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 09:36:49 -0800
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> So my question: what's the best way to get into it? Will any of my
> devices work (newish Dell laptop)? Any "how to get Plan9 running for
> dummies" books?

The easiest way is to run Plan9 under VMWare on your (currently)
favorite OS. You can get a VMWare eval copy for a month.  That will be
long enough to get hooked on Plan9.  Once you're hooked, you'll muddle
through any hardware problems to get a permanent Plan9 installation.