Re: [9fans] Plan 9 on the desktop?

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// Yes really, yes. At least, some of us do that.

the point of my split response was that you *can* certainly use
plan9 as a desktop, but it won't "replace windows", in the same
sense that linux w/ kde or gnome or whatever can be said to. i
don't think that's a bad thing at all. i used plan9 as my only
system for years, quite happily. but i wasn't looking for a
"windows replacement" - i was looking for a good system. plan9
won't give you wysiwyg html editors, office-style prodoctivity
apps, your half-dozen IM environments, quicktime, nor quake.
none of these make it a bad system, or even really detrack from
it at all for many people. but it does, in a very substantial
way, i think, make it unsuitable as a "windows replacement".
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