From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: To: tom.simons@gmail.com, 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] need intro to Plan9 Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 11:54:12 -0700 From: andrey mirtchovski In-Reply-To: <2e4a50a041224104434723187@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Topicbox-Message-UUID: 1ceb6f84-eace-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 check the man pages for rio, acme and 'rc' (the shell). on the plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9dist site there is a wiki with a link to unix->plan9 command translation, it will tell you about most of the things you're used to, like for example the fact that 'ps' is just 'ps' and doesn't have -auwxef options (nor does it have sysv compatibility :) the rio session for glenda should start with a pretty detailed intro to the gui (the yellow acme window). the wiki has information about setting up networks. you can always ask here too. andrey (who needs to get back to cooking :) > This list appears to be more for heavy-duty developer types, but here > goes anyway. > > I liked what I read on the Plan9 site, so I made the boot disk & CD, > and installed it on a PC at work. It boots to a prompt > "[local!#S/sdC01/fossil]:". I hit enter and get another prompt "user > [none]:". I type "glenda" and back comes a beautiful screen. The > keyboard "Num Lock" light never turns off, and ctl-alt-del doesn't > work - in fact, all key combinations that I've tried just print some > char on the screen. I'm navigating clumsily - it'd be great to watch > an experienced user on this system, so I could find out about basic > stuff like command prompts, system info (I like the running graphic > display, but would also like "ps -ef"), networking, and then be able > to add new users and telnet/ssh to our other machines. > > I assume that a single PC running everything (file server, cpu & > terminal - right?) is not exploiting Plan9. Are there any How-To's > about migrating to 3-4 PC's? I've got the machines and there are > other people here who would jump in to help.