From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: From: erik quanstrom Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 06:58:23 -0500 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Newbie question In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: eab9a54a-ead1-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 i don't think it's possible to work without rio, as the console doesn't allow one to interrupt a task. so if you ever start something that hangs up, you've got to reboot to get a prompt back. of course you could a) modify the kernel to allow one to use DEL at the console. b) write something that suits your taste either within rio or to replace it. - erik On Tue Dec 5 06:41:20 EST 2006, lee.duhem@gmail.com wrote: > yes, you can, if you want :-) > but Plan9's GUI is very nice. > try it first, and then decide > > 2006/12/5, Markus Sonderegger : > > > > Hello! > > > > I am a C programmer and I've been using UNIX-like operating systems for some > > time now, but I'd really like to get into Plan 9. > > > > But before I install Plan9 on my machine I've a questions. Maybe a stupid one. > > Is it posible to run Plan9 without the gui? I don't like this "mouseish" work style. > > > > > > Regards > >