From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] New to plan 9: what next? Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:34:54 -0500 From: john@csplan9.rit.edu In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: 5b294ee2-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > I've been interested in Plan 9 for a little while now and finally got > around to setting up a virtual plan 9 installation via qemu. As > someone completely new to the operating system I've been reading the > man pages, getting familiar with sam and acme, randomly clicking > around, etc. What would you suggest for some next (baby) steps? 1) Get familiar with mouse chording ASAP. It's great. If you don't have a true 3-button mouse, go get one right now. 2) Read as much of /sys/doc as you can handle. They're good papers and will help you understand the system better. Start with 9.ps and 9.intro.pdf 3) Get a spare box/clone your qemu install and set up a cpu/auth/file server. You won't get the "real" Plan 9 experience until you have at least a cpu/auth/file server and a terminal; then, a lot more things will make sense. 4) Use Google Groups to search comp.os.plan9 (I find their search works pretty well) before you ask a question here--it may have already been answered. 5) Have fun, and illegitimi non carborundum :) John