Re: [9fans] Native vs Emulated

["Fco. J. Ballesteros" <nemo@lsub.org>]

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Being able to plumb to other hosts, while redirecting
mouse/keyboard helps a lot. Using a shared snarf, as
we do, helps even more.

We're not happy yet with
the way we're doing the net-plumb, but it's one of those things you
don't want to live without once you tried it.

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From: "Ronald G. Minnich" <rminnich@lanl.gov>
To: Russ Cox <russcox@gmail.com>, Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Cc: 
Subject: Re: [9fans] Native vs Emulated
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 08:59:04 -0700 (MST)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0503070858480.3728@enigma.lanl.gov>



On Sun, 6 Mar 2005, Russ Cox wrote:

> for me, the novelty of this wore off real fast. a simulation of three
> computers running three different operating systems is no easier to use
> than three actual computers running three different operating systems
> (though it is admittedly easier to carry around).  i found that the
> os-os boundaries were really frustrating to keep hopping across, with
> distinct file systems, desktops, snarf buffers, etc. attached to each
> one instead of a unified whole.

it has not proven to be a burden for me. I guess it just depends on what
you're trying to do.

ron