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Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:25:02 -0400
From: john@csplan9.rit.edu
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Using the Acme Editor
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>> A plan9 terminal can run programs, and can have a local storage file
>> system, with multiple users.
>
> i think this is misleading.  while the fs running on the terminal can have
> multiple users, it is not true that you can have multiple users using
> the cpu resources of a terminal concurrently.
>
> you can have all that and auth if you run a single machine with a cpu
> kernel with the downside that if you use the console you must be eve.
>
> since it's easy to get small, cheep, low-power machines, i run a
> traditional terminal with a seperate auth and fs.
>
> - erik

http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Drawterm_to_your_terminal/index.html


John