From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:50:56 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Joel C. Salomon" To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] Recommended emulators/VMs for P9 install Topicbox-Message-UUID: 03b4fca8-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Federico G. Benavento wrote: > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Joel C. Salomon = wrote: >> My computer died, so I'm in the market for a new one. I figure I'd >> like to get back into hacking on Plan 9 so I plan to install it >> beneath a VM in whatever machine I buy. I'm even considering Windows >> 7 Pro with Virtual PC, but I think I'd prefer Xen or one of the >> Linux-based things (VirtualBox, etc.). >> >> Ease of installation is important, as is the ability to run a somewhat >> normal (Windows or Linux) host OS. Are there any recommendations? >> > vmware, the rest just suck, qemu and virtual box being > the slowest How about Xen? Has anyone here had luck wit it? =E2=80=94Joel C. Salomon