Re: [9front] bounty for 9pi update for 9front

[Steve Simon <steve@quintile.net>]

good grief.

i use a pi as my desktop and have done so for 3 years - first a 2 and now a pi3. i use richard’s plan9 package and has been solid (modulo my own mistakes).

the only time it has an issue is the noticeable lack of performance when remote desktop-ing to  a windows box to get a modern browser. even this works well but scrolling windows is laggy.

this may be the lack of graphics acceleration (fixable) or the “ethernet over usb” on the pi (which i am stuck with); i have not investigated.

there is most probably better hardware available these days, but the pi works, is reliable and cheap.

-Steve

> On 14 Sep 2018, at 1:29 pm, Ethan Gardener <eekee57@fastmail.fm> wrote:

> I had a bad impression of the Raspberry Pi from the beginning.  I sort-of assumed Pi 2 & 3 were better due to sheer mass of peer pressure, but, well, thanks for stating the facts before I bought one.  I just can't understand the demented hurricane of enthusiasm generated by these garbage fire computers!
> 
> You know what?  When I publish my own OS (ha ha), I'll put a filter into the mailing list (when I get around to it), catching all messages mentioning Raspberry Pi or RPi to insert something like,  "WARNING!  This email mentions Raspberry Pi!  It may be trying to suck us into the demented maelstrom of enthusiasm generated by these garbage fire computers.  Exercise caution and critical thinking.  Remember the principles of rational development." XD
> 
> In a different humour, would it make sense to bit-bang ps/2 interfaces with the RPi's GPIO pins?  Or other serial interfaces.