From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.3 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, NICE_REPLY_A autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 5580 invoked from network); 19 Sep 2022 14:45:28 -0000 Received: from 9front.inri.net (168.235.81.73) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 19 Sep 2022 14:45:28 -0000 Received: from mail.posixcafe.org ([45.76.19.58]) by 9front; Mon Sep 19 10:44:02 -0400 2022 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=posixcafe.org; s=20200506; t=1663598671; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=5h/H16gbzsQVu07VCGhp1Xx42UewFJ6ih3BpW4hwr2k=; b=sigMThRJ0Z95ohs7Vz8+D1hcd4qI/ywE9I447MCFUZEWegSAOAIajQLMyfx/rMhCNNbdeH emTEMXXle2U7guhjTMZwPtSQI59eP8ZPXkoJkhpP1Bai+IOZbKpD55M8jgurcAAMcSWtdl Msbo3jBHSI6lSnyWXBjYx1Vkz3+0KTM= Received: from [192.168.168.200] (161-97-228-135.mynextlight.net [161.97.228.135]) by mail.posixcafe.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPSA id df59f8ba (TLSv1.3:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256:NO) for <9front@9front.org>; Mon, 19 Sep 2022 09:44:31 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <8d98ab07-2ad7-5320-2ce1-ee10d1c36be3@posixcafe.org> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2022 08:41:43 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.2.2 Content-Language: en-US To: 9front@9front.org References: From: Jacob Moody In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-ID: <9front.9front.org> List-Help: X-Glyph: ➈ X-Bullshit: encrypted agile information rich-client plugin markup Subject: Re: [9front] Questions about the P9 kernel code Reply-To: 9front@9front.org Precedence: bulk On 9/19/22 03:14, M. Osman Talayman wrote: > Thanks sirjofri, > I have taken a step back since yesterdays conversation with Jacob. I'm > now going through K&R and working the exercises. At some point, I will > look into some of the libraries that come with the P9 C > implementation. > > I will also take your advice and, at some point, try to set up a P9 > system consisting of an auth server (factotum), a couple of file > servers (using both fossil and venti) and a cpu server. I will use > RaspberryPis for this, or maybe do it using virtual machines. > Factotum is not what makes an auth server an auth server, that's authsrv and keyfs. Factotum is just the authentication agent. Also unless you are looking for specifically some of the features given by a fossil/venti system it is better to use cwfs/hjfs, less moving parts at first. Also I recommend virtual machines over pis, just personally. > If anyone knows of books or papers that are not on the P9 legacy or > Cat-v sites, that would be useful to me, please let me know. > > Thanks > /Osman > > Den man. 19. sep. 2022 kl. 09.28 skrev sirjofri > : >> >> Also my recommendation: Don't just "learn how the system works" but also "learn how to work with the system". Especially with plan 9 there's a huge difference. >> >> My learning experience was, 2 years learning the concepts by reading papers, documentation, man pages, basically everything I could find, but never really using the system. Then I started Plan 9 and everything was quite different. I had to reread many things, relearn many things and ask many question (while a chat platform like gridchat is much easier than email). >> >> Today, Plan 9 is my main platform, but only because I really learned how to use it (intuitively, not theoretically). >> >> Have fun on your journey. >> >> sirjofri