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It's trivial to get running in qemu if you're really curious.
by pram 4y ago
It's trivial to get running in qemu if you're really curious.
- spenczar5 4y agoSure, but that doesn't seem to really be using Plan9, at least to me. Networked access seems so fundamental to Plan9 that running it in a sandbox seems like trying out a car with all the tires removed. I'm interested in hearing what it's like to use it more seriously; my biggest doubts are around collaborating with people on conventional OSes.
- PaulDavisThe1st 4y agoQemu allows full network access. It's a very porous "sandbox"
- spenczar5 4y agoMaybe I misunderstood Plan9, but I figured that if remote services aren't speaking 9P then everything would be a bit kludgey. Like, using Acme on local files which you push up to Github seems to be somehow against the spirit of Plan9. I suppose you could just use it like any other Unix-like OS, but what's the point? I think I'm convincing myself in this thread that it's not for me - but of course I think it's great that others are using it, I don't want to sound too negative.
- euclaise 4y agoI think it's more important that services can be exposed as filesystems like webfs or gitfs than that they are exposed as 9P.
- n4ture 4y agoI've used it as my "main driver" for around 6 months last year and I can assure you it's definitely practical, you can also easily interact with the other OSes with ssh and vnc, that way I could even do some remote video calls from plan9 with the help of another linux computer for instance.
- prmoustache 4y agoThere is an image for raspberry pi. I guess that can be a good way to force yourself into it. Just make sure to have vnc access to a linux, mac or windows computer if you need it for work too.