Re: [9fans] the practicality of plan 9

2022-12-18 Thread cinap_lenrek
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Re: [9fans] the practicality of plan 9

2022-12-17 Thread Ethan Azariah
On Sun, Oct 30, 2022, at 5:04 PM, fig wrote: > > basic protocols like irc or torrent wircrc is a multi-window irc client written in shell script. It's probably best used in a sub-rio to keep all its windows together. I'm not sure where to find it. If it's not in contrib, maybe ask cinap_lenrek.

Re: [9fans] the practicality of plan 9

2022-11-10 Thread hiro
why not get a used apu2 instead. it comes with 3 real ethernet ports On 11/10/22, fig wrote: > i did think of this, but i was unsure of its compatibility with 9front. the > FQA only > lists two usb to ethernet adapters which did not look popular or generic > when i looked them up. i will buy the

Re: [9fans] the practicality of plan 9

2022-11-09 Thread fig
i did think of this, but i was unsure of its compatibility with 9front. the FQA only lists two usb to ethernet adapters which did not look popular or generic when i looked them up. i will buy the most popular one and hope it works. On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 7:55 PM wrote: > You can use a usb to

Re: [9fans] the practicality of plan 9

2022-11-09 Thread adventuresin9
You can use a usb to ethernet adapter to add more ethernet to a pi.  The ethernet on a raspberry 3 is actually just a usb to ethernet soldered right onto the board.  -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink:

Re: [9fans] the practicality of plan 9

2022-11-09 Thread fig
> > have a machine with 2 network adapters. One connected inside your > network, and one outside. > is there something to get a raspberry pi to have two ethernet ports? i would like to avoid buying an optiplex just to use as a gateway, especially if it will be running at all times. worst case, i

Re: [9fans] the practicality of plan 9

2022-11-08 Thread adventuresin9
The Plan9 way of handling internet gateways is to have a machine with 2 network adapters.  One connected inside your network, and one outside.  You configure the internal one, and bind it to /net.  And the internet facing port your bind to /net.alt.  Then any computer on the grid can import

Re: [9fans] the practicality of plan 9

2022-11-08 Thread Lucio De Re
On 11/9/22, fig wrote: > sirjofri, thank you for the reply. don’t be sorry for the long response, i > greatly appreciate it. when i was told plan 9 is built on only a few > principles and basic abstractions, that was spot on. > If you read the early Plan 9 documentation, you'll discover that

Re: [9fans] the practicality of plan 9

2022-11-08 Thread fig
sirjofri, thank you for the reply. don’t be sorry for the long response, i greatly appreciate it. when i was told plan 9 is built on only a few principles and basic abstractions, that was spot on. i’ve decided i’m going to make my grid at home. the only thing i haven’t figured out is networking

Re: [9fans] the practicality of plan 9

2022-11-03 Thread sirjofri
Hello, just wanted to add that (independent of grids) what's especially great on Plan 9 is the general concept of "resource abstraction". Let's first consider what "resource" means in this context, since it can be anything: computing resources might be the obvious, but user files are also

Re: [9fans] the practicality of plan 9

2022-11-03 Thread fig
ori, adventuresin9, sirjofri: thank you kindly for your responses. i am very sick so i do not contain the energy to quote your replies and respond to them individually. apologies. i have a better understanding of plan 9 grids now. as i understand it, the elegance of plan 9 is in its simplicity,

Re: [9fans] the practicality of plan 9

2022-10-30 Thread ori
Quoth fig : > so i ask: what are ways i could make a grid really shine? through design > and/or usage, things that make a grid nice to have. i still enjoy 9front on > a single machine, and plan9port is now a must-have on my unix machines. i > know plan 9 wants a network, but why would a user want

Re: [9fans] the practicality of plan 9

2022-10-30 Thread sirjofri
Hello, in my opinion (and experience) having a Plan 9 _grid_ is only really beneficial for larger networks (where there's a reason to have a separation for load balancing or maintenance reasons) or individuals who plan to build services with some scale. For others it's mainly playing around to