>> A plan9 terminal can run programs, and can have a local storage file >> system, with multiple users. > > i think this is misleading. while the fs running on the terminal can have > multiple users, it is not true that you can have multiple users using > the cpu resources of a terminal concurrently. > > you can have all that and auth if you run a single machine with a cpu > kernel with the downside that if you use the console you must be eve. > > since it's easy to get small, cheep, low-power machines, i run a > traditional terminal with a seperate auth and fs. > > - erik
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Drawterm_to_your_terminal/index.html John
