On Thu, 13 Jan 2011, Jacob Todd wrote: > On Jan 13, 2011 9:32 AM, "Duke Normandin" <dukeofp...@ml1.net> wrote: > > > > Hello 9fans ... > > > > I'm _totally_ new to Plan9! Two days ago I had never heard of > > it. Yesterday I DLed the LiveCD - now I want to know more. > > > > The closest I've come to such an OS as Plan9, is the Native Oberon > > OS. I have a partition which I can overwrite. Does the LiveCD > > installation process allow me to abort the process if I see that > > things are not proceeding smoothly (like I need to gather some > > hardware info, etc)? > > > You can, just reboot with ^t rr. ;) > > > Should I be installing Lucent's Plan9 or a more recent derivative, if > > any? > > > There's a iso by erik quanstrom called 9atom. It has some extra hardware > support. Just google 9atom > > > Is there software available for this OS? Or do I have to write my own? > > > There's plenty of software. Most of it is in contrib. > > > What is the primary development language for Plan9? C? What languages > > have been ported to Plan9? > Ansi c with some changes. > > > > > Where are the best docs? TIA... > See /sys/doc and the wiki. Also, you may want to google 9.intro.pdf.
^t rr is cool 9atom noted just Dled 9.intro.pdf Thanks a bunch! Just to be forewarned ... When I start the install process from the Live CD, I'll probably be asked to choose a partition where I want Plan9 to live, right? I'll choose one; it'll warn me that the partition is already in use, do I want to overwrite it? I'll reply, yes, and BOOM the partition is committed to Plan9. The rest of my partitions are left alone! - right? Much obliged. -- Duke Normandin Turner Valley, Alberta, Canada
