have you checked the wiki? http://www.plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Documentation/
there are tons of articles on Using this or that, a recommended readings section and even a "UNIX to Plan 9 command translation." there's also: http://www.quanstro.net/newbie-guide.pdf On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 3:22 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > John Floren <[email protected]> writes: > >> I've continually meant to write some sort of beginners-level summary >> of the system including things like Fossil and Venti, but the >> magnitude of the task is daunting. I may try to do a more clear >> description of how the filesystems work together in the near future. > > I've been writing a guide to Plan 9 for UNIX users, hilighting the > differences between Plan 9 and UNIX needed to get UNIX users up to speed > on Plan 9. I shudder to think how much work it would take to write a > guide for complete newbies (without a UNIX background). > > A description how the filesystems interact would be awesome! As far as > system administration goes, this appears to be one of the areas in which > the difference P9 and UNIX is most confusing. > > -- > +---------------------------------------------------------------+ > |E-Mail: [email protected] PGP key ID: BC549F8B| > |Fingerprint: 9329 DB4A 30F5 6EDA D2BA 3489 DAB7 555A BC54 9F8B| > +---------------------------------------------------------------+ > > -- Federico G. Benavento
