Writing a newbie guide is a newbie rite of passage :) John
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Federico G. Benavento <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > >
