Quoth Michael Jensen <[email protected]>: > Greetings :-) > > ..I am currently in a deep exploration of operating systems. > windows->ubuntu->guix&openbsd, with many more tried en-route. now I'm > hearing about plan9 and oberon. So, plan9 is the bees-knees? People > daydream wistfully about a world where it dominates.. So.. shall we get on > with it? :-) Unfortunately, I go to the wiki for instructions on > installing it ( > https://plan9.io/wiki/plan9/Installation_instructions/index.html), and > find: "Beware: in the manner of wikis most everywhere, this one is woefully > out of date. > <https://plan9.io/wiki/plan9/Beware:_in_the_manner_of_wikis_most_everywhere,_this_one_is_woefully_out_of_date.>" > ..this is not encouraging. In fact, it stops me in my tracks and causes me > to write this e-mail instead.
The procedure is mostly running the installer (inst/start, at least on 9front, I think the 9legacy installer may start by default, but I don't recall), and pressing enter, 'w', and 'q' a bunch of times. Try it out, see what happens, and complain if you get stuck. > ..I currently have three computers. Dell Latitudes e7450 and e7440, and a > Thinkpad T430. I am open to buying another one if there is a particular > one that is recommended for plan9. I can get another > more-or-less-realiable T430 for ~150 can. ..I might poke around trying to > follow the given instructions.. but my instinct says that I won't, not > without more assurance of support. Those should all work, at least with 9front. If not, send a bug report. > ..You may be wondering how I heard about plan9 in the first place. Keep in > mind, hearing about it and becoming convinced it's worth investigating, are > two different things. I credit, in historical order, "The Art of Unix > Programming", Suckless, and vis (the editor). vis are the people whose > documentation prodded me into seriously checking it out. (..Of course, now > that I search specifically for plan9, I get plenty of hits..) > > Cheers, > Michael :-) ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Tf075600980be0e2b-Md5081c85f2bf01ada71a7262 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
