On 4/5/06, Daniel Soderstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can Plan 9 be installed on a x86 Mac Mini? I'd like to have a play > with Plan 9, but don't want a ugly bitsa PC taking up the space. I > should be able to do everything remotely on the Plan 9 box just using > ssh or x windows?
Plan 9 runs well in QEMU, and there's a friendly port to OSX that seems to have universal binaries: http://www.kberg.ch/q/ >From there, you can boot the ISO image directly, do a standard installation, and have the joy of easy access to a Web browser while you're learning how to set it up. :) Performance on an x86 Mac should be pretty good, but I've only tried it on PowerPC. SSH does exist for Plan 9, but the remote X alternatives are VNC and drawterm, as Plan 9 doesn't use X for its native display. Best of luck, -Jack
