hello
1. How do you port unix software to Plan 9, or is that not possible?
two ways, modifying the source app to be plan9 compatible, or use ape.
2. Is the development of this system is still going? Drivers being updated...etc.etc...or is the project dead..and is left for the community to do it for them selves like the BeOS
there is development going on by the community, some get paid to work directly on plan9, others not.
3. Is there a fully Featured web broswer - eg firefox?? available...or is it just really basic text browsers
no
4. Can this system play media files...like .avi...divx....
there are attempts to build xvid and ffmpeg, i saw xvid working
5. There is gcc for plan 9 right??
Plan9 already have great compilers, so leave gcc in lunix better. (and if you can)
I know all these questions seem a bit crazy for an ancient system thats hasn't really caught on with the general whole computer world....and its only being used as an OS research platform for the computer science researchers....but it would be cool to have such an unknown system to work...it just makes you kinda special..everyone will be using linux bsd, windows or mac...and I'll be like....I'm a plan 9 user...lol....bet I'll get stared at! most of the will say "WHAT THE HECK IS PLAN 9"
it's a reason like any other, but you will end in nothing following that path. gabi
