Chris,
> 1.)Is Plan 9 still under development?? like are the drivers still
being updated and everything??
yep!!
>2.)Is there a fully featured web broswer for plan 9 like fire fox
almost: try 'abaco' [ found on /n/sources ], links, mothra, i
but none of them's 'fully-featured' --- theyre mainly html browsers,
forget of java | javascript | VB ... and other crap. What the hell is then HTML
if it must be patched with these ??
you'd better to connect to another machine from plan 9 , and run a browser
there --- maybe ask google to do it ;-)))
> 3.)How do you port unix software to plan 9, is it possible??
yep! i've ported 80+ programs, either using APE, or natively (mainly
libs). No problem at all if the code is not outraged too much. Rwemember that
i'm not a programmer, just a biologist. Learning curve was moderately steep in
that time i converted. Nowadays it's much easier. just forget all you know from
win/mac/lunix/...
> 4.)Are there any window mangers alternative to Rio, or (older)8-1/2 ??
what's bad with rio?? well, i personally don't like menus, if U2, use
acme instead || call acme from rio. it's great: ui & editor in one.
> 5.)Can you play media files like movies and all??
convert to mpeg (or ogg) and search /n/sources for a player. i'm happy
with mpeg.
> 6.)Why is X window not reccommeded on plan 9?
too heavy, IMHO.
> Thanks
> Chris
Welcome aboard,
++pac.
PS.: don't hesutate to contactme directly, I'LL HELP IF I CAN.
