I think it is one or the other depending on a particular use case. For the supposedly vast majority of users Glendix or Plan9ports will probably just complement their standard GNU/Linux. For that use-case, there already are ports for Gentoo, for example. If Glendix would develop a "poster child" distro, however, I assume that it would benefit from highlighting its unique characteristics rather than just being another re-spin on the GNU/Linux theme with some added features.
Perhaps more a symbolic rather than technical observation - but most decisions made are not rational anyways... 2010/6/2 Jorden M <[email protected]> > Bind mounts would work, also, I'm just thinking the vast amount (and > size) of GNU/Linux programs would make things perform worse if you had > to set up some special environment for every one that gets run, > especially considering most of the programs running at any given time > will be native Linux programs, not the Plan 9 ports. But perhaps not. > > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Jens Staal <[email protected]> wrote: > > Only if you got programs that expect such behaviour in the base system > and > > not exclusively run them in the "APE" (chroot?) environment with legacy > GNU > > binaries. > > > > 2010/6/2 Jorden Mauro <[email protected]> > >> > >> You'll break programs that expect GNU options. grep -A, for example. > >> > >> > >> > >> On Jun 2, 2010, at 1:43 AM, staalmannen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> Thanks for explaining the difference. I guessed I had made a couple of > >>> too simplistic assumptions. > >>> > >>> On the other hand, would it be feasible to use a mix of native Plan9 > >>> on Glendix and Plan9port (static)binaries in the default /bin as > >>> primary utilities and the regular GNU stuff in some sort of "APE" > >>> directory? (something not recommended by the plan9port guys, but on > >>> the other hand that is on a "normal" GNU/Linux distribution, whereas > >>> this hypothetical glendix distribution -as far as I see- more would be > >>> about proof-of-concept where the plan9port portion could be gradually > >>> reduced as Glendix gets more and more native Plan9 binaries to execute > >>> correctly). > >>> > >>> On 31 Maj, 19:58, Jorden Mauro <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Wmii does not create a draw device. It uses 9p for control, more like > >>>> the FS rio or acme post. > >>>> > >>>> You could implement draw on top of X11, or even the Linux framebuffer. > >>>> > >>>> On May 31, 2010, at 1:10 PM, staalmannen <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> I was looking around a bit and the Suckless.org Sta.li (http:// > >>>>> sta.li/) distribution that is in the works seems to be a pretty good > >>>>> fit for a glendix-type distro, since it already tries to Plan9-like > in > >>>>> some ways (initiation scripts, static linking). Something built on > >>>>> that (perhaps with a Gobo-hide patch to make a Plan9-like file > >>>>> hierarchy) could be cool. > >>>> > >>>>> After reading through the different projects at Suckless, I came > >>>>> across that wmii actually has a 9P interface (http:// > >>>>> wmii.suckless.org/). Sorry for my ignorance, but would it > >>>>> (theoretically) be possible to "complement" the things that do not > yet > >>>>> work natively under Linux with Glendix-patches using > Plan9port+wmii+P9 > >>>>> mount of wmii to /dev/draw? If the lack of /dev/draw is a temporary > >>>>> "blocker bug" for some Plan9 stuff to work under Glendix, perhaps > that > >>>>> could be a temporary solution? > >>>> > >>>>> I suppose the bigger "blocker bug" is the private namespaces stuff. > >>>> > >>>>> I have no clear idea how the different Plan9 binaries are > >>>>> interdependent and whether something like that would work. > >>>> > >>>>> On 19 Maj, 20:51, vh4x0r <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Hi, I'm interested in contributing to the project for creation of a > >>>>>> distro based on Glendix and Gentoo. I have acquainted myself with > >>>>>> Glendix, and also have a lot of experience with Gentoo. Can you > >>>>>> please > >>>>>> provide me with some pointers about where to start ? > >>>> > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>>>>> [email protected]<glendix%[email protected]> > >>>>>> For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/ > >>>>>> glendix?hl=en > >>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>>>> [email protected]<glendix%[email protected]> > >>>>> For more options, visit this group > >>>>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/glendix?hl=en > >>> > >>> -- > >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>> [email protected]<glendix%[email protected]> > >>> For more options, visit this group at > >>> http://groups.google.com/group/glendix?hl=en > >> > >> -- > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]<glendix%[email protected]> > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/glendix?hl=en > > > > -- > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<glendix%[email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/glendix?hl=en > > -- > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<glendix%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/glendix?hl=en > -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/glendix?hl=en
