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Originally Posted by techieMoe Originally Posted by onlinebacon Oooh ooh ooh can you do a review of project 9? PLEASE Do you mean Plan9 ? Yes, we were discussing it ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by techieMoe
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    Oooh ooh ooh can you do a review of project 9?


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    Do you mean Plan9?
    Yes, we were discussing it on the IRC channel last night. I mentioned it in passing (I'd just read about it) and it seemed to generate a bit of interest. It's a distributed system of some sort. I don't think you'll get much mileage out of playing Quake 3 on it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fingal
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    Oooh ooh ooh can you do a review of project 9?


    PLEASE
    Do you mean Plan9?
    Yes, we were discussing it on the IRC channel last night. I mentioned it in passing (I'd just read about it) and it seemed to generate a bit of interest. It's a distributed system of some sort. I don't think you'll get much mileage out of playing Quake 3 on it.
    Why?
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    Oooh ooh ooh can you do a review of project 9?


    PLEASE
    Do you mean Plan9?
    Yes, we were discussing it on the IRC channel last night. I mentioned it in passing (I'd just read about it) and it seemed to generate a bit of interest. It's a distributed system of some sort. I don't think you'll get much mileage out of playing Quake 3 on it.
    Why?
    Well, it seems to be inspired by Unix, but it tries to fix what a team at Bell Labs now see as weaknesses in that system ... Mainly to do with how *Nixes handle networks. I don't think Plan 9 uses Xorg or X11 ... Many of its packages are written from scratch, specifically for that OS.

    I think a Linux port of Quake or Doom would need X* Not sure how you would go about compiling Linux packages on it. I might be wrong, but I think Plan 9 has its very own compiler. I don't think it handles rpms for eg.

    The window manager is still buggy from what I've read. It's not supported by a large community as Linux is still prefered by many. That's all I know. I just mentioned it 'cos I thought someone might enjoy hacking it.

    EDIT: I think it can be used as a live CD btw. That might be worth looking at. All I did was read a rather long article in 'Linux Magazine' which I found interesting.
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    Doesnt use X11, doesnt even use unix apps, asked in the IRC channel
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    From what I read on their page some months ago, plan9 has a graphics system integrated in the OS itself with a built-in windowmanager which on the screenies look like an ancient version of twm

    They seem to have an easier-to-program-with network implementation (saw some examples on their page), however that makes other *nix network code incompatible with plan9... And so does the x11/integrated graphics stuff. However, different OSs, different implementations...
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    So, has anyone on these forums actually tried it?
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    Nope, just read about it...
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  8. 12-07-2005 #8
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    I downloaded the ISO file but it apparently requires you to boot from a floppy and THEN use the CDROM. Seems a bit archaic to me.
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    Now now now, lets go into this with an open mind

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