[clug] Plan 9 from Bell Labs [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

steve jenkin sjenkin at canb.auug.org.au
Fri Sep 2 00:18:56 MDT 2011


I haven't used it recently, though looked early on.

It is *very* different and idiosyncratic...

You could run it up as a VM, or investigate other options:
"Plan 9 port" (p9p) and the derivative "Inferno".

<http://swtch.com/plan9port/>
<http://code.google.com/p/inferno-os/>
<http://www.vitanuova.com/inferno/>



Ellis, Peter MR wrote on 2/09/11 3:31 PM:
> UNCLASSIFIED
> 
> Any experience here with Plan 9? (from Bell Labs)
> http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9/ /
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_9_from_Bell_Labs 
> 
> I may download the ISO of the live CD just for interest sake. 
> 
> Peter
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