2009/12/14 chutsu <chu...@gmail.com> > So.. been looking at plan 9, am confused what plan 9 is used for? I > mean I know its a hobbyst sort of OS, but what can you do with it > though? > Can you browse the internet? > Watch videos? > Thanks > Chris > > Well, as far as I know, you can't browse web, watch videos, as comfortably as in other systems, if at all. But I guess this has not been the goal. I personally don't use plan 9 directly these days, since 1) I couldn't run it on my hardware (yes, I think you can't compare plan9 to e.g. linux in this respect) and 2) I need quite a lot of software which is unavailable under plan9. However, I currently and on day to day basis use programs from plan9 on linux, the plan9port, namely sam, acme, hoc, rc. The simplicity and power of these is quite remarkable. Plan 9 tools are just simple and thus easy to control (compare rc to bash), yet really powerful. That's my reason for using them.
The plan9 system itself is rather nice too, the underlying concepts are fulfilling. On the other hand, you may not find 'all you need', which at least in my case drove me to the linux/plan9port combination. At least for now. Ruda
