<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en"><head>	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />	<meta name="keywords" content="9p, 9p2000, research, Plan 9, Inferno, Unix, Open Source, Bell Labs" />	<meta name="description" content="Open source distributed operating system Plan 9 from Bell Labs." />	<link rel="stylesheet" href="/wiki-style.css" media="all" type="text/css" />	<title>FAQ (Diff)</title></head><body><h1><a name="top"></a>FAQ <i>-Diff-</i></h1> <div class='body'> <!-- ***************************** --> <hr /><div class='diff_head'><a href="index.html">Tue Dec  3 10:45:36 EST 2013</a>, a</div><hr />(wealsohavea<a href="../lfaq">lfaq</a>(lessfrequentlyaskedquestions),whichhasmoreinitbutislesswellorganized.)<p class='para'><a href="#ABOUT_PLAN_9">AboutPlan9</a></p> <ul> <li>WhatisPlan9?</li> <li>WhatisInferno?</li> <li>Whydopeopleuseit?</li> <li>Whydon'tmorepeopleuseit?</li> <li>Istheremuchofacommunity?Where?</li> <li>WherecanIgetmoreinformationonthesystem?</li></ul> <p class='para'><a href="#GETTING_STARTED_WITH_PLAN_9">GettingStartedwithPlan9</a></p> <ul> <li>SoundsInteresting.NowWhat?</li> <li>CanIusethisparticularapplicationI'vegot?</li> <li>CanIrunKDE/GNOME/fvwm/&amp;c?</li> <li>CanIrunMozilla/Firefox/Opera/&amp;c?</li> <li>DoIneedthreecomputerstousePlan9?</li> <li>Great,sohowdoIinstallthething?</li></ul> <p class='para'><a href="#USING_PLAN_9">UsingPlan9</a></p> <ul> <li>Okay,it'sinstalled.Nowwhat?</li> <li>Sonowlet'ssayIdowantafullernetwork;how?</li> <li>Aretherepublicresourcestoimportorplaywith?</li> <li>WherecanIgetmoresoftwareforPlan9?</li> <li>CanIgetaPlan9accountsomewheretoplayaround?</li> <li>HowcanIhelp?</li></ul> <p class='para'><a href="#NOT_USING_PLAN_9">NotUsingPlan9</a></p> <ul> <li>It'sreallyinteresting,butIdon'thavesupportedhardware.Options?</li> <li>Theideassoundgreat,butIdon'twantawholenewOS.Options?</li> <li>HowcanIhelp,anyway?</li> <li>AboutPlan9</li></ul><hr /><a name="ABOUT_PLAN_9" /><h3>ABOUT PLAN 9</h3> <ul> <li>WhatisPlan9?</li></ul> <p class='para'>Plan9isa(relatively)newcomputeroperatingsystemandassociatedutilities.ItwasbuiltbytheComputingScienceResearchCenterofBellLaboratories(nowpartofAlcatel-Lucent),thesamegroupthatdevelopedUnix,C,andC++.</p> <p class='para'>Plan9isadistributedsystem,abletomakeuseofdifferentkindsofresourcesandserversspreadacrossalmostanynetwork.Ithasverylowresourcerequirementcomparedtomostsystems,hasaveryconsistent,simpledesign,andperformsverywell.</p> <ul> <li>WhatisInferno?</li></ul> <p class='para'>Infernoisaspin-offofPlan9usingmanyofthesameideas(andmuchofthesamecode).Infernohasseveraladditionalbenefits;evenlighterresourcerequirements,avirtualmachine(Dis),anewlanguageforconcurrentprogramming(Limbo),andtheabilitytorunasanapplicationontopofanexistingOperatingSystem(includingPlan9,Windows,andavarietyofUnixes).</p> <p class='para'>ThisFAQmostlytalksaboutPlan9,buttheideaslargelytranslatetoInferno.SeethelastfewquestionsforsomeInferno-specificinformation.</p> <ul> <li>Whydopeopleuseit?</li></ul>

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