Documentation (Diff)

Sun Apr 12 02:07:28 EDT 2015, pdfinn

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions.
Recommended Readings
Papers and other publications.
Books
Supported PC hardware, other hardware, virtual machines
Online Manual pages - man pages mirror

INSTALLATION

INSTALLATION IN SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTS

Installing Plan 9 on Qemu - Plan 9 works reliably in Qemu
vmware4 - Plan 9 under vmware4.
Installing in Xen
Installing in Parallels Desktop on Mac OS X
Installing Plan 9 in a VirtualBox
Guruplug
Installation on Ipaq (Supported PDAs)
Other hardware

USING THE SYSTEM

Using rio - An introduction to using the window system.
Using acme - Acme is a hybrid editor and shell/windowing application.
Using plumbing - The plumber sends messages to the appropriate program.
9p services using srv, listen, exportfs, import - How Plan 9 systems communicate.
Fonts - for the screen and otherwise.
Using troff - Formatting text for printing on a typesetter.
Using vncv - Remote use of applications on other OSes.
Using SSL - How to store keys and certificates.
Using aescbc to store factotum keys - secstore(1) for stand-alone terminals.
Connecting to other OSes - ssh, telnet, u9fs, SMB, NFS...
Connecting from other OSes - drawterm, v9fs, 9vx...
X11 installation - Functional but not recommended.
Linux emulation - Rudimentary support for running Linux programs on Plan 9.
UNIX to Plan 9 command translation.
Tip o' the day

CONFIGURATION

Configuring a standalone CPU server - The next step after installation.
Compiling kernels
Dns configuration notes
Mail configuration
Adding your face
Printer configuration
SSH configuration
TeX configuration
Informal Wiki Setup
Setting up Fossil - How to manually setup fossil
Setting up Venti - How to manually setup venti
Mirroring with Fossil and Venti
Expanding your Grid - An overview of adding more systems

ADDITIONAL TOPICS

Drawterm to your terminal
Console messages
Using PQ - The implicit relational database client and server.
Configuring file-backed Venti stores
Venti-Rescue - How to rebuild your system when your disks crash.
Kfs file system configuration - Of historical interest; kfs is now deprecated.
Installing a Plan 9 File Server - Instructions for installing the old dedicated file server; in most cases it is recommended that you use fossil instead.
Mouse vs. keyboard
Dialup modem config
Installing Plan B on Qemu

Sun Apr 12 02:07:00 EDT 2015, pdfinn

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions.
Recommended Readings
Papers and other publications.
Books
Supported PC hardware, other hardware, [virtual machines
Online Manual pages - man pages mirror

INSTALLATION

INSTALLATION IN SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTS

Installing Plan 9 on Qemu - Plan 9 works reliably in Qemu
vmware4 - Plan 9 under vmware4.
Installing in Xen
Installing in Parallels Desktop on Mac OS X
Installing Plan 9 in a VirtualBox
Guruplug
Installation on Ipaq (Supported PDAs)
Other hardware

USING THE SYSTEM

Using rio - An introduction to using the window system.
Using acme - Acme is a hybrid editor and shell/windowing application.
Using plumbing - The plumber sends messages to the appropriate program.
9p services using srv, listen, exportfs, import - How Plan 9 systems communicate.
Fonts - for the screen and otherwise.
Using troff - Formatting text for printing on a typesetter.
Using vncv - Remote use of applications on other OSes.
Using SSL - How to store keys and certificates.
Using aescbc to store factotum keys - secstore(1) for stand-alone terminals.
Connecting to other OSes - ssh, telnet, u9fs, SMB, NFS...
Connecting from other OSes - drawterm, v9fs, 9vx...
X11 installation - Functional but not recommended.
Linux emulation - Rudimentary support for running Linux programs on Plan 9.
UNIX to Plan 9 command translation.
Tip o' the day

CONFIGURATION

Configuring a standalone CPU server - The next step after installation.
Compiling kernels
Dns configuration notes
Mail configuration
Adding your face
Printer configuration
SSH configuration
TeX configuration
Informal Wiki Setup
Setting up Fossil - How to manually setup fossil
Setting up Venti - How to manually setup venti
Mirroring with Fossil and Venti
Expanding your Grid - An overview of adding more systems

ADDITIONAL TOPICS

Drawterm to your terminal
Console messages
Using PQ - The implicit relational database client and server.
Configuring file-backed Venti stores
Venti-Rescue - How to rebuild your system when your disks crash.
Kfs file system configuration - Of historical interest; kfs is now deprecated.
Installing a Plan 9 File Server - Instructions for installing the old dedicated file server; in most cases it is recommended that you use fossil instead.
Mouse vs. keyboard
Dialup modem config
Installing Plan B on Qemu

Sat Feb 23 21:34:08 EST 2013, mycroftiv

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions.
Recommended Readings
Papers and other publications.
Books
Supported PC hardware, other hardware, virtual machines
Online Manual pages - man pages mirror

INSTALLATION

INSTALLATION IN SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTS

Installing Plan 9 on Qemu - Plan 9 works reliably in Qemu
vmware4 - Plan 9 under vmware4.
Installing in Xen
Installing in Parallels Desktop on Mac OS X
Installing Plan 9 in a VirtualBox
Guruplug
Installation on Ipaq (Supported PDAs)
Other hardware

USING THE SYSTEM

Using rio - An introduction to using the window system.
Using acme - Acme is a hybrid editor and shell/windowing application.
Using plumbing - The plumber sends messages to the appropriate program.
9p services using srv, listen, exportfs, import - How Plan 9 systems communicate.
Fonts - for the screen and otherwise.
Using troff - Formatting text for printing on a typesetter.
Using vncv - Remote use of applications on other OSes.
Using SSL - How to store keys and certificates.
Using aescbc to store factotum keys - secstore(1) for stand-alone terminals.
Connecting to other OSes - ssh, telnet, u9fs, SMB, NFS...
Connecting from other OSes - drawterm, v9fs, 9vx...
X11 installation - Functional but not recommended.
Linux emulation - Rudimentary support for running Linux programs on Plan 9.
UNIX to Plan 9 command translation.
Tip o' the day

CONFIGURATION

Configuring a standalone CPU server - The next step after installation.
Compiling kernels
Dns configuration notes
Mail configuration
Adding your face
Printer configuration
SSH configuration
TeX configuration
Informal Wiki Setup
Setting up Fossil - How to manually setup fossil
Setting up Venti - How to manually setup venti
Mirroring with Fossil and Venti
Expanding your Grid - An overview of adding more systems

ADDITIONAL TOPICS

Drawterm to your terminal
Console messages
Using PQ - The implicit relational database client and server.
Configuring file-backed Venti stores
Venti-Rescue - How to rebuild your system when your disks crash.
Kfs file system configuration - Of historical interest; kfs is now deprecated.
Installing a Plan 9 File Server - Instructions for installing the old dedicated file server; in most cases it is recommended that you use fossil instead.
Mouse vs. keyboard
Dialup modem config
Installing Plan B on Qemu

Documentation -Diff-

INSTALLATION

INSTALLATION IN SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTS

USING THE SYSTEM

CONFIGURATION

ADDITIONAL TOPICS

INSTALLATION

INSTALLATION IN SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTS

USING THE SYSTEM

CONFIGURATION

ADDITIONAL TOPICS

INSTALLATION

INSTALLATION IN SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTS

USING THE SYSTEM

CONFIGURATION

ADDITIONAL TOPICS