On 5/17/2012 10:41 AM, Jack Johnson wrote:
Quick tangent, is there anyone out there whose favorite environment is
non-native? Maybe 9vx or plan9ports on specific hardware? Your secret
sam port to Windows 8's Metro UI?
For all I know, plan9ports full screen on a MacBook Air is Glenda's
Elysian field. Maybe something dual-screen with Chrome on the next
monitor over. I know someone out there has a setup they've nestled
into and are slightly cringing at the thought of his or her next
machine or OS transition because right now life is good.
-Jack
All the things you describe here sound like a user interface hellscape.
Especially the macbook air and plan9port. I'd rather use a slide rule
and some cocktail napkins.
I drawterm to a few native/qemu-kvm servers and I've got a limping
netbook that runs native. More native to come. I stay away from
non-native plan9 tools. They end up being frustrating to me. My
slackware installations already have unix tools. Sometimes simplicity
is better found using what you've got, rather than shoehorning some
"better solution" into some unwilling host.
-jack
