2009/8/7 Antony Jepson <anton...@gmail.com>: > On 2009-08-06, Charlie Kester wrote: >> Help me understand the pro's and con's here. Why/when should I use >> 9base rather than plan9port? > > You could do a little research here to save us all some time. But, I > feel generous, so: > > The major differences between the two are size and the included > programs. > > $ pacman -Si 9base > Download Size : 5828.02 K > > $ pacman -Si plan9port > Download Size : 30772.74 K > > plan9port includes sam, acme, rio, and 9term whereas 9base doesn't. > > Think about it this way, 9base has the everything you need to run 'werc' > and nothing else (i.e. no GUI tools).
Yes 9base can be used if you just write rc shell scripts with a reliable tool chain (eg all included commands like cat, sed, ls, etc behave consistent, regardless of the platform). Kind regards, Anselm
