Re: [9fans] Distros

2016-09-11 Thread cinap_lenrek
>> he wrote *AMD*64 not *ARM*64 ;-) > > Does plan9 on the rpi run armv8? I thought it was armv7 even on the rpi3. it was a joke... -- cinap

Re: [9fans] Distros

2016-09-11 Thread Andrés Domínguez
2016-09-11 19:50 GMT+02:00 : > he wrote *AMD*64 not *ARM*64 ;-) Does plan9 on the rpi run armv8? I thought it was armv7 even on the rpi3. Andrés

Re: [9fans] Distros

2016-09-11 Thread Andrés Domínguez
2016-09-11 19:48 GMT+02:00 Kurt H Maier : > On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 07:39:31PM +0200, Andrés Domínguez wrote: >> 2016-09-11 18:40 GMT+02:00 Benjamin Huntsman >> : >> > with amd64 support? >> >> the rpi image > > I predict suffering. I understood that he wanted to start with a distribution with am

Re: [9fans] Distros

2016-09-11 Thread cinap_lenrek
he wrote *AMD*64 not *ARM*64 ;-) -- cinap

Re: [9fans] Distros

2016-09-11 Thread Kurt H Maier
On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 07:39:31PM +0200, Andrés Domínguez wrote: > 2016-09-11 18:40 GMT+02:00 Benjamin Huntsman > : > > with amd64 support? > > the rpi image > I predict suffering. Benjamin: I wouldn't get too hung up on amd64 specifically. Labs, 9atom, and 9front should all work fine ou

Re: [9fans] Distros

2016-09-11 Thread Andrés Domínguez
2016-09-11 18:40 GMT+02:00 Benjamin Huntsman : > Hi! > >What would be the best place to start in, looking for the most > current/widely-used distribution with amd64 support? 9front? 9atom? > Other? I would bet that the best distribution to start working with out of the box is the rpi image b

[9fans] Distros

2016-09-11 Thread Benjamin Huntsman
Hi! Since a similar line of conversation came up recently, I thought I'd ask... Maybe this was just my perception, but I remember that years ago, there seemed to be a pretty strong aversion to forking the official distribution from Bell Labs. These days I'm not certain where the majority