Oh sure, lots of things are “inconvenient” on Plan 9.
Of note for most would-be users: if you rely on a modern web browser like Firefox/Chrome, forget about it. Never going to happen.
It’s important to remember that Plan 9 is fundamentally a research operating system; it’s not really a “typical” environment by any stretch, and that stems largely from it being entirely network-based and distributed. A single Plan 9 system in isolation can only be so interesting. Using it on a laptop like this can be an entirely different set of problems.
If you’d like some examples of things you may face:
booting can be slow
security is not a priority
poor documentation, though it’s been getting better
reading research papers is basically a requirement for understanding the system
can be intimidating to set up for some of the more important features – password store and authorization server, new users, etc.
cwfs is slow
hjfs is really slow
only recently did we get a filesystem that specifically aims to be crash-safe
For me, though? I genuinely don’t need much more than what’s available in the base system.
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something you can’t do or any inconvenience on this system?
Oh sure, lots of things are “inconvenient” on Plan 9.
Of note for most would-be users: if you rely on a modern web browser like Firefox/Chrome, forget about it. Never going to happen.
It’s important to remember that Plan 9 is fundamentally a research operating system; it’s not really a “typical” environment by any stretch, and that stems largely from it being entirely network-based and distributed. A single Plan 9 system in isolation can only be so interesting. Using it on a laptop like this can be an entirely different set of problems.
If you’d like some examples of things you may face:
booting can be slow
security is not a priority
poor documentation, though it’s been getting better
reading research papers is basically a requirement for understanding the system
can be intimidating to set up for some of the more important features – password store and authorization server, new users, etc.
cwfsis slowhjfsis really slowonly recently did we get a filesystem that specifically aims to be crash-safe
For me, though? I genuinely don’t need much more than what’s available in the base system.