WELCOME TO THE PLAN 9 WIKI

This collection of pages contains information pertinent to installing, configuring, and using the operating system Plan 9 from Bell Labs.

This is a wiki, which means that anyone with a web browser or a Plan 9 installation can edit any of the pages (including this one). If you find a document you believe to be unclear or incomplete, edit that page to fix it. We use a simple wiki syntax rather than full HTML, which makes the editing much easier. If you're using a web browser, there is an Edit link at the bottom of the page. If you're using Acme, just edit the text and put the document back.

There are also Acme wiki instructions.

• Supported PC hardware
• The installation instructions

• Kfs file system configuration
• Compiling kernels
• Printer configuration
• TeX configuration
• Network configuration
• Mail configuration
• SSH configuration
• Configuring a standalone CPU server
• Installing a Plan 9 File Server

• Using rio. An introduction to using the window system.
• Using acme. Acme is a hybrid window system, editor, and shell.
• Using plumbing. The plumber works behind the scenes to connect various programs in interesting ways.
• Using troff. Formatting text for printing on a typesetter.
• Using PQ. The implicit relational database client. <-- please, write at least an intro, whoever is capable of doing it!
• The manual pages are quite informative.
• Useful commands
• See also, a Japanese website that includes tools for Japanese character input and display.

• Documentation is available on Plan 9 systems via man(1) and in /sys/doc.
• The online version of the manual pages.
• A collection of papers about Plan 9.
• Pointers to Plan9 info on other forums and wikis.

• Summary of the Plan 9 development environment.
• aux/vga theory of operation

• Charles Forsyth's Collection.
• Repo's Collection.
• LEO
• Other User-contributed software.

• Wiki syntax
• Acme wiki instructions
• People new to a wiki should play around in the sandbox to gain familiarity with the concept.
• Plan9 wiki wish list.
• A listing of almost all the pages in this wiki, a.k.a. What is Here.

Last modified Tue Apr 9 06:55:52 GMT 2002

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