Documentation -Diff-

Mon Apr 28 20:11:27 EDT 2008, tomek

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions.
Recommended Readings
Papers and other publications.
Books
Supported PC hardware
Online Manual pages

INSTALLATION

INSTALLATION IN SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTS

Installing in Xen
Installing in Parallels Desktop on Mac OS X
vmware4 - how to run the Plan 9 vmware disk image under vmware4.
Installing Plan 9 on Qemu
Installing Plan B on Qemu
Installation on Ipaq (Supported PDAs)
Other hardware

USING THE SYSTEM

Tip o' the day
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.
Fonts - for the screen and otherwise
Using PQ - The implicit relational database client and server.
Using vncv - Remote use of applications on other OSes.
using ssl - How to store keys and certificates
Using aescbc to store factotum keys - secstore(1) for stand-alone terminals.
UNIX to Plan 9 command translation.
Connecting to other OSes - ssh, telnet, u9fs, SMB, NFS...
Connecting from other OSes - drawterm (see also v9fs.)
Mouse vs. keyboard
Venti-Rescue - How to rebuild your system when your disks crash.
Console messages
X11 installation

CONFIGURATION

Compiling kernels
Configuring a standalone CPU server
Dns configuration notes
Mail configuration
Adding your face
Printer configuration
SSH configuration
TeX configuration
Informal Wiki Setup
Dialup modem config
Drawterm to your terminal
Setting up Fossil - How to manually setup fossil
Setting up Venti - How to manually setup venti
Mirroring with Fossil and Venti
Configuring file-backed Venti stores
Kfs file system configuration - Of historical interest; kfs is now deprecated.
Installing a Plan 9 File Server - Instructions for installing the old dedicated file server; in most cases it is recommended that you use fossil instead.