Documentation
Recommended Readings
Papers
and other publications.
Online Manual pages
FAQ
- Frequently Asked Questions.
Books
Supported PC hardware
INSTALLATION
Installation instructions
Installation troubleshooting
Setting the right monitor size
Adding a new user
Network configuration
Staying up to date
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.
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 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.
Wiki
Docs
News
Devel
Papers
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