Lab project
Getting Plan 9 running on the Raspberry Pi
More Unix than Unix
Do you like Unix? Do you really like Unix? Well, what if I told you there's a little-known operating system out there that's more Unix than even Unix is. Cool, right?
Well it is true! Plan 9 occupies an interesting niche in the open source operating system world. It is a full-fledged descendant of Unix, but not in the way that most systems out there are. It took the bones and beating heart of Unix and then built a brand-new cybernetic exoskeleton around it, with lasers, and heat vision... oh wait. You want to boot this bad-boy up, right? Well, okay, we'll do that. But what hardware shall we run it on? Hey, you got a Raspberry Pi? Well then, read on!
Installation
Installing Plan 9 on the raspberry pi couldn't be much easier. Thanks to Richard Miller of 9fans, there's a ready-to-go image for the Raspberry Pi. ...continue reading