Why has Plan 9 chosen statically linked binaries instead of dynamic ones? (2004)

Re:Why has Plan 9 chosen statically linked binaries instead ... by adriveatrain on Friday February 15, 2019 @01:41PM (#19173502)

the internet is not the web

yep, IRC, if I was at the computer I had a window with FreeNode and QuakeNET.

And a condescending Plan9 user, "Not only is UNIX dead, it's starting to smell really bad", as we say.

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Re:Why has Plan 9 chosen statically linked binaries instead ... by jstewartmobile on Friday February 15, 2019 @02:35PM (#19173998)

10 years without a browser? Your sanity levels must be off the charts!

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Re:Why has Plan 9 chosen statically linked binaries instead ... by adriveatrain on Saturday February 16, 2019 @04:59AM (#19177964)

Plan9 has multiple native web browsers, Mothra, Abaco & Charon. You could run Opera in Linux emulation mode and also use VNC to another machine.

Did you see the part where I was a website devops for 10 years using Plan9?

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Re:Why has Plan 9 chosen statically linked binaries instead ... by jolmg on Monday February 18, 2019 @11:13AM (#19191707)

> You could run Opera in Linux emulation mode and also use VNC to another machine.

What? There's a Linux emulation mode in Plan9? O_o How well does it work? Could I run anything Linux in Plan9?

EDIT: Woah.

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