Greetings :-)

..I am currently in a deep exploration of operating systems.
windows->ubuntu->guix&openbsd, with many more tried en-route.  now I'm
hearing about plan9 and oberon.  So, plan9 is the bees-knees?  People
daydream wistfully about a world where it dominates..  So.. shall we get on
with it?  :-)  Unfortunately, I go to the wiki for instructions on
installing it (
https://plan9.io/wiki/plan9/Installation_instructions/index.html), and
find: "Beware: in the manner of wikis most everywhere, this one is woefully
out of date.
<https://plan9.io/wiki/plan9/Beware:_in_the_manner_of_wikis_most_everywhere,_this_one_is_woefully_out_of_date.>"
..this is not encouraging.  In fact, it stops me in my tracks and causes me
to write this e-mail instead.

..I currently have three computers.  Dell Latitudes e7450 and e7440, and a
Thinkpad T430.  I am open to buying another one if there is a particular
one that is recommended for plan9.  I can get another
more-or-less-realiable T430 for ~150 can.  ..I might poke around trying to
follow the given instructions.. but my instinct says that I won't, not
without more assurance of support.

..You may be wondering how I heard about plan9 in the first place.  Keep in
mind, hearing about it and becoming convinced it's worth investigating, are
two different things.  I credit, in historical order, "The Art of Unix
Programming", Suckless, and vis (the editor).  vis are the people whose
documentation prodded me into seriously checking it out.  (..Of course, now
that I search specifically for plan9, I get plenty of hits..)

Cheers,
Michael :-)

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