Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 20th Sep 2005 17:12 UTC, submitted by Andrey Nikanorov
OSNews, Generic OSes "Plan B is an operating system designed to work in distributed environments where the set of available resources is different at different points in time. Plan B 3rd edition is a modified Plan 9 system. Therefore, any experience with Plan 9 will help you to install and use Plan B. Because Plan 9 inherits from UNIX, any experience with UNIX will help as well."
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User Interface
by on Wed 21st Sep 2005 03:44 UTC

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Those complaining about the user interface should give it a try before complaining. Though lacking in eye-candy, the interface is pleasant to use and extremely quick. Just take a look at the acme development environment.

If you want to learn more check out:
http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/ (the official site)
http://swtch.com/plan9port/ (unix ports of much of the plan 9 user land)