Did you know that Plan 9 is a very cool operating system used by very cool people to do very cool things
@sir
Cool, but can it connect to wifi?
9front can, if you have a supported WiFi card, install the firmware, rebuild the kernel, and run the commands in `man wpa`.
@chaosmonk
I see... I tried it with a raspberry pi 3 some months ago without success. Are there any resources (besides the source code) that might help with WiFi card support?
@sir
@zachdecook @sir These are the supported WiFi cards: http://fqa.9front.org/fqa3.html#3.2.3.2
If you don't have compatible hardware, a cheap second-hand ThinkPad will do. They almost always come with Intel WiFi cards, and their three mouse buttons + trackpoint are very well suited for plan9's mouse-driven workflow.
So, I guess I'm looking for a small computer which has a pci slot or mini pci slot, (I'm not looking for a laptop form factor), then I just need to buy one of those cards. I would hope to get something <$50, though my alternative is stringing ethernet cables across the house so the setup would be useful.
@zachdecook @chaosmonk RTFM http://fqa.9front.org/fqa3.html#3.1
And don't use a fucking raspberry pi for a start