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• FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions.
• Recommended Readings
• Papers and other publications.
• Books
• Supported PC hardware, other hardware, virtual machines
• Online Manual pages - man pages mirror

INSTALLATION

• Installation instructions
• Installation troubleshooting
• Setting the right monitor size
• Setting the right keyboard map
• Adding a new user
• Network configuration
• Using AoE (ATA-over-Ethernet)
• Staying up to date

INSTALLATION IN SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTS

• Installing Plan 9 on Qemu - Plan 9 works reliably in Qemu
• vmware4 - Plan 9 under vmware4.
• Installing in Xen
• Installing in Parallels Desktop on Mac OS X
• Installing Plan 9 in a VirtualBox
• Guruplug
• Installation on Ipaq (Supported PDAs)
• Other hardware

USING THE SYSTEM

• Using rio - An introduction to using the window system.
• Using acme - Acme is a hybrid editor and shell/windowing application.
• Using plumbing - The plumber sends messages to the appropriate program.
• 9p services using srv, listen, exportfs, import - How Plan 9 systems communicate.
• Fonts - for the screen and otherwise.
• Using troff - Formatting text for printing on a typesetter.
• Using vncv - Remote use of applications on other OSes.
• Using SSL - How to store keys and certificates.
• Using aescbc to store factotum keys - secstore(1) for stand-alone terminals.
• Connecting to other OSes - ssh, telnet, u9fs, SMB, NFS...
• Connecting from other OSes - drawterm, v9fs, 9vx...
• X11 installation - Functional but not recommended.
• Linux emulation - Rudimentary support for running Linux programs on Plan 9.
• UNIX to Plan 9 command translation.
• Tip o' the day

CONFIGURATION

• Configuring a standalone CPU server - The next step after installation.
• Compiling kernels
• Dns configuration notes
• Mail configuration
• Adding your face
• Printer configuration
• SSH configuration
• TeX configuration
• Informal Wiki Setup
• Setting up Fossil - How to manually setup fossil
• Setting up Venti - How to manually setup venti
• Mirroring with Fossil and Venti
• Expanding your Grid - An overview of adding more systems

ADDITIONAL TOPICS

• Drawterm to your terminal
• Console messages
• Using PQ - The implicit relational database client and server.
• Configuring file-backed Venti stores
• Venti-Rescue - How to rebuild your system when your disks crash.
• Kfs file system configuration - Of historical interest; kfs is now deprecated.
• Installing a Plan 9 File Server - Instructions for installing the old dedicated file server; in most cases it is recommended that you use fossil instead.
• Mouse vs. keyboard
• Dialup modem config
• Installing Plan B on Qemu

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