ref: 84702d2a4fed9a7b8523e6ead2dd436d2b0c0a40
parent: 409c6fd627638e7d7fbd0e72b33a2ba4f3186b99
author: mkf <mkf@cloud9p.org>
date: Mon Aug 26 09:16:24 EDT 2024
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+.HTML Welcome to Plan 9
+.TL
+Welcome to Plan 9
+.AB
+This document will introduce you to Plan 9 installations at inter9
+.AE
+.SH
+Connecting
+.LP
+You may connect to Plan 9 thru several ways, namely
+.I SSH ,
+.I drawterm
+and
+.I rcpu ;
+To connect using
+.I SSH
+protocol, you may run the following command:
+.P1
+; ssh rcpu@cloud9p.org
+.P2
+You'll be greeted a session like following:
+.P1
+user[glenda]: mkf
+cpu[cloud9p.org]:
+auth[cloud9p.org]:
+password:
+.P2
+If you have made an account in
+.I cloud9p.org
+default values for it are fine, otherwise, change them to
+your
+.I cpu
+and
+.I auth
+server(s), respectively.
+Some programs (usually ones which use console --
+.CW /dev/cons
+) can't be used over SSH. these are fairly rare, with only noteable example
+being
+.CW passwd(8) .
+.SH
+drawterm
+.LP
+Drawterm is the native Plan 9 way to connect, it offers more features and is more flexiable
+compered to SSH, some of features are:
+.IP •
+Graphics and audio
+.IP •
+Exporting server and client side resources
+.IP •
+9P channel
+.IP •
+etc...
+.LP
+Drawterm currently supports the following platforms:
+Windows, Mac OS, Linux, BSDs, Solaris, Android and Web.
+You can either compile it from source from:
+.CW git://git.9front.org/plan9front/drawterm .
+or download a pre-built binary from:
+.CW "todo, our site" .
+