Re: [9fans] FOSDEM 2026 Plan 9 Devroom - Call for Participation

[Ori Bernstein <ori@eigenstate.org>]

I think there's a pretty good chance I'd be in if this happens.

On Tue, 30 Sep 2025 06:39:12 +0000 (UTC)
<red@redfrey.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm Revan Edfrey. I've been working with Plan 9 concepts for several
> years now, building various projects that explore the boundaries of
> what's possible with 9p and the Plan 9 philosophy.
> 
> I'd like to organize a Plan 9 devroom for FOSDEM 2026. The deadline
> for proposals is October 12, and I haven't seen any discussion here
> about it yet. Is anyone already working on a proposal? If not, I'm
> happy to take the lead and would appreciate help from anyone interested
> in making this happen.
> 
> FOSDEM 2026 specifically mentioned wanting "some more weird and
> wonderful Plan9 ecosystem devrooms" this year. Read that again: FOSDEM
> wants Plan 9. Are we going to let that go unanswered?
> 
> From what I can find, Plan 9 content at FOSDEM has been limited to
> individual talks rather than a dedicated devroom. This is our chance to
> change that and give our community proper space to showcase what we've
> been building.
> 
> I envision a devroom that covers the full spectrum of Plan 9 work
> happening today:
> 
> - Plan 9 distributions and forks (9front, 9legacy, Inferno)
> - plan9port projects and extensions
> - Distributed systems built on Plan 9 concepts
> - File servers, auth systems, and namespace manipulation
> - GPU support and hardware acceleration
> - Novel approaches to Plan 9 package management
> - Cross-pollination with other systems (Linux, BSDs)
> - Hardware projects running Plan 9
> - 9p protocol implementations and novel applications
> 
> The goal would be to bring together both core Plan 9 developers and
> those applying Plan 9 ideas in new contexts, fostering collaboration
> across the ecosystem.
> 
> If there's interest, I could present on several projects I've been
> working on:
> 
> - A distributed self-healing cluster architecture that uses 9p as its
>   communication protocol
> - A general-purpose database library and userspace tools using Plan 9's
>   ndb format with arbitrary-length strings
> - A extension to mk for native subdirectory support with parallel
>   execution
> - A namespace-based package management system for Plan 9 that leverages
>   bind and union directories
> - Additional plan9port libraries (libvec for dynamic arrays, libstr for
>   string manipulation... again!)
> - A C VM. It's not as stupid as it sounds, I swear!
> - Exportfs between Unix systems (Linux and OpenBSD for now) with unix
>   domain sockets support. Aiming for X11 over 9p, for whatever reason
> 
> I'm sure many of you have equally interesting projects that deserve a
> wider audience. A dedicated devroom would give us all a platform to
> share this work.
> 
> To make this happen, I need to know:
> 
> - Who would be interested in attending or presenting?
> - What specific topics would you like to see covered?
> - Who can help with organizing (reviewing proposals, scheduling, etc.)?
> 
> If you have a project you'd like to present, please share a brief
> description. Even if you're just interested in attending, let me know,
> as demonstrating community interest will strengthen our proposal.
> 
> The deadline for devroom proposals is October 12, so we need to move
> quickly. If we get enough interest, I'll draft and submit the proposal
> this week.
> 
> Looking forward to hearing from you all. Let's show FOSDEM what the
> Plan 9 community has been building!
> 
> Best,
> Revan


-- 
Ori Bernstein <ori@eigenstate.org>

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