From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rui Carmo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 13:48:35 +0000 Message-Id: References: In-Reply-To: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] There is no fork Topicbox-Message-UUID: cd96745e-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Jehanne is something I=E2=80=99ve been keeping track of, in hopes that rio g= ets nicer defaults. You should write more about it. :) I=E2=80=99ve been toying with the notion of hacking a nicer (for me) visual t= heme, but lack of time prevailed. But I will move my Pi to 9front as soon as= possible... R. > On 11 Feb 2018, at 12:26, Giacomo Tesio wrote: >=20 > To my knowledge this is the set of active projects based on Plan 9: >=20 > 9atom and 9front are both actively maintained. > Both stick strongly to the original Plan 9 from Bell Labs design. > AFAIK, 9front introduce more innovations, both in kernel and in user > space, but what make it unique is the #cat-v community. >=20 > 9legacy is not a really fork, but an organized collection of patches, > and is still actively maintained. > Another non-fork active project is Plan 9-ANTS > (http://www.9gridchan.org/ ) which also provides a 9front-based amd64 > iso and a free 9P grid online. >=20 > Harvey's kernel is based on NIX, and AFAIK, it's the only project > where NIX development is active. >=20 > Forsyth's Plan-9k had some development in mid 2017. > It's 2015 version was the starting point of Jehanne's kernel, which is > my own research operating system (that also includes several of > 9front's improvements). > Jehanne is the project that diverged most from the original Plan9 > design, with its own set of crazy decisions, but currently it's an > unstable toy. >=20 >=20 > Giacomo >=20 > 2018-02-10 3:48 GMT+01:00 Benjamin Huntsman : >> Just curious as to the state of the union. Is 9front pretty much the de >> facto "official" Plan 9 these days, or does anyone still use or maintain a= ny >> of the following: >>=20 >>=20 >> 9atom >>=20 >> NIX >>=20 >> 9legacy >>=20 >> The original Bell Labs distribution >>=20 >>=20 >> Thanks for your input! >>=20 >>=20 >> -Ben >>=20 >>=20 >=20