From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin Huntsman To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2016 16:40:59 +0000 Message-ID: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_BY2PR0301MB0662694837687F02F72F1003E4FC0BY2PR0301MB0662_" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: [9fans] Distros Topicbox-Message-UUID: 9d0a5102-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --_000_BY2PR0301MB0662694837687F02F72F1003E4FC0BY2PR0301MB0662_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi! Since a similar line of conversation came up recently, I thought I'd ask= ... Maybe this was just my perception, but I remember that years ago, there = seemed to be a pretty strong aversion to forking the official distribution = from Bell Labs. These days I'm not certain where the majority of the activ= ity occurs, and which of the forks is the most "official", or at least "mai= nstream"... What would be the best place to start in, looking for the most current/w= idely-used distribution with amd64 support? 9front? 9atom? Other? As always, many thanks! -Ben --_000_BY2PR0301MB0662694837687F02F72F1003E4FC0BY2PR0301MB0662_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi!

Since a similar line of conversation came up recently, I th= ought I'd ask...

Maybe this was just my perception, but I remember that year= s ago, there seemed to be a pretty strong aversion to forking the official = distribution from Bell Labs. These days I'm not certain where the maj= ority of the activity occurs, and which of the forks is the most "official", or at least "mainstream"= ...

What would be the best place to start in, looking for the m= ost current/widely-used distribution with amd64 support? 9front? = ; 9atom? Other?

As always, many thanks!

-Ben

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