[9fans] Why is Plan 9 from Bell Labs no longer maintained?

[9fans] Why is Plan 9 from Bell Labs no longer maintained?

[_ resun]

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Is Plan 9 from Bell Labs still maintained?

Since January 2015, Plan 9 is officially no longer maintained at Bell Labs.
The latest change and CD image was published on January 10, 2015.

Because of this, 9legacy is now more a continuation of Plan 9 from Bell Labs
<https://9p.io/plan9/> rather than an aternative distribution.
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Why is Plan9 no longer maintained?

Well, I have been interested in this thing for years. I tried to install it
back in 2021 and gave up after a couple attempts (I was an 18 y/o little
kid with no knowledge about low level and os related stuff). Upon failing,
I decided to use it inside VirtualBox [which clearly does not feel real].


Now, I'm trying to install it again. First issue I encountered, >>It Only
Supports Legacy Boot<<. Luckily, my pc is old enough to have Legacy Boot
support. I was able to boot into the USB but then I encountered some
different issues [unresolved].

Being so determined to get it working on my pc, I was crazily surfing the
internet and came across that part in the 9legacy website. 9legacy Seems to
be a cool project. I loved it, and I want to contribute to it (for which I
would definitely need a working Plan9)! But the question is why isn't Plan9
itself maintained. I bet, many issues in Plan9 could be solved with the
help of 9legacy. Support for UEFI could be implemented. And Many Other
Things!

Thanks!

_resun

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Re: [9fans] Why is Plan 9 from Bell Labs no longer maintained?

[ori]

Because Bell Labs is effectively dead, and stopped paying
people to work on it.

Quoth _ resun <resun.saif@gmail.com>:
> from http://9legacy.org/intro.html << EOF
> 
> Is Plan 9 from Bell Labs still maintained?
> 
> Since January 2015, Plan 9 is officially no longer maintained at Bell Labs.
> The latest change and CD image was published on January 10, 2015.
> 
> Because of this, 9legacy is now more a continuation of Plan 9 from Bell Labs
> <https://9p.io/plan9/> rather than an aternative distribution.
> EOF
> 
> _______________________________________________________________________________
> Why is Plan9 no longer maintained?
> 
> Well, I have been interested in this thing for years. I tried to install it
> back in 2021 and gave up after a couple attempts (I was an 18 y/o little
> kid with no knowledge about low level and os related stuff). Upon failing,
> I decided to use it inside VirtualBox [which clearly does not feel real].
> 
> Now, I'm trying to install it again. First issue I encountered, >>It Only
> Supports Legacy Boot<<. Luckily, my pc is old enough to have Legacy Boot
> support. I was able to boot into the USB but then I encountered some
> different issues [unresolved].
> 
> Being so determined to get it working on my pc, I was crazily surfing the
> internet and came across that part in the 9legacy website. 9legacy Seems to
> be a cool project. I loved it, and I want to contribute to it (for which I
> would definitely need a working Plan9)! But the question is why isn't Plan9
> itself maintained. I bet, many issues in Plan9 could be solved with the
> help of 9legacy. Support for UEFI could be implemented. And Many Other
> Things!
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> _resun

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Re: [9fans] Why is Plan 9 from Bell Labs no longer maintained?

[Ron Minnich]

Personally, and not everyone agrees, of course, I feel that 9front is
the most practical distro to use, if you want a Plan 9 that will work
on most things.

On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM _ resun <resun.saif@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> from http://9legacy.org/intro.html << EOF
>
> Is Plan 9 from Bell Labs still maintained?
>
> Since January 2015, Plan 9 is officially no longer maintained at Bell Labs. The latest change and CD image was published on January 10, 2015.
>
> Because of this, 9legacy is now more a continuation of Plan 9 from Bell Labs rather than an aternative distribution.
>
> EOF
>
> _______________________________________________________________________________
> Why is Plan9 no longer maintained?
>
> Well, I have been interested in this thing for years. I tried to install it back in 2021 and gave up after a couple attempts (I was an 18 y/o little kid with no knowledge about low level and os related stuff). Upon failing, I decided to use it inside VirtualBox [which clearly does not feel real].
>
>
> Now, I'm trying to install it again. First issue I encountered, >>It Only Supports Legacy Boot<<. Luckily, my pc is old enough to have Legacy Boot support. I was able to boot into the USB but then I encountered some different issues [unresolved].
>
> Being so determined to get it working on my pc, I was crazily surfing the internet and came across that part in the 9legacy website. 9legacy Seems to be a cool project. I loved it, and I want to contribute to it (for which I would definitely need a working Plan9)! But the question is why isn't Plan9 itself maintained. I bet, many issues in Plan9 could be solved with the help of 9legacy. Support for UEFI could be implemented. And Many Other Things!
>
> Thanks!
>
> _resun
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