Ive been using 9front as a primary system ever since the one true distribution neutered bintime and replaced it with the nsec system call. Its nice that the 9front maintainers voulenteer to keep plan9's simplicity alive (9atom is great too and has myriad device drivers written for modern hardware as well). Maintaining these systems is a lot more meritable of an endeavor than inhaling the aeresol of the Linux cloud and contributing to an ecosystem superceeded over 3 decades ago.