Plan9 has been forked: 9front

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Post by zmmz » Sun, Jul 17, 2011, 6:37 AM UTC

Plan9 has been forked: 9front
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Re: Plan9 has been forked: 9front

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Post by cdcarter » Sun, Jul 17, 2011, 7:40 AM UTC

This is the first big step to actually creating an ecosystem for plan9. It's a fantastic OS, though there's not much I can do with it, unfortunately. Maybe that will change now!

Re: Plan9 has been forked: 9front

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Post by mycroftiv » Sun, Jul 17, 2011, 8:30 AM UTC

I see several good things on the list of new features. The rc-based boot process is definitely a good idea. I haven't had the issues with the fossil filesystem that some have, so I don't know about cwfs as the main on-disk fileserver, but I'm looking forward to trying it out. A lot of the contributors have been doing good things in the Plan 9 world for quite awhile now. A list of some of the new features is at http://code.google.com/p/plan9front/wiki/features

Re: Plan9 has been forked: 9front

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Post by EthanG » Sun, Jul 17, 2011, 9:14 AM UTC

Oh no, they're taking us seriously! Quick, add more swastikas!

Heh, seriously, 9front development is done more in fun than anything else, but the 3 main developers are sufficiently talented that rapid progress is being made in several areas where most 9fans tend to struggle. Not only that but 9front's developers seem to be very good at avoiding getting bogged down in peripheral features which divert effort from the drivers and cleanups which Plan 9 really needs.