On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 6:32 PM Matt <matthpmore...@gmail.com> wrote: > > But that's why 9front was forked, right? They say it on their FAQ. Even > though Plan 9 isn't being developed anymore, doesn't the fork cause worry > that one day they become too different, especially since the community is > rather centered around Plan 9 rather than 9front? Or is the community > actively trying to make 9front be accepted as the official continuation of > Plan 9? > 9fans / 9fans / see discussions + participants + delivery options Permalink
All wrong. From my perspective 9front is plan 9 from the future compared to today's plan 9. 9front development moves at a much faster pace thanks to adopting tools like mercurial in the past and now git. That enables devs who are passionate about moving plan 9 forward commit access using tools they, and most of today's developers are already intimate with. It has virtualization, modern encryption, cleaned up pci code, rc fixes, boot clean up, and so much more. The mailing list is very active and crawling with devs eager to review and apply fixes. It has a lot of enthusiastic energy behind it and keeps the core philosophy of plan 9 alive. This has attracted many wonderful and talented devs who would have otherwise stumbled with the old defaults of legacy. Personally, I struggled with plan 9 until finding 9front. I run a CPU server at home 24/7 and it's been running reliably for years. I then netboot or tcp boot everything else. I love working with this operating system. ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T395156d4f2b00cde-M25c8857f931ef72ce276287f Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
