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9front
{{Infobox OS
|name                   = 9front
|logo                   = [[File:9front logo.svg|100px|Logo of Plan 9 from People's Front of Cat-v.org]]
|screenshot             = 
|caption                = 
|developer              = 
|source model           = [[Free and open source software]]
|supported platforms    = [[x86 architecture|x86]] / [[Vx32]], [[ARM architecture|ARM]] {{citation needed|date=March 2013}}
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== Description ==
{{main|Plan 9 from Bell Labs}}
9front retains features of Plan 9 from Bell Labs and continues to integrate changes from the original source tree while adding new drivers, features and bugfixes.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} 
IAs with stock Plan 9, 9front is a [[free software]] [[distributed operating system]] based onthat achieves resource generalization by using the [[9P]] protocol to present a consistent interface for accessing local and remote resources as files. It also features private namespaces, [[union mount]]s, [[procfs|proc]] file system, and native [[unicode]] support throughout the system.

== History ==
Work on the [[fork (software development)|fork]] began in March 2011.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} The project was announced under the name "Plan 9 from The People's Front of Cat-v.org",<ref name="nt-init" /> though subsequently it was referred to by the name "9front".<ref name="osnews-init" />

== Development ==
(contracted; show full)*[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/9vx 9vx on ArchWiki]

[[Category:2011 software]]
[[Category:Computing platforms]]
[[Category:Embedded operating systems]]
[[Category:Plan 9 from Bell Labs]]
[[Category:Real-time operating systems]]
[[Category:Software forks]]