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'''9front''' is a [[fork (software development)|fork]] of the [[Plan 9 from Bell Labs]] [[operating system]]. The project was started to remedy a perceived lack of devoted development resources inside [[Bell Labs]],{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} and has accumulated various fixes and improvements.

== 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
<ref name="sources" /> while adding new drivers, features and bugfixes.<ref name="features" /> As with stock Plan 9, 9front is a [[free software]] [[distributed operating system]] that 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 [[namespace]]s,<ref name="namespaces" /> [[union mount]]s, [[procfs|proc]] file system, and native [[unicode]] support throughout the system.

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

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