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{{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}}
|kernel type            = [[monolithic kernel|Monolithic]]
|ui                     = [[rio (windowing system)|rio]] / [[rc]]
|family                 =
|released               = {{start date and age|2011|6|17}}<ref name="nt-init" />
|marketing target       =
|programmed in          = Dialect of [[ANSI C]]
|prog language          =
|language               = English
|updatemodel            = [[Mercurial]]
|working state          = Current
|license                = [[Lucent Public License]]
|website                = {{URL|http://code.google.com/p/plan9front/}}
}}

'''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 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.

=== Details ===
9front uses the [[a.out]] [[object file]] format and does not support [[dynamic linking]], like Plan 9, which considering dynamic linking harmful. Plan 9 uses a nonstandard [[x86 calling conventions|x86 calling convention]], in which the caller saves, parameters are pushed onto the stack, and return values are placed in EAX, except for 64bit values and structs, which are written to a pointer that is passed as the first value. It is unknown whether it uses the [[X86_calling_conventions#System_V_AMD64_ABI|System V ADM64 ABI]] for [[x86-64]] like other platforms.

== History ==
Work on the [[fork (software development)|fork]] began in March 2011.<ref name="began" /> 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 ==
The project is hosted on [[Google Code]];<ref name="osnews-init" /><ref name="lwn-init" /> unlike Bell Labs' distribution, 9front uses [[Mercurial]] for [[source code]] [[revision control]].<ref name="golem-init" />

== References ==
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<ref name="golem-init">{{citation |language=German |url=http://www.golem.de/1107/85015.html |title=Fork des Betriebssystems Plan 9 |trans_title=Fork of Plan 9 operating system |first=Sebastian |last=Grüner |work=[[:de:golem.de|golem.de]] |date=July 18, 2011 |accessdate=September 13, 2012 }}.</ref>
<ref name="lwn-init">{{citation |url=http://lwn.net/Articles/452203/ |title=9Front |last=ris |work=[[LWN.net]] |date=July 20, 2011 |accessdate=September 21, 2012 }}</ref>
<ref name="namespaces">{{citation |url=http://doc.cat-v.org/plan_9/4th_edition/papers/names |title=The Use of Name Spaces in Plan 9 |first=Rob |last=Pike |accessdate=April 8, 2013}}.</ref>
<ref name="features">{{citation |url=http://code.google.com/p/plan9front/wiki/features |title=New Features |deadurl=no |accessdate=May 14, 2013}}.</ref>
<ref name="began">{{citation |url=http://code.google.com/p/plan9front/source/detail?spec=svn33b7188f31dd99dd8397ee7f12ef8cd8be25e34b&r=eaccc3e8d22668badfdfd7fa12c67f3fbb94c67d |title=9front first commit |accessdate=April 8, 2013}}.</ref>
<ref name="nt-init">{{citation |url=http://ninetimes.cat-v.org/news/2011/06/17/0-9front/ |title=Plan 9 from the People's Front of cat-v.org (9front) |work=NineTimes |date=June 17, 2011 |accessdate=September 13, 2012 }}.</ref>
<ref name="osnews-init">{{citation |url=http://www.osnews.com/story/24957/Plan_9_Forked_Continues_as_9front |title=Plan 9 Forked, Continues as 9front |first=James |last=Robertson |work=[[OSNews]] |date=July 16, 2011 |accessdate=September 13, 2012 }}.</ref>
}}

== Bibliography ==
*{{citation |language=French |url=http://linuxfr.org/users/sygne/journaux/plan9-9front-le-front-tombe |title=Plan9 & 9Front: Le front tombe! |trans_title=Plan9 & 9Front: The front fell off! |last=Sygne |work=[[linuxfr]] |date=August 16, 2011 |accessdate=September 21, 2012 }}.
*{{citation |language=Russian |url=http://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=31210 |title=В рамках проекта 9front создан форк операционной системы Plan 9 |trans_title=Plan 9 operating system was forked as a part of 9front project |work=[[OpenNet (website)|OpenNet]] |date=July 17, 2011 |accessdate=September 21, 2012 }}.

== External links ==
*[http://9front.org 9front.org]
*[http://cat-v.org/ Cat-v.org Random Contrarian Insurgent Organization]
*[http://ninetimes.cat-v.org NineTimes Plan 9, Inferno, Unix and Bell Labs operating systems news]
*[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/9vx 9vx on ArchWiki]

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