Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 26th Nov 2008 22:45 UTC, submitted by pablo_marx
Linux distributions come and go by the dozens almost every day, and most of them live and die an unknown, irrelevant life, mostly because no, changing three icons and adding the suffix '-nix' to any random word doesn't make it different from Ubuntu. Anyway, sometimes, a new distribution is started that brings something new to the table. One such "distribution" is Glendix, which aims to combine the Linux kernel with the userpsace tools from Plan 9. Distribution is probably not the right term for this project.
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The truth is, many people has been working into bringing Plan9 ideas to Linux. There's 9P protocol support, FUSE can be used to implement userspace filesystems and there has been a lot of work into making possible per-user FS namespaces. Sure, it's not so "pure" as Plan9, but the features are there.
IOW: it may not be worth to release a "Plan 9 Linux distro" - just work with the regular Linux distros to implement and use Plan9 features.