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    Plan 9 is a distributed operating system developed at Bell Labs in the 1980s building on UNIX concepts. It uses a unified 9P protocol for processes to provide services over files and networks. Special virtual file systems like /proc and /net are used instead of system calls to manage processes and networking. Plan 9 focuses on security without root users and uses network groups to manage privileges. While innovative, it lacks commercial support and many mainstream applications.

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    Plan 9 Operating System

    Seminar
    Plan 9 Operating System

     Plan 9 from Bell Labs is a distributed operating system, originating in the


    Computing Science Research Center (CSRC) at Bell Labs in the mid-1980s,
    and building on UNIX concepts first developed there in the late 1960s. Since
    2000, Plan 9 has been free and open-source. The final official release was in
    early 2015.
     Plan 9 from Bell Labs is a distributed operating system, originating in the
    Computing Science Research Center (CSRC) at Bell Labs in the mid-1980s,
    and building on UNIX concepts first developed there in the late 1960s. Since
    2000, Plan 9 has been free and open-source. The final official release was in
    early 2015
    Date Release Comment
    Released by Bell Labs to
    1992 Plan 9 1st edition
    universities
    Released by Bell Labs for
    1995 Plan 9 2nd edition non-commercial purposes
    [33]

    Released by Lucent
    2000 Plan 9 3rd ed. (Brazil) Technologies under an
    open source license
    Released by Lucent
    2002 Plan 9 4th edition Technologies under a new
    free software license
    9P Protocol

     All programs that wish to provide services-as-files to other programs speak a


    unified protocol, called 9P.
     The protocol is used to refer to and communicate with processes, programs,
    and data, including both the user interface and the network
     Plan 9 does not provide special system calls to access devices.
    Special virtual filesystem
    Instead of having system calls specifically for process management, Plan 9 provides
    the /proc file system. Each process appears as a directory containing information
    and control files which can be manipulated by the ordinary file IO system calls.

    /net[edit]
    Plan 9 does not have specialised system calls or ioctls for accessing the networking
    stack or networking hardware. Instead, the /net file system is used.
    Usage Of Plan 9

     Graphical programs
     Storage system
     Software Development
     Unix compatibility
    Plan 9 OS

     In computer science research, Plan 9 has been used as a grid computing


    platform and as a vehicle for research into ubiquitous computing without
    middleware

     What is a Plan 9 server?


     The Plan 9 File System Protocol server allows a client to navigate its file
    system to create, remove, read and write files. The client sends requests (T-
    messages) to the server and the server responds with R-messages.
    Advantages

     The Plan 9 security model is quite different from other mainstream operating systems.

     It has no root, administrator, or super user.

     Instead, local host owners have privileges over their own machines and can join various
    network groups that extend more privileges and access to resources such as printers or
    the CPU. 
    Dis Advantages

     As with other innovative operating systems, Plan 9 suffers from a lack of


    commercial support, a lack of device driver support, and a lack of mainstream
    applications.
     Plan 9 did not have a web browser, it does not have support for VMWare
    virtualization (but does for Xen), it did not have accelerated video card support
    other than G-force and some Radeons,
     it supports only a few sound cards beyond AC97 and SoundBlaster. It
    did not have office productivity software. And it did not support Windows
    compatibility through Wine.
    Thank You

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