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The year of Plan 9 on the desktop!
https://plan9.io/plan9/
I unironically would use it
Additionally, for those that may want a Plan 9 that's being actively developed and will actually work on modern hardware:
https://9front.org
There's also 9legacy, which is basically "classic" Plan 9 with some patches from 9front.
It says “THE PLAN FELL OFF” and “DO NOT INSTALL”, everything OK over there?
The front fell off.
DO NOT INSTALL!