http://www.glendix.org/ http://www.glendix.org/ is going in that kind of direction, albeit without explicitly doing the bit about porting existing packages. Ins

http://www.glendix.org/ http://www.glendix.org/ is going in that kind of direction, albeit without explicitly doing the bit about porting existing packages. Instead it looks like they're building enough support in Linux to run Plan 9 binaries, and then bringing over the Plan 9 equivalents. The other existing option would be Plan 9 from User Space (http://swtch.com/plan9port/ http://swtch.com/plan9port/) which includes Rob Pike's innovative editors, sam and acme. Of course, the biggest problem these days is sourcing a true three-button mouse to really get the feel of the user interface. Mouse chords in acme don't really feel right with a mouse wheel.