Increasing Operating System Performance

WinTools.net is a suite of tools for increasing operating system performance. WinTools.net cleanly removes unwanted software from disk drives and dead references from the Windows registry. WinTools.net puts you in control of the Windows start up process, memory monitoring and gives you the power...

The Contiki Operating System is mostly known as an operating system for networked embedded systems. A few years ago, however, Contikis primary claim to fame was its Commodore 64 port. With the help of JAC64, a Java-based C64 emulator developed by my colleague and fellow Contiki developer Joakim...

DEX Extensible Operating System is an operating system specifically designed for educational and research use. DEX Extensible Operating System allows for the dynamic reconfiguration and customization of various system services using concepts found in extensible operating systems. It aims to...


Platforms: *nix

Inferno is a compact operating system designed for building distributed and networked systems on a wide variety of devices and platforms. Inferno was originally developed at Bell Labs (the research division of Lucent Technologies). Inferno Operating System is a well-designed, economical...


Platforms: *nix

LoseThos is a 64-bit, multi-cored, ring 0 only, preemptive multi-tasking, open source, public domain, free, x86 PC operating system written from scratch. It is not a unix. Its purpose is for recreational programming. It has no networking. You will dual boot LoseThos or run it in VMWare because it...


Platforms: Not Applicable

Tampa Network Operating System (TNOS) is an Amateur Radio application providing a BBS, chat, and many other internet servers. It has been in development since 1991 and is used world-wide.The current release (3.0) is ONLY available (at this time) via


Platforms: *nix

The goal of the Basic Operating System (BOS) project is to write a new modular and fast operating system in NASM and GCC.


Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

JNode is a Java New Operating system Design Effort. JNode is a simple to use and install Java operating system for personal use on modern devices. Any java application runs on it, fast and safe. See our homepage for additional information.


Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

POSYS: Programmers Operating SYStem. A small, fast, dynamic, secure OS project. (In development) Language: NASM + CC386.


Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

chaos is a new operating system - written from scratch by a young group of people. Unlike most other systems, we do not try to reimplement something else, but rather tries to do things in our own (hopefully better) way.


Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

Habitat from System Garden is a performance monitor of applications and operating system with the ability to track availability and service level. System Garden Habitats design goals are to be of modest size, flexible and ubiquitous. The core of habitat provides a mechanism for collecting,...


Platforms: *nix

Yoper is a high performance operating system which has been carefully optimized for PCs with either i686 or higher processor types. The binaries that come with Yoper have been built from scratch using the original sources combined with the some of the best features from other Open Source Linux...


Platforms: *nix

AlienDrive Live CD is a linux distribution based on the SLAX Operating System. It is sometimes affectionately referred to by the people who love it as "The Alien". It was designed specifically to function as a Digital Audio Workstation and Pre/Post Video Production platform. The system core...


Platforms: *nix

Visopsys is an alternative operating system for PC compatible computers. Under development since late 1997, this system is small, fast, and open source. Visopsys features a simple but attractive interface, real preemptive multitasking, and virtual memory. Though it attempts to be compatible in...


Platforms: *nix

The Prex project is an open source initiative to provide a portable real-time operating system for embedded systems. This project originally started to make a royalty-free OS for mobile phones and PDA in order to spread open source movement to such proprietary OS field. And now, the project...


Platforms: *nix

Grafpup Linux is a desktop Linux operating system based closely on Puppy Linux. Grafpups goal is to be as useful to graphic designers and other imaging professionals as possible while still remaining extremely small and fast. How small? Grafpup is a live cd of only 72mb with current versions of...


Platforms: *nix

With Omni PC Scan you can safely scan and get suggestions to optimize your Windows operating system! Problems with the registry are a common cause of Windows crashes, slow performance and error messages. By regularly using Omni PC Scan to find registry errors and fixing them using the suggestions...


Platforms: Windows

Keriver 1-Click Restore Free is a very easy OS backup and restore software. This program has the following features: 1. Back up the operating system while you are using it. 2. It can makes incremental or differential backups after the initial full backup (i.e. only back up the changes...


Platforms: Windows

Exsite Webware is an operating system for your website. It provides a core framework for managing content, templates, HTTP I/O, databases, and dynamic content web applications. A base set of applications is included with the main distribution, including a flexible website editor, database...


Platforms: Windows, Mac, *nix, Perl, BSD Solaris

LoseThos is for programming as entertainment. It is a modern 64-bit operating system started from a clean slate. It brings back the good things from when computers were simple and owners programmed them. LoseThos is modern, using all 16 CPU 64-bit registers. LoseThos also makes it easy for...


Platforms: LoseThos