Operating System

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...

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

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

System Information Data Collector is a tool for collecting information from a HP-UX operating system and some HP hardware and software. System Information Data Collector is a free software and provided by the author AS IS under terms of the GNU General Public License. Support engineers and...


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

ArcheOS is the acronym of Archeological Operating System. ArcheOS distribution is a GNU/Linux live distribution built for archaeological aims and based on PCLinuxOS. Here you can download the .iso image. To run ArcheOS, you have to burn a DVD with archeos_1-0-1.iso and put it inside your DVD...


Platforms: *nix

Babel Enterprise is an audit tool, focused on evaluating Operating System base security. Babel Enterprise evaluate the security level, or hardening, from a wide range of Operating Systems. Babel Enterprise run several audit probes and checks to give a photograph of the current system security...


Platforms: *nix

Aurox Live is a version of the Aurox operating system which runs directly from CD. Quicksilver includes up-to-date versions of applications to work at home and office as well as support to new hardware e.g. Centrino platform. There is a well-known problem with RPM package dependencies in Aurox...


Platforms: *nix

Puppy Linux is an evolutionary operating system, based on GNU Linux. Whats different here is that Puppy is extraordinarily small, yet quite full featured. Puppy Linux can boot into a 64MB ramdisk, and thats it, the whole caboodle runs in RAM. Unlike live CD distributions that have to keep...


Platforms: *nix

MirBSD originated as a patch set against OpenBSD-current, an ultra secure operating system and NetBSD derivate, and has since also incorporated changes from NetBSD, a 4.4BSD-derived ultra portable operating system. It features bugfixes, code removal for the sake of simplicity, and feature...


Platforms: *nix

eyeOS is a free, cross-platform Personal Content Manager System based upon the style of a Desktop Operating System. The base package includes the whole Operating System structure and ten apps, as a Calendar, a File Manager, a Text Editor, an Internal Messenger, a Browser and a Calculator....


Platforms: *nix

The aim of this experimental Linux distribution is to provide to RKC students andto the student population at large an operating system which is easy to install and use and which provides an alternative to the traditional commercial operating systems ;) Why Slackware as a base? As they...


Platforms: *nix