Available Desktop Operating System

Ubuntu Linux is a complete desktop Linux operating system, freely available with both community and professional support. The Ubuntu team is proud to announce Ubuntu 5.10 Server, the first release of Ubuntu designed especially for server environments. Like the standard desktop Ubuntu, it... Platforms: *nix

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... Platforms: *nix

Yellow Dog Linux is the Premier Linux Operating System for PowerPC. Proven world-wide as the preferred Linux OS for the Power architecture, v4.1 brings Terra Soft into its 8th year of Power Linux development and support. Yellow Dog Linux v4.1 marks a returning point in Terra Softs effort to... Platforms: *nix

Openwall GNU/*/Linux (or Owl for short) is a security-enhanced operating system with Linux and GNU software as its core, compatible with other major distributions of GNU/*/Linux. Openwall GNU/*/Linux is intended as a server platform. And, of course, it is free.. A portable public domain password... Platforms: *nix

Frankie Linux is a bootable CD containing the Linux desktop operating system for PC. Frankie Linux runs Linux directly from the CD without installing. All your available partitions and data storage devices (CD-ROM, USB storage devices, etc.) should be recognized at boot and should be mounted to... 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

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

Amiga Research Operating System (AROS) is a portable and free desktop operating system aiming at being compatible with AmigaOS 3.1, while improving on it in many areas. The source code is available under an open source license, which allows anyone to freely improve upon it. Goals The goals of... Platforms: *nix

Desktop/LX is an operating system designed with your ease of use in mind. Desktop/LX loads ready for Internet access, office productivity, multimedia, entertainment, and more. Simple, understandable icons allow you to access common desktop functions. One click brings up your Personal Files, the... Platforms: *nix

Ultima Linux is a free distribution of the Linux operating system designed for stability, ease of use, and lots of penguin eye-candy. Ultima Linux LiveCD is completely free software, so you can download it, share it, warp it beyond recognition, and claim it as your own – without ever having to... Platforms: *nix

CacheGuard OS is a Linux based operating system dedicated to Web traffic control and optimization. It transforms an x86 based machine to a powerful, affordable Web gateway appliance. It allows you to control all Web traffic that passes through a CacheGuard appliance. It proxies HTTP, HTTPS, and... 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

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

Debian Operating System is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free operating system. This operating system is called Debian GNU/Linux, or simply Debian for short. Debian systems currently use the Linux kernel. Linux is a completely free piece of software... 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

Santa Fe Desktop Linux is an easy to use desktop operating system. It puts some of the worlds best open source applications within the reach of non-technical users. It even runs right off the CD so you can try it without installing. Santa Fe Desktop Linux was built following these design goals:... 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

ROCKate is a LiveCD, a complete operating system that operates without installing it on a harddisk. It focuses on giving people a chance to protect their privacy on the Internet. The LiveCD achieves this goal by using the Tor network for anonymity and delivers all applications pre-configured to... Platforms: *nix

rPath Linux is a freely-available Linux operating system distribution, built with the Conary distributed software management system, supported and maintained by rPath, Inc. The rPath Linux distribution contains high-quality, up-to-date software, and is the base development platform for creating... Platforms: *nix

Ark Linux Live is a Live CD edition of Ark Linux. Ark Linux is a beginner-friendly Linux distribution meant primarily for desktop use. The Ark Linux team is pleased to announce the release of a first version of Ark Linux Live, a Live CD version of the Ark Linux operating system. Ark Linux... Platforms: *nix