Free Operating Systems & Updates for Linux

SmartOS is an OpenIndiana-based operating system specifically crafted to be deployed on server machines. It is comprised of the four most revolutionary OS technologies of the past decade: ZFS, KVM, DTrace and Zones. The operating system reviewed here is...

FuguIta is an open source Live CD BSD operating system based on the highly acclaimed and powerful OpenBSD distribution, which in turn is based on the well known FreeBSD project. Key features include similar to HDD installation, portable workplace, low...

FreeBSD is an open source and server oriented operating system derived from BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution), the version of UNIX developed at the University of California, Berkeley. It offers advanced networking, performance, security and...

Visopsys (VISual OPerating SYStem) is an open source, small and fast alternative operating system targeted at PC-compatible computers. It is written from scratch and it’s continually in development, since 1997. Its main goal is to gather some of the...

Welcome to the Utopic Unicorn edition of Ubuntu Core, an official Ubuntu project that provides users with a minimal rootfs (root filesystem), which can be used for building full featured operating systems based on Ubuntu.Availability and supported...

MidnightBSD is a free BSD distribution forked from the FreeBSD operating system and built around the GNUstep graphical desktop environment. It aims to deliver an easy-to-use desktop-oriented OS for the masses. It is distributed under both BSD and GPL...

BSD Router Project (BSDRP) is an open source and freely distributed customized distribution of FreeBSD dedicated to offer IP routing services for small ISP (Internet Service Providers). It is not suitable for home use. It supports all majors routing...

Nucle-DOS is an advanced, freely distributed and simple to use DOS (Disk Operating System) operating system that supports modern technologies like FAT32 partitions, run on virtual machines and can be used to run various software packages that won’t...

OmniOS is an open source server-oriented operating system derived from the illumos project, which in turn is based on the OpenSolaris OS. It includes all the features of a Solaris operating system, such as the ZFS filesystem, DTrace framework, hardware...

GhostBSD is an open source and advanced distribution of BSD specifically crafted for the i386 (Athlon and Pentium) and amd64 (Athlon 64, Opteron, EM64T) compatible architectures. It is based on FreeBSD and provides users with a user-friendly desktop...