Open Source Linux Operating Systems Software
Browse free open source Operating Systems software and projects for Linux below. Use the toggles on the left to filter open source Operating Systems software by OS, license, language, programming language, and project status.
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Rufus
Rufus is a standalone app designed to format and create a bootable USB drive for a large variety of ISOs. The app is just over 1MB in size and is notably faster than similar competitor apps such as the Windows 7 USB utility, Universal USB Installer, and UNetbootin. Rufus can come in handy when you need to simply format a USB drive, install an OS on a machine that lacks a CD/DVD-ROM drive, or when you need to boot an operating system temporarily without intentions of actually installing the media. This can be immensely useful while you’re on the go or just need access to an OS for a temporary, isolated reason. The app can even be used to flash firmware to BIOS or other destinations by just using DOS. Even though Rufus is a tiny utility in comparison to other USB creation tools that can be rather bulky in size, it contends easily with the competition and creates bootable USB drives in record time!
PINN
PINN is an enhancement of NOOBS for the Raspberry Pi. It allows the installation of MULTIPLE OSes on the same SD/HDD/SSD device with an OS chooser when booting. Built-in Admin tools allow you to backup & restore your OSes and fix OS problems by including basic disk checking, password changing, and a command shell.
MX-Linux
MX Linux is a cooperative venture between the antiX and MX Linux communities. It is a family of operating systems that are designed to combine elegant and efficient desktops with high stability and solid performance. MX’s graphical tools provide an easy way to do a wide variety of tasks, while the Live USB and snapshot tools inherited from antiX add impressive portability and remastering capabilities. Extensive support is available through videos, documentation and a very friendly Forum.
Wubuntu Operating System
Wubuntu aka «Windows Ubuntu» is an operating system that inherits all the appearance and functionality of Microsoft Windows, but does not require TPM, secure boot or any other hardware requirement for its operation. Developed using the Ubuntu operating system as a base, you have a fast, secure and very efficient system. You will also be able to run Microsoft Windows and Android applications using Wubuntu.
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PeppermintOS
Peppermint is an operating system that provides a user with the opportunity to build the system that best fits their needs. While at the same time providing a functioning OS with minimum hassle out of the box. Our mainline desktop Peppermint ships with the desktop environment xfce with the thunar file manager set as default. Peppermint comes with nearly nothing installed other than, the core packages needed to run the system and you have the choice to which packages should best fit your build. We do use the common process of continuous delivery, and we are based on the Debian/Devuan repositories.
antiX-Linux
antiX is a fast, lightweight and easy to install linux live CD distribution based on Debian Stable for Intel-AMD x86 compatible systems.
android-x86
This is a project to port Android open source project to x86 platform, formerly known as «patch hosting for android x86 support». http://www.android-x86.org/
SparkyLinux
SparkyLinux is a GNU/Linux distribution created on the top of Debian GNU/Linux operating system. Sparky is fast, lightweight and fully customizable OS which offers a few versions for different users and different tasks. Sparky is in-between the distros that are beginner-friendly and those, that require some amount of Linux knowledge. Beginning Linux users are advised to consult the project forums regarding any issues or doubts.
blissos-dev
Bliss OS (x86) Android for your PC An Open Source OS, based on Android, that incorporates many optimizations, features, and expanded device support. And it is available for just about any Chromebook, Windows/Linux PC or tablet released in the last 4 years Our support options use Telegram chats. Bliss OS (x86) Support chat: https://t.me/blissx86 Bliss ROM/OS Build Support chat: https://t.me/Team_Bliss_Build_Support Android-Generic Project development chat: https://t.me/androidgenericpc
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Loc-OS Linux
LXLE
blendOS
Redo Rescue: Backup and Recovery
Redo Rescue Backup and Recovery can backup and restore an entire system in minutes with a point-and-click interface anyone can use. Bare metal restore to a new, blank drive and be up and running in minutes. Supports saving to and restoring from local disks or shared network drives. Selectively restore partitions and remap them to different locations on the target drive. Additional tools included for partition editing, web browsing, and more. Runs from live CD/USB; no installation needed. Website: http://redorescue.com Forum: https://sourceforge.net/p/redobackup/discussion/ GitHub: https://github.com/redorescue/redorescue Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redo_Backup_and_Recovery
Rescatux
Rescatux is a GNU/Linux repair cd (and eventually also Windows) but it is not like other rescue disks. Rescatux comes with Rescapp. Rescapp is a nice wizard that will guide you through your rescue and repair tasks. When the wizard is not able to solve your problem you can also enjoy of Rescatux unique support features: * Chat: Open the chat for asking help directly in Rescatux channel. * Share log: After running an option you can share its log (the action registry that it has done) so that in the chat they can help you better. O better, even, you can help debug and fix Rescatux bugs on the fly. * Share log on forum: Prepares a forum post alike text so that you can just copy and paste it in your favourite forum. Logs are nicely inserted into it with [CODE] symbols. * Boot Info Script: Run Boot Info Script option to share your computer configuration (specially boot one).
Alt-F
Alt-F provides a free and open source alternative firmware for the DLINK DNS-320/320L/321/323/325/327L and DNR-322L. Alt-F has Samba and NFS; supports ext2/3/4, VFAT, NTFS, BTRFS; RAID 0, 1, 5 (with external USB disk) and JBOD; supports up to 8TB disks; rsync, ftp, sftp, ftps, ssh, lpd, DNS and DHCP servers, DDNS, fan and leds control, clean power up and down. and more. Alt-F also has a set of comprehensive administering web pages, you don’t need to use the command line to configure it. Besides the built-in software, Alt-F also supports additional packages on disk, including ffp and Entware packages, that you can install, update and uninstall using the administering web pages Alt-F is being developed and tested on a DNS-323-rev-A1/B1, a DNS325-rev-A1, a DNS-320L-rev-A1 and on a DNS-327L-rev-A1 hardware boards. Other models and boards are said to work. Support Forum: http://groups.google.com/group/alt-f Homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/altfirmware
BluestarLinux
Bluestar Linux is an Arch Linux-based distribution, built with an understanding that people want and need a solid Operating System that provides a breadth of functionality and ease of use without sacrificing aesthetics. Bluestar is offered in three edtions — desktop, deskpro and developer — each tailored to address the needs of a variety of Linux users. Bluestar can be installed permanently as a robust and fully configurable operating system on a laptop or desktop system, or it can be run effectively as a live installer and supports the addition of persistent storage for those who choose not to perform a permanent installation. A Bluestar Linux software respository is also maintained in order to provide additional tools and applications when needed or requested. Bluestar provides the following features: Up-to-date Kernel Wide Variety of Applications — Always Current Versions Full Development / Desktop / Multimedia Environment
Archcraft
Archcraft is an arch-based rolling-release distribution aimed at users who cares more about minimalism and aesthetics of their desktop. It comes pre-configured with various lightweight applications which makes it super fast. It can run under 500Mb of memory. There’s no desktop environment in (main) Archcraft, just two highly configured window managers — Openbox and Bspwm. The default username & password is ‘liveuser’ for live ISO. The installer can be found in the app launcher and in openbox menu under the Application > System category, namely ‘Install Archcraft’. Archcraft uses two Installers, Calamares and ABIF
Calam-Arch-Installer.iso
Now you can easily install pure arch linux from my Arch Live Linux with Calam-Arch-Installer through video instructions, following the steps. Install Legacy-Bios or UEFI, Support Luks Yes There are also 9 selectable graphical environments for installation, Xfce, Gnome, Plasma,Cinnamon, Budgie, Openbox, I3, Mate, Deepin Good Luck!
LxPup — Puppy Linux + LXDE
LxPup is a version of Puppy Linux using the LXDE desktop environment and is an updated “descendent” of loukitchou’s LxPup13.01. LxPup offers the Openbox window manager, LxPanel panel manager and PCManFM file manager. There are various «flavours» of LxPup some built as derivatives of official Puppy Linux builds (based on Slackware and Ubuntu components) and one a new woof-ce build (Slackware based). The various flavours offer different kernels and access to the software repositories of the base system. LxPup combines all the significant advantages of Puppy Linux — small iso size, extensive hardware support, wide range of applications built-in, live cd and frugal installs, friendly supportive user forum etc etc, with the lightweight but modern LXDE desktop environment. Visit the support website for more details.
Voyager
I present to you Voyager 23.04 non LTS and 22.04 LTS Edition Explorer in final version. A 2-in-1 version with, for the first time, the Gnome and Xfce desktops unified in a single Voyager distribution, to be selected during your session. All in an old school adventure style completely redesigned for this duo. The Gnome desktop coupled with the Xfce desktop with the promise finally kept, to have 2 unified Gnome and Xfce systems, light, fast, modern, fluid, secure and efficient in a hybrid PC and Tablet environment. The 2 offices are quite distinct and their respective applications are for the most part invisible, for one or the other environment. This release is based on the final Linux kernel and the latest Ubuntu release either in non-LTS 9 months updates or LTS (long term support) 5 years updates. Other Voyager distributions are available such as Voyager 12 based on Debian 12 Bookwarm. And all the old Voyagers to see on the Voyager website.
Talos Linux
Talos Linux is Linux designed for Kubernetes – secure, immutable, and minimal. Supports cloud platforms, bare metal, and virtualization platforms. All system management is done via an API. No SSH, shell or console. Production-ready supports some of the largest Kubernetes clusters in the world. Open source project from the team at Sidero Labs. It only takes 3 minutes to launch a Talos cluster on your laptop inside Docker. Talos reduces your attack surface. It’s minimal, hardened and immutable. All API access is secured with mutual TLS (mTLS) authentication. Talos eliminates configuration drift, reduces unknown factors by employing immutable infrastructure ideology, and delivers atomic updates. Talos simplifies your architecture, increases your agility, and always delivers current stable Kubernetes and Linux versions. Talos consists of only a handful of binaries and shared libraries: just enough to run containerd and a small set of system services.