Free Operating Systems

Here is a list of 40 free operating systems we should all probably be aware of.

Free operating systems to try

AROS

• http://aros.sourceforge.net/
• http://aros.sourceforge.net/download.php
• http://vmwaros.blogspot.com/2009/12/icaros-desktop-live-is-complete.html

Qubes OS

• http://qubes-os.org/
• http://qubes-os.org/trac/wiki/InstallationGuide

Singularity Project

• http://singularity.codeplex.com/
• http://singularity.codeplex.com/releases/view/19428

Chromium OS

• http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os
• http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/building-chromium-os

Plan 9 from Bell Labs

• http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9/
• http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9/download.html
• http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9/download/plan9.iso.bz2

OpenSolaris

• http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Main/
• http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Main/downloads
• http://dlc.sun.com/osol/opensolaris/2009/06/osol-0906-x86.iso

MINIX 3

• http://www.minix3.org/
• http://www.minix3.org/download/
• http://www.minix3.org/download/minix_R3.1.8-r8398.iso.bz2

Syllable Desktop

• http://web.syllable.org/pages/index.html
• http://web.syllable.org/pages/get-Syllable.html#installation-CD
• http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/syllable/SyllableDesktop-0.6.6.i586.iso.7z?download

OpenVMS (VAX)

• http://www.openvms.org/
• http://saf.bio.caltech.edu/vms_beginners_faq.html
• IF ITS SO OPEN, WHER EDO WE DOWNLOAD IT?

Linux Distributions

CentOS

• http://www.opensource.apple.com/
• http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/isos/
• http://centos.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/centos/5.5/isos/i386/CentOS-5.5-i386-bin-1of7.iso

Ubuntu

• http://www.ubuntu.com/
• http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download

OpenSUSE

• http://www.opensuse.org/en/
• http://software.opensuse.org/113/en

Fedora

• http://fedoraproject.org/
• http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora

Edubuntu

• http://www.edubuntu.org/
• http://www.edubuntu.org/download
• http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/10.10/release/
• http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/10.10/release/edubuntu-10.10-dvd-i386.iso

Ubuntu Studio

• http://ubuntustudio.org/
• http://ubuntustudio.org/downloads
• http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/10.10/release/
• http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/10.10/release/ubuntustudio-10.10-alternate-i386.iso

Debian

• http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/10.10/release/ubuntustudio-10.10-alternate-i386.iso
• http://www.debian.org/distrib/
• http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.6/i386/iso-cd/debian-506-i386-CD-1.iso

Slackware

• http://www.slackware.com/
• http://www.slackware.com/getslack/

Gentoo

• http://www.gentoo.org/
• http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/where.xml
• http://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/x86/autobuilds/current-iso/install-x86-minimal-20101116.iso

Arch

• http://www.archlinux.org/
• http://www.archlinux.org/download/
• ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/iso/2010.05/archlinux-2010.05-core-i686.iso

BSD Distributions

FreeBSD

• http://www.freebsd.org/
• http://www.freebsd.org/where.html
• ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/8.1/FreeBSD-8.1-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso.gz

NetBSD

• http://www.netbsd.org/
• http://www.netbsd.org/releases/
• ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/5.0.2/i386cd-5.0.2.iso

OpenBSD

• http://www.openbsd.org/
• http://www.openbsd.org/ftp.html
• http://ftp3.usa.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.8/i386/install48.iso ???

Darwin

• http://www.opensource.apple.com/

BeOS and BeOS Clones

BeOS 5 Personal Edition

• http://www.bebits.com/app/2680

Haiku Operating System

• http://www.haiku-os.org/
• http://www.haiku-os.org/get-haiku
• http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/haiku/releases/r1alpha2/haiku-r1alpha2-iso.zip

DOS-compatible operating systems

FreeDOS

• http://www.freedos.org/
• http://www.freedos.org/freedos/files/
• http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.0/fdfullcd.iso

DR-Dos / OpenDOS

• http://www.drdosprojects.de/
• http://www.drdosprojects.de/cgi-bin/download.cgi/dr70101b.zip

IBM PC-DOS 2000

• ftp://ftp.boulder.ibm.com/software/dos/

FreeDos-32

• http://freedos-32.sourceforge.net/

Windows Clones

ReactOS

• http://www.reactos.org/en/index.html
• http://www.reactos.org/en/download.html
• http://downloads.sourceforge.net/reactos/ReactOS-0.3.12-REL-iso.zip
• http://downloads.sourceforge.net/reactos/ReactOS-0.3.12-REL-live.zip

LiveCDs worth having

Morphix

SuperOS

• http://hacktolive.org/wiki/Super_OS

Dyne:Bolic

• http://dynebolic.org/
• http://dynebolic.org/index.php?show=available
• http://publiclibrary.metamute.org:6969/torrent.html?info_hash=019554b34468bc7294cc25ea44e57d2f5087867b

Puredyne

• http://puredyne.org/
• http://puredyne.org/download.html
• http://puredyne.restruct.org/carrot_and_coriander/puredyne-911-carrot_and_coriander-DVD-i386.iso

Damn Small Linux

DreamLinux -- osx lookalike

• http://www.dreamlinux.net/
• http://www.dreamlinux.net/download.html
• http://www.dreamlinux.net/images/download-button.png

BartPE

SuperUnprivileged.org -- a GNU Hurd kernel LiveCD

• http://superunprivileged.org/
• http://superunprivileged.org/hurd/live-cd/
• http://superunprivileged.org/hurd/live-cd/hurd-live-cd-20051117.iso.gz

Incognito

• http://anonymityanywhere.com/incognito/
• http://files1.cjb.net/incognito/incognito-i686-2008.1-r1.iso

GNUStep

• http://www.gnustep.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_live_CDs

Crazy non-Linux livecds

Syllable Desktop

• http://web.syllable.org/pages/index.html
• http://downloads.syllable.org/Syllable/i586/systems/Desktop/0.6.4/Syllable-0.6.4-LiveCD-1.1.iso.bz2