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Operating System Kernels for Desktop Operating Systems

Browse free open source Operating System Kernels and projects for Desktop Operating Systems below. Use the toggles on the left to filter open source Operating System Kernels by OS, license, language, programming language, and project status.

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    ReactOS

    ReactOS

    An operating system based on the best Windows NT design principles

    ReactOS is an open source effort to develop a quality operating system that is compatible with applications and drivers written for the Microsoft Windows NT family of operating systems (NT4, 2000, XP, 2003).
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    Downloads: 4,366 This Week
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    AROS Research Operating System
    The AROS Research Operating System is an effort to implement an Open Source and portable operating system that is compatible with AmigaOS(TM). Originally, it was meant as a direct reimplementation, but already has features not existing in AmigaOS.
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    Downloads: 157 This Week
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    The FreeDOS Project

    The FreeDOS Project

    FreeDOS is an open source DOS-compatible operating system

    FreeDOS is an open source DOS-compatible operating system that you can use to play classic DOS games, run legacy business software, or write new DOS programs. Any program that works on MS-DOS should also run on FreeDOS.
    Downloads: 31 This Week
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    QNAP NAS GPL Source

    QNAP NAS GPL Source

    QNAP GPL Source

    GPL source for QNAP Turbo NAS
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    Downloads: 80 This Week
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    SchilliX-ON

    The OpenSolaris source base (OpenSolaris-ONNV) maintained version

    SchilliX-ON is an attempt to continue the OpenSolaris-ONNV development as OSS project
    Downloads: 32 This Week
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    Ancient Linux on Windows

    Ancient Linux on Windows

    Building and running ancient Linux on Windows

    While I may have started with Linux 0.11, I've expanded this to include several older relases of the Linux kernel that you can cross compile from Windows, and run on Qemu. I've managed to get the older versions of the software tools running on Windows, so that there is no major invasive source changes, outside of either broken drivers, or massaging the makefiles to find things in the new paths, and calling the appropriate tools where needed. Linux 0.10 is the first oldest version of Linux that is somewhat usable. While it lacks things like TCP/IP, and robust filesystems, it does offer a small kernel size, perfect for playing around with. You can comfortably make changes on Windows, re-compile and test all from a 'normal' desktop.
    Downloads: 26 This Week
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    DOS/32 Advanced DOS Extender is a drop-in replacement for the DOS/4GW DOS Extender and compatibles. Being fast, small and flexible DOS/32A can be used in many environments, from embedded systems to DOS emulators, by both developers and end users alike.
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    Downloads: 24 This Week
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    The Saint Jude Project is a Project to develop Kernel-Level IDS mechinisms to protect the integrity of host systems.
    Downloads: 5 This Week
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    OpenVPN 2.3.2 I003nvp

    IPv6 compatibility

    First version of OpenVPN opensource software that is compatible with IPv6.
    Downloads: 18 This Week
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    Cambridge Z88

    Cambridge Z88

    Software development for 4Mb portable, using Z80 CPU and AA batteries

    This project is for the portable computer "Cambridge Z88", produced by Sir Clive Sinclair (of ZX Spectrum fame). We continue to support software development (ROM, 3rd party apps on memory cards and desktop applications). We have moved to https://cambridgez88.jira.com/wiki (development, source code and documentation). However, we continue to publish files for download here.
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    Downloads: 14 This Week
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    Haiku is an open-source operating system currently in development designed from the ground up for desktop computing.
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    Downloads: 6 This Week
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    TIPC Cluster Domain Sockets

    Cluster wide IPC providing datagram, connection, and bus messaging

    The Transparent Inter Process Communication service can best be described as a cluster wide equivalent to the Unix Domain Socket IPC, but with much more features. Go to http://www.tipc.io for more details.
    Downloads: 10 This Week
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    Public Domain Operating System (currently x86 and 80386 and S/370 and S/390). Note that latest source code is here in git, but latest executables and packaged source are at http://pdos.org
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    Downloads: 5 This Week
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    FreeOSEK RTOS

    Project has been move to https://github.com/ciaa/Firmware

    The project is not more active, we have fix a lot of issue and perform many improvements. These are now deliverd as part of a new project: https://github.com/ciaa/Firmware ---- FreeOSEK is a scalable solution for embedded system. FreeOSEK OS is based on OSEK RTOS specification (OSEK-VDX). visit us in: http://opensek.sourceforge.net
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    Downloads: 2 This Week
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    nxtOSEK is an RTOS for LEGO Mindstorms NXT. nxtOSEK consists of I/O driver part of LEJOS NXJ, TOPPERS/ATK1 RTOS, and glue code for them. You can write applications for NXT in ANSI-C/C++. Check nxtOSEK site: http://lejos-osek.sourceforge.net
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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    Computer Manager is the first OS that takes advantage of the DOS and Linux filesystems. It also makes doing jobs easier for everyone. Once it is complete, it will be made available to everyone!
    Downloads: 4 This Week
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    This is GIMI, the Graphical Interfaced Multitasking Interpreter. One of the few GUIs made in QuickBASIC featuring multitasking. This one has its own script language for making programs, damm fast SVGA modes, lots of programs, and more!
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    Downloads: 4 This Week
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    SchilliX

    The first OpenSolaris based distro (since June 2005)

    Schillix is a complete OpenSource operating system based on the source code of OpenSolaris.
    Downloads: 4 This Week
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    Database Test Suite

    Mirror of: https://github.com/osdldbt/

    Mirror of: https://github.com/osdldbt/ This Database Test Suite aims to create database workload test kits used to simulate heavy user loads for OLTP, Decision Support, and e-commerce database transactions. These test kits can also be used to gather performance results for Linux and other
    Downloads: 4 This Week
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    Fusion OS is a Open Source Operating System, mainly licensed under the MPL 1.1. Parts of it are licensed upder the GNU GPL or other open source licenses. Fusion OS is based on the ReactOS project, and we contribute any bugs found in ReactOS back to them
    Downloads: 3 This Week
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    A base for programs. Includes algorythms for Q-learning and SOM's etc. too. Examples: Hamron: Simulates evolution, uses the 2D-renderer. DriveUnit: created for school, for a robotic arm, uses the 3D-renderer. Hlearn: http://www.sagenb.org/home/pub/8
    Downloads: 3 This Week
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    Longene ( Linux Unified Kernel ) is an open source project sponsored by Insigma Co., Ltd. It aims to implement a kernel module in Linux that provides a system-call and driver layer to allow the Windows applications to run on the Linux OS.
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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    DOS-C Kernel is an MS-DOS compatible kernel and the original FreeDOS kernel.
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    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    This is the free Developer Edition of BeOS 5 PE with updated drivers & Software. The Developers are the most important people we needed for the success of BeOS and later OpenBeOS.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    EMOS is a real-time embedded operating system core derived/upgraded from ucOS/II; EMOS is a realtime embedded operating system derived from ucOS-II v2.0, with many modifications, But the core idea is the same;
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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