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    Windows 95 in Electron

    Windows 95 in Electron

    Windows 95 in Electron. Runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows

    windows95 in Electron is a quirky, nostalgia-driven project that ports a complete emulation of Microsoft Windows 95 into a desktop application that runs on modern operating systems like Windows, macOS, and Linux. It essentially wraps an emulator — preconfigured to boot Windows 95 — inside a user-friendly app built with web technologies so developers and hobbyists can explore the look and feel of that classic OS without needing legacy hardware or complicated setup. Users can interact with...
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    Vanilla OS Live ISO Builder

    Vanilla OS Live ISO Builder

    Vanilla OS Live ISO Builder.

    Vanilla OS Live ISO provides the official live environment and installer for Vanilla OS, a Linux distribution that blends immutability, security, and user-friendliness. Built on Ubuntu with an immutable root file system, Vanilla OS uses ABRoot and Distrobox to offer transactional updates and containerized app environments. The live ISO project enables users to boot and test the OS without installation, and includes the Calamares installer to simplify the setup process. It ensures users can...
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    ThoriumOS

    ThoriumOS

    ChromiumOS fork with Thorium Browser, x264/x265 codecs

    ThoriumOS is an experimental Chromium OS fork maintained by the creator of the Thorium web browser. It is focused on optimizing Chrome OS for performance, developer control, and flexibility, especially on legacy or non-Google hardware. ThoriumOS provides a fast and lightweight desktop environment centered around the Chromium browser, aiming to give users a secure, privacy-respecting, and efficient alternative operating system. The project builds on Chromium OS's open-source base while...
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    Pony OS

    Pony OS

    My Little Unix: Kernels are Magic

    ponyos is a lightweight, UNIX-like operating system developed as a personal hobby project by the creator of ToaruOS. It features a monolithic kernel written in C and aims for a POSIX-compliant environment with a built-from-scratch userland. ponyos includes a graphical interface, dynamic linker, shared libraries, and a package manager. It’s designed for fun, experimentation, and as a platform to learn and play with operating system internals, with surprisingly advanced features given its...
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    ProzillaOS

    ProzillaOS

    Web-based operating system inspired by Ubuntu Linux and Windows

    ProzillaOS is a lightweight, user-friendly Linux distribution based on Arch Linux, designed to offer a fast, minimal, and easy-to-use experience out of the box. Tailored for new users and enthusiasts who enjoy the power of Arch with added usability, ProzillaOS provides a curated desktop environment with pre-installed essential applications, graphical tools for package management, and a clean, modern aesthetic. Its goal is to maintain a balance between simplicity and customization, making it...
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    Puter

    Puter

    The Internet OS! Free, Open-Source, and Self-Hostable

    Puter is a browser-based personal operating system and file explorer built entirely with web technologies. It mimics the experience of a traditional desktop OS, allowing users to manage files, launch apps, and interact with a graphical interface—all within a web browser. The project is designed to be both functional and nostalgic, combining the aesthetic of retro operating systems with modern development tools like React and Tailwind CSS. Puter offers a self-hostable, customizable...
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    Aura Operating System

    Aura Operating System

    AuraOS, the Franco-English Operating System developed in C#

    Aura Operating System is a GUI-based, object-oriented operating system written in C#. It is designed to showcase how high-level languages like C# can be used to create low-level systems such as kernels, user interfaces, and file systems. Aura features a colorful, windowed graphical desktop environment with built-in applications, all running on a custom kernel built from scratch.
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    Kucing7 Linux Operating System

    Kucing7 Linux Operating System

    Lightweight X86/64 OS for devs/office with offline 1-click install.

    Kucing7 Linux is a high-performance, Slackware-based operating system (kern. 6.18.22) designed for developers and office professionals who value speed and independence. Built with the lightweight XFCE desktop environment, it ensures a snappy experience even on older hardware while providing a modern workflow. The standout feature of Kucing7 is its "Offline-First" philosophy. Unlike many modern distros that require a constant internet connection to fetch dependencies, Kucing7 allows you to install software packages with a simple right-click—mimicking the intuitive "Install" experience found in Windows. ...
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    HiddenVM

    HiddenVM

    HiddenVM — Use any desktop OS without leaving a trace

    If at any time Tails pushes an unexpected update, and HiddenVM is not yet updated for it, and you are stuck with a new Tails and no working HiddenVM version, you can re-download and temporarily use an earlier version of Tails until HiddenVM is updated. There are archived direct HTTP download mirrors of Tails images, archived official torrents with PGP signatures, or third-party archives at linuxtracker.org or fosstorrents.com, etc. (Always verify third-party torrents with archived official...
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    Mabox Linux

    Mabox Linux

    Lightweight ready to use OpenBox Desktop Rolling-release Manjaro based

    Mabox is a Manjaro based, desktop Linux distribution. The project ships with Openbox as the default desktop with pinch of customistations and home-brewed tools, like improved menu, side-panels and Mabox Control Center. Works great even on weaker computers.
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    Downloads: 345 This Week
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    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...
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    Ultimate Edition

    Ultimate Edition

    An Ubuntu remix for both new and experienced Linux sophisticates

    Ultimate Edition Linux, previously "Ubuntu Ultimate Edition". We cater to a large base of *nix users including, but certainly not limited to gamers & low resource computers. We have a Ultimate Edition for virtually any user.
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    LxPup - Puppy Linux + LXDE

    LxPup - Puppy Linux + LXDE

    Puppy Linux with the LXDE desktop environment

    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...
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    Freeloader Linux

    Freeloader Linux

    Freeloader Linux is a live bootable distro

    Freeloader is a live Linux distribution to reclaim your PC and privacy. No hard disk required (boot from DVD/USB)
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    Downloads: 199 This Week
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    deepin
    deepin is a Debian-based distribution that aims to provide an elegant, user-friendly and reliable operating system. It does not only include the best the open source world has to offer, but it has also created its own desktop environment called DDE or Deepin Desktop Environment which is based on the Qt 5 toolkit. Deepin focuses much of its attention on intuitive design. Its home-grown applications, like Deepin Software Centre, DMusic and DPlayer are tailored to the average user. ...
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    Linux Q83

    Linux Q83

    LinuxQ83 AMD64 and ARM64 (Raspberry Pi 4) (Radxa Orion O6)

    ...Additionally, it can support Cinnamon, a traditional and user-friendly desktop environment similar to classic Windows layouts.
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    Downloads: 1,791 This Week
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    ArchLinux Live ISO Prebuild

    Prebuild Arch Linux Live ISO with Desktop Environment included.

    This Project contains Prebuild ArchLinux Live ISOs generated by my ISO-Build Script on: https://github.com/n0raitor/archlinux-iso Just burn one ISO to a empty CD or flash it to a usb stick and use the device to Run an Arch Linux Live System with a Desktop Environment (Which: Included in the Name of the ISO File) Enjoy a much easier Installation Process of an Arch Linux System with the ability to Browser in the Web at the same time. There are two versions of the ISO: Small / Minimal...
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    CruxEX 64 bit Linux Live System

    CruxEX 64 bit Linux Live System

    CruxEX 3.8 64 bit 2025 Linux Live System is based on CRUX 3.8

    CruxEX 3.8 64 bit 2025 Linux Live System is based on CRUX 3.8 (latest version, released 250421), which is all Linux enthusiasts/nerds favorite OS. FEATURES CruxEX 2025 uses the LXDE Desktop environment and kernel 6.14.2-amd64-exton with support for "extra everything". NEWS 250427 Create your own CRUX Live Installable System with Refracta Snapshot! Install it to hard drive with Refracta Installer. Or/and run it live from RAM. UNIQUE CruxEX 2025 is - as my previous CRUX-remasters...
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    Debian 13 Mate

    Debian 13 Mate

    Debian Trixie with the Mate desktop environment

    EFI SUPPORT: Download the efi iso if you need efi support here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/debian-mate/files/current/ This is debian 13 mate. Built with debian tools, packages, and currently based on the stable branch (Trixie). Here I try not to use software from outside of the debian repositories. For all intents and purposes, this is just debian paired with the mate desktop environment with a lot of hardware support taken care of. Debian mate doesn't force you into new...
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    Rhino Linux

    Rhino Linux

    Ubuntu-Based, Rolling Release w/ Pacstall & XFCE at its core

    PLEASE NOTE: this is a mirror repository of our builder for hosting our images. For the full project page, visit https://github.com/rhino-linux --------------- Rhino Linux re-invents the Ubuntu experience as a rolling-release distribution built on a stable desktop environment. Pacstall is at the very heart of the distribution, providing essential packages such as the Linux kernel, Firefox, and distinctive Rhino Linux applications and theming. We use sane defaults. The XFCE Desktop...
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    MX Respin Cinnamon

    MX Respin Cinnamon

    Unofficial MX respin based on Debian Stable

    This Linux distribution runs completely from DVD or Flash disk and installable on a fixed disk, based on Debian and MX Linux. Windows users are encouraged to use Rufus at https://rufus.ie to create Live USB. The default is Cinnamon Desktop environment.
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    MX Respin GNOME

    MX Respin GNOME

    Unofficial MX respin based on Debian Stable

    This Linux distribution runs completely from DVD or Flash disk and installable on a fixed disk, based on Debian and MX Linux. Windows users are encouraged to use Rufus at https://rufus.ie to create Live USB. The default is GNOME Desktop environment. See [TipsTricks] on Wiki for known bugs.
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    SlackEX Linux Live System

    SlackEX Linux Live System

    SlackEX 15.0 64 bit is based on Slackware Current

    SlackEX 15.0 Current (testing/developmental) 64 bit uses kernel 6.19.8-amd64-exton and the Xfce4 DE. SlackEX is based on Slackware 15.0. A lot of Slackware packages are are pre-installed. INSTALL TO HARD DRIVE The system can easily be installed to hard drive (during a live session) using a Refracta Installer. You can then use Grub2 as boot loader if you want. USB install SlackEX can be installed to a USB stick in Windows 10/11 using Rufus or in a Linux system using the dd-command....
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    MX Respin Xfce

    MX Respin Xfce

    Unofficial MX respin based on Debian Stable

    This Linux distribution runs completely from DVD or Flash disk and installable on a fixed disk, based on Debian and MX Linux. Windows users are encouraged to use Rufus at https://rufus.ie to create Live USB. The default is Xfce Desktop environment.
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    MX Respin LXDE

    MX Respin LXDE

    Unofficial MX respin based on Debian Stable

    This Linux distribution runs completely from DVD or Flash disk and installable on a fixed disk, based on Debian and MX Linux. Windows users are encouraged to use Rufus at https://rufus.ie to create Live USB. The default is LXDE Desktop environment.
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