Open Source ChromeOS Operating Systems
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Operating Systems for ChromeOS
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blissos-dev
Android for your PC, but more Blissful
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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SerenityOS
The Serenity Operating System
SerenityOS is an open source Unix-like operating system project with its own custom kernel, graphical user interface, system libraries, and userland tools. It combines a nostalgic “90s UI aesthetic” with modern system capabilities: a preemptive, multi-threaded kernel, own browsers, network stack, file systems, IPC, security features, and a suite of graphical / developer applications. The project is both a hobbyist OS and a polished engineering sandbox. -
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Antivirus Live CD
4MLinux fork including ClamAV scanner
Antivirus Live CD is an official 4MLinux fork including the ClamAV scanner. It's designed for users who need a lightweight live CD, which will help them to protect their computers against viruses. Ethernet, WiFi, PPP and PPPoE are supported by Antivirus Live CD to enable automatic updates of its virus signature databases. All partitions are mounted during the boot process so that they can be scanned by ClamAV. The Antivirus Live CD ISO images are fully compatible with UNetbootin, which can be used to create an easy-to-use Antivirus Live USB. -
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Website: https://prismlinux.org Discord: https://discord.gg/hMrWsTpdqw
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Pop!_OS
A project for managing all Pop!_OS sources
Pop!_OS repository serves as the central source code hub for Pop!_OS, a Linux distribution developed by System76 and based on Ubuntu, designed to deliver a polished and performance-oriented desktop experience. It contains packaging, configuration, and system-level customizations that define how Pop!_OS behaves and differentiates itself from standard Ubuntu installations. The project integrates system tools, hardware optimizations, and user interface components into a cohesive operating system tailored for developers, creators, and power users. Pop!_OS is known for its out-of-the-box support for both AMD and NVIDIA GPUs, as well as features like disk encryption, power management profiles, and streamlined workspace navigation. The repository also plays a key role in coordinating updates, managing dependencies, and maintaining compatibility across the system. -
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OpenWrt-Rpi
Raspberry Pi & NanoPi R2S/R4S & G-Dock & x86 OpenWrt Compile Project
OpenWrt-Rpi is a customized build and configuration project that adapts the OpenWrt operating system for Raspberry Pi devices, transforming them into fully functional routers or embedded network appliances. It enables users to deploy advanced networking features such as routing, firewalling, and VPN services on low-cost hardware. The project typically includes preconfigured images, build scripts, and optimization settings tailored for Raspberry Pi hardware capabilities. It emphasizes flexibility, allowing users to install additional packages and customize network behavior according to their needs. The system leverages OpenWrt’s modular package ecosystem, enabling a wide range of networking applications and services. It is particularly useful for home labs, IoT environments, and edge networking setups. Overall, OpenWrt-Rpi turns a general-purpose single-board computer into a powerful and customizable networking device. -
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Mega OS is an advanced operating system designed to provide a comprehensive and user-friendly computing experience. It incorporates a wide range of features and functionalities to enhance productivity, security, and overall system performance.
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Design OS
The missing design process between your product idea and your codebase
Design OS is an open-source product planning and UI design framework that sits at the intersection of design thinking and generative AI, guiding creators through a repeatable process from product idea to structured design deliverables. It fills what the maintainers describe as the “missing design process” in AI-first development, helping users define product visions, model data, map user flows, and lay out interfaces before a coding agent begins implementation. The tool is poised to produce production-ready UI components and artifacts that any AI coding tool can consume, encouraging a disciplined front-to-backend workflow that avoids disjointed, reactive design prompts. Design OS emphasizes clarity of intent, consistency of design systems, and exporting usable components rather than just static mockups, which aligns better with automated build pipelines and agent-driven development. -
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DreamStudio by Volocian Studios
Free yourself
Volocian believes first and foremost that financial status shouldn’t be a barrier to entry in multimedia content creation. Whether you want to design a product or website, record a band, remix a song, or produce a feature length movie with professional post production graphics and effects, Volocian™ wants to help, even if you’re using borrowed hardware with no previous experience. We provide affordable products and services for any budget, including cost-free solutions for education and demo purposes, while everything we do is designed with ease of use and flexibility in mind, to suit everyone from novice hobbyists to expert professionals. Wherever possible, Volocian™ relies on free, open source, and cross-platform software to prevent vendor lock-in, planned obsolescence, and software as a service licensing. While we remain pragmatic about the use of proprietary software, as we’re aware of the feature limitations of some open source solutions, free solutions are preferred. -
MongoDB Atlas runs apps anywhereMongoDB Atlas gives you the freedom to build and run modern applications anywhere—across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. With global availability in over 115 regions, Atlas lets you deploy close to your users, meet compliance needs, and scale with confidence across any geography.
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JNode is a Java New Operating system Design Effort. JNode is a simple to use and install Java operating system for personal use on modern devices. Any java application runs on it, fast and safe. See our homepage for additional information.
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Network Simulator (fork CORE - Live USB)
Live DVD with CORE network simulator
The Common Open Research Emulator (CORE) is a tool for emulating networks on one or more machines. You can connect these emulated networks to live networks. CORE consists of a GUI for drawing topologies of lightweight virtual machines, and Python modules for scripting network emulation. -
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Live CD With Zerofree Utility i686 32Bit
A Custom Puppy Linux Live CD With Zerofree Utility i686 32 Bit
After Booting with this Live CD, just click on the CDROM icon on the Desktop, to open its folder contents, then Right Click the zerofree.sh file and Choose the "Run in Terminal" option and then follow the instructions shown on the terminal. As you may be aware, Booting with a Live CD, requires that you need to change the Boot Order on your System / Guest BIOS, quickly on startup, by pressing either F2 OR F12 OR F10 OR an equivalent key and then change the Boot Order to boot from the CDROM first. Some Hints: Puppy Linux Live CDs show some dialogs / settings window on first startup / first shutdown. Feel free to dismiss / close them, if you do not want to make any changes, to the live cd's operation, next time, on the same system. This will not affect the zerofree's work in any way. Apart from this, using the Internet Browser, built in, would require a Free Memory of 1 GB or more, for better Performance ( as it is generally a memory intensive activity ) -
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DIET-PC (DIskless Embedded Technology Personal Computer) is a software kitset enabling IT professionals to build an open source GUI appliance based on commodity x86 (PC), PowerPC (Mac) or ARM (handheld) hardware, using an embedded Linux methodology.
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Advanced DHCP Server Live CD (With GUI)
The Free & Popular opendhcp application for Physical & Virtual Machine
Instructions: 1. Write this .iso file to a Pen Drive, with the Free multibootusb software ( links below ) 2. Boot from the Pen Drive, after changing the BIOS Boot Order quickly on system startup 3. First startup will show some info dialogs. These can be cancelled without making any changes 4. Click on the opendhcp folder link on Desktop 5. Right click the set_eth0_static_ipaddress.sh file and choose Open as Text option. Edit the file to meet your network needs. To know about multiple interface names, click the Connect icon on desktop. 6. Similarly, edit the opendhcp.ini file to match your needs 7. Shutdown & choose the Save option. This will help in copying from RAM to USB Disk 8. Restart & click the lease status desktop icon, to see your changes go live 9. Follow this model to install more services / servers. Check README file append_to_etc_scripts.txt to see how services are automatically started. 10. Click installer icon on desktop, update it for setups -
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Gobudgie
Gobudgie is an operating system which is compatible to Android.
Gobudgie is using the powerfull Budgie desktop combined with the Ubuntu base. The user interface is designed for Android users so we're using a material theme. Gobudgie offers several ways to easily access or install applications. We integrated the Chromium OS Web Store the standard Ubuntu Software Center, an Android App runtime, PlayOnLinux and Wine. -
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Custom-Puppy-Linux-For-Scripts
A Custom Puppy Linux Live CD For Creating & Running Shell Scripts
This Live CD is created for the purpose of writing & running shell scripts on various computers. This is a 64-bit system for better performance and features. Please see the Images of its Desktop below. Pressing F4 from any Folder on the File Manager will launch the Terminal and will set your working directory automatically. After Downloading, Either Burn this .iso image to a DVD and boot from it on any computer OR install it to a USB drive with the multiboot-usb software, available here : https://sourceforge.net/projects/multibootusb/files/ and boot from the USB drive OR Just use the free VirtualBox software ( https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads/ ), to run this system. Instructions for DVD image burning or USB installation or VirtualBox is further explained in my other project page : https://sourceforge.net/projects/multibootusb-live/ Also see the below information Many Shell Script Projects are available on my Profile Page : https://sourceforge.net/u/nathan-sr/profile -
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DaVinci OS
Linux Operating System based on openSUSE 13.1 by Tóca
DaVinci Operating System is an Operating System craeted by Tóca CompuGlobal Corporation,Inc based on openSUSE 13.1 and GNU Linux. It´s currently 64 BITS and UEFI devices only. -
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Ante-Millennium OS
Ante-Millennium is an operating system built from scratch in C
This is an official repository. Developed from scratch by Alberto Sanfelice (511break). To run this operating system type: qemu-system-i386 -kernel Ante-M.bin -drive file=disk.img,format=raw,index=0,media=disk -m 512M -device ac97 -
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sposkpat
distraction-less card game
distraction-less card game Turns any PC into a distraction-less Patience card game (a.k.a. klondike, solitaire, solitario, pasianssi, пасьянс, bakarkako, त्यागी, πασιέντζα, pertapa, ẩn sỉ, ソリティア, tek taş, 接龍, سوليتير). Keeps other things out of your way (not even a clock included): 1. No logins, no passwords. 2. Hard disks are put to sleep (less noise, saving power). 3. Runs completely in RAM. 4. No internet connection. 5. No virus-risks. 6. No ads, no nags. 7. Portable: Boots from: min. 512 Mb USB-drive/stick/memory-card, or CD/DVD. ---- Runs inside the qemu and VMware virtual machines (ugly full screen). ---- Note: Playing solitaire games helps you to greatly improve your attention span and enhance your ability to concentrate. ---- Based on KDE's kpat. Build on Linux Debian/GNU 6.0 (Squeeze) with live-build. ---- Free. Use at your own risk. Have fun. No guarantees. GPL'ed -
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FreeOS/1 is a Free, Open Source, FreeDOS based Free and Open Source Alternative OS, with open source Microsoft Windows compatibility using HXDOSExtender KernelEx,and ReactOS source code. FreeOS/1 will include new technologies and will be easy to use
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Live CD With Zerofree Utility AMD 64 Bit
A Custom Puppy Linux Live CD With Zerofree Utility AMD 64 Bit
After Booting with this Live CD, just click on the CDROM icon at the bottom of the Desktop, to open its folder contents, then Right Click the zerofree.sh file and Choose the "Run in Terminal" option and then follow the instructions shown on the terminal. As you may be aware, Booting with a Live CD, requires that you need to change the Boot Order on your System / Guest BIOS, quickly on startup, by pressing either F2 OR F12 OR F10 OR an equivalent key and then change the Boot Order to boot from the CDROM first. Some Hints: Puppy Linux Live CDs show some dialogs / settings window on first startup / first shutdown. Feel free to dismiss / close them, if you do not want to make any changes, to the live cd's operation, next time, on the same system. This will not affect the zerofree's work in any way. Apart from this, using the Internet Browser, built in, would require a Free Memory of 1 GB or more, for better Performance ( as it is generally a memory intensive activity ) -
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Live CD With Zerofree Utility x86 32Bit
A Custom Puppy Linux Live CD With Zerofree Utility x86 32Bit
After Booting with this Live CD, just click on the MOUNT Application icon on the top of the Desktop, then click the Mount Button that is besides the CDROM entry only, to open its folder contents, then Right Click the zerofree.sh file and Choose the "Window" -> "Terminal Here" option and then type ./zerofree.sh and press Enter Key on the Terminal and follow the instructions shown on the terminal. As you may be aware, Booting with a Live CD, requires that you need to change the Boot Order on your System / Guest BIOS, quickly on startup, by pressing either F2 OR F12 OR F10 OR an equivalent key and then change the Boot Order to boot from the CDROM first. Some Hints: Puppy Linux Live CDs show some dialogs / settings window on first startup / first shutdown. Feel free to dismiss / close them, if you do not want to make any changes, to the live cd's operation, next time, on the same system. This will not affect the zerofree's work in any way. -
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Portable Linux
Portable Ubuntu Linux for Scientific Computing
Released August 22, 2013 Lubuntu Blends: Biochemistry 13.04 (Raring) v5.44 Linux Kernel Image 3.8.0-29 Lubuntu Blends are pre-installed Wubi disk image remixes of Ubuntu and Debian Science meta packages, A custom boot loader allows installations to be copied and automatically booted from most external or USB flash drives. Once up and running, use earlier Lubuntu Remix README instructions here until documentation is updated. https://sourceforge.net/projects/portable-linux/files/ Installation 1. Download the Wubi installer http://releases.ubuntu.com/saucy/wubi.exe 2. Install any flavor of Ubuntu. 3. Swap out the root.disk with the ones provided here. Overview LAMP stack running on localhost (127.0.0.1). Scientific, productivity & media packages include R (Rattle Data Miner), GridEngine, Condor, cooperative computing tools, WINE, LibreOffice, Evolution, Clinica, Neuro Debian Desktop, PsycoPy, OpenVibe, 3DSlicer, Paraview, Openshot. Cheers, Gregory Remington -
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Chrubix
Secure Linux distributions for Chromebooks
(1) Software that generates a customized, secure Linux distribution (Debian, ArchLinux, Kali, ...) for your Chromebook. (2) Images for download, to save you the trouble. (3) More to come...
