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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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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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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. -
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Hermit Kernel
A Rust-based, lightweight unikernel
Hermit Kernel is the core component of HermitCore, a Rust-based unikernel that runs directly on hypervisors or bare-metal systems to support high-performance cloud and HPC applications. This repository contains the microkernel’s implementation, optimized for running Rust applications natively in a lightweight, single-address-space environment. Hermit Kernel is designed to reduce latency and overhead by avoiding traditional OS abstractions, while still providing essential services such as... -
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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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Human Signals
Human-friendly process signals
human-signals is a lightweight Node.js library that provides human-readable descriptions for POSIX signal names like SIGTERM, SIGINT, and SIGHUP. Rather than relying on scattered documentation or hard-to-remember codes, this library maps system signals to meaningful explanations, including default behaviors, standard descriptions, and exit codes. It’s ideal for building CLI tools or process managers that handle termination signals and want to provide better logging, debugging, or user feedback. -
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LxPup - Puppy Linux + LXDE
Puppy Linux with the LXDE desktop environment
...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. -
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DiscoBSD
2.11BSD-based Unix-like OS for STM32 and PIC32 Microcontrollers
Discobsd is an experimental UNIX-like operating system derived from 4.4BSD-Lite2, focused on simplicity, transparency, and education. It strips away non-essential features and complexity to present a cleaner codebase suitable for study and hacking. Discobsd preserves the classic UNIX environment while allowing room for modern experimentation, such as porting to alternative platforms or introducing new subsystems. It is valuable for those interested in historical BSD systems, teaching OS... -
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🌿 XXRI OS Lite – Lightweight, Fast, and Minimal XXRI OS Lite is the most lightweight edition of the xxri OS series, designed for low-spec machines, older hardware, or users who prefer a clean and ultra-efficient system. it includes only essential components to deliver speed, simplicity, and stability — without unnecessary bloat. ⚡ Key Features: • Super lightweight ISO (263MB) • Fast boot and low memory footprint • Clean, minimal user interface • Pre-installed basic tools: file...
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AzkaOs
Open source operating system based flutter and kernel zircon
AzkaOS is a personal and experimental operating system project aiming to create a lightweight and customizable platform written primarily in Python and C/C++. It combines ideas from traditional desktop OSes with a scripting-heavy approach, offering a hybrid system that prioritizes ease of customization and user scripting. Though still in its early stages, AzkaOS aims to support desktop environments, package management, and basic system utilities while enabling users to control behavior... -
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B OS
"A fast, lightweight, and secure Linux operating system for all."
B OS is a modern Linux distribution developed by MerdekaSoft to provide a simple, secure, and powerful computing experience for everyone. It is built with the KDE Plasma desktop, offering an elegant, highly customizable, and user-friendly interface that fits both beginners and advanced users. Unlike many other operating systems, B OS is lightweight and optimized for speed, making it suitable for older hardware as well as modern PCs. -
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Bodhi Linux
A minimalist, enlightened Linux distribution
Bodhi is a minimalistic, enlightened, Linux desktop. Bodhi Linux is extremely lightweight and highly customizable. Bodhi is suitable for both Linux newcomers and experienced users. The Ubuntu LTS assures stability for years and the Bodhi Team is very open to all suggestions and requests from users and willing to help. -
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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... -
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TheSSS (The Smallest Server Suite)
Lightweight Server Suite for LAN
TheSSS (The Smallest Server Suite) is a lightweight server suite distributed as a live CD. It is designed for system administrators who need an extremely tiny and fast set of server software. The supported servers are: FSP, FTP/SFTP, HTTP/HTTPS, NBD, NFS, NTP, rlogin, SSH, Telnet, and TFTP. A proxy server (Polipo) with Tor anonymizer is also included. The main security components are 4MLinux Firewall (based on iptables) and Clam AntiVirus. TheSSS iso images are fully compatible with... -
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[PL] LajtLinux to hobbystyczny zestaw lekkich obrazów Debiana Testing z minimalistycznym Waylandem i lekkimi menedżerami okien (sway, river, labwc, niri, mangowc, dwl). Obrazy zawierają autorski, otwartoźródłowy instalator graficzny i są tworzone głównie na własny użytek. Jeśli ktoś przy okazji z nich skorzysta — będzie mi bardzo miło 🙂 Pełny opis znajdziesz w pliku README.txt lub pod adresem: https://sourceforge.net/projects/lajtlinux/files/ [EN] LajtLinux is a hobby project...
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fltr
Like grep but for natural language questions
fltr is a minimal, dependency-free filtering utility written in C, inspired by UNIX philosophy and designed for high-performance data stream filtering. It allows users to apply pattern-based rules to lines of input—much like grep or awk—but with a focus on simplicity, low overhead, and customizability. It's intended for those who need a small, efficient tool to clean, parse, or analyze large streams of textual data on the command line without complex scripting or configuration. -
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Koha + DSpace 9.2 Live DVD ISO (2026.01)
Koha 25.11.00 + DSpace 9.2 Live ISO Installer based on Ubuntu 22.04.5
Koha + DSpace Live is a Live Bootable and Installer ISO based on Ubuntu 22.04.5 (Koha Version: 25.11.00 and DSpace Version: 9.2) This ISO boots only in Legacy BIOS mode and not in Secure Boot Mode After booting from the Live DVD/USB, use the following login credentials: Login: library (Displayed as 'Open Digital Library') Password: library This Live ISO contains additional Desktop Environments (aka D.E) providing different User Interfaces. If you wish to choose a Lightweight... -
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BJH OS
An Operating System Created In Html CSS And JS By Muhammad Haris.
💻 BJH OS Assalam O Alaikum! 👋 I’m Muhammad Haris, Developer of BJH OS 🌐💡 — a web-based OS built with pure HTML, CSS & JS. Enjoy draggable windows, built-in apps, a web terminal, Flash Browser, AI assistant, and persistent data via localStorage. 🚀 Highlights Custom desktop environment & smoother UI Modular architecture Built-in apps & BJH OS Apps Market Remote alerts & updates Secure login & developer tools 🛒 BJH OS Apps Market Features Browse apps/games App details: icon,... -
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YiYiYa
YiYiYa
YiYiYa is a minimalist, Chinese-language desktop operating system with a custom graphical interface, designed for simplicity and education. Built primarily with C/C++, it includes its own kernel and GUI layer, featuring basic OS utilities such as file management, terminal, and user interface components. YiYiYa is bootable and self-contained, allowing users to experience a lightweight graphical OS that blends low-level programming with creative UI design, primarily targeting Chinese-speaking... -
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Archcraft XFCE
Archcraft with XFCE Desktop Environment
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. This flavor of Archcraft comes with XFCE Desktop Environment. -
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Archcraft LXDE
Archcraft with LXDE Desktop Environment
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. This flavor of Archcraft comes with LXDE Desktop Environment. -
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crunch++ Debian
LightWeight Debian OS
Here I have new Theme Debian Called Crunch++ , and the it has basic facilities, but have different way of operation like right click for choosing the application, which you want to run, or to make Machine shut down, reboot ... etc. It is OVF Version, means you can download and run it on VMware and Virtual Machine Software. In this there is not Dock so you need to Install any dock software, I will prefer plank dock. username - hemant password - <spacebar> one time this os can be... -
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STAR
Travel light, run fast, just works! Devuan powered!
This is the home of Star live distro powered by Devuan stable linux (Non-Systemd). Images to choose from: 64 bit - Xfce (minimal), Fluxbox, Openbox, Jwm, i3, Cli 32bit - Jwm, Cli There is a small selection of applications, including: web browser, text editor, image viewer, pdf viewer, file manager, terminal, media player. If you like to customize your desktop, then this is the distro you you! This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY... -
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PuppyRus-A
Lightweight, portable and flexible Linux based on Arch, Puppy, Porteus
For now we support russian localization only, sorry. PuppyRus-A (PRA) - дистрибутив проекта PuppyRus.org, построенный на базе Arch Linux и использующий pacman. Продолжает традиции Puppy (маленький <200Mb, быстрый, функциональные скрипты, подключаемая среда разработки - devx), PuppyRus (модульность, pfs-util), Porteus (initrd). Модульная структура позволяет создать нужный именно Вам набор софта простым копированием модулей. Возможна загрузка всего PRA в память с flash или CD... -
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Emerald
An operating system written in C
emerald is a minimalistic Unix-like operating system kernel developed for x86_64 systems, focused on being lightweight, modular, and understandable. Written in C and assembly, emerald serves as a learning tool for OS enthusiasts who want to explore kernel design from scratch. It includes basic components such as multitasking, paging, interrupts, and system calls, while maintaining a clear and concise codebase. Emerald is a strong starting point for building more complex systems or...
