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macOS Sequoia
Apple
macOS Sequoia is Apple’s latest operating system designed to enhance productivity, creativity, and seamless device integration for Mac users. It introduces Apple Intelligence, a smart assistant that personalizes helpful insights based on your context. The update allows you to mirror your iPhone directly on your Mac, control it, and manage notifications with ease. New window tiling features and keyboard shortcuts streamline multitasking by organizing your workspace efficiently. The OS also brings new capabilities to apps like Safari, Messages, Maps, and Notes, including smarter reading tools, message scheduling, detailed topographic maps, and live audio transcription. Additionally, macOS Sequoia supports high-quality gaming with titles optimized for Apple silicon, alongside improved privacy and security controls.Starting Price: Free -
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macOS Tahoe
Apple
macOS Tahoe is Apple’s latest operating system for Mac, introducing a refreshed design and enhanced productivity features. It features a new Liquid Glass interface that brings a modern, transparent look while maintaining the familiar Mac experience. The update integrates Apple Intelligence across apps, enabling smarter workflows, automation, and communication tools. Users can now access features like Live Translation, enhanced Shortcuts, and AI-powered image creation directly within the system. macOS Tahoe also strengthens Continuity by bringing iPhone features like the Phone app and Live Activities to Mac. Productivity improvements include a major Spotlight upgrade that allows users to perform actions quickly without leaving the keyboard. Overall, macOS Tahoe delivers a more personalized, intelligent, and seamless computing experience for Mac users.Starting Price: Free -
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CachyOS
CachyOS
CachyOS is a performance-focused Linux distribution based on Arch Linux that aims to deliver a faster and more responsive computing experience through deep system-level optimizations. It rebuilds core components, including the kernel and software packages, using modern CPU instruction sets such as x86-64-v3, x86-64-v4, and Zen4, along with advanced techniques like link-time optimization and profile-guided optimization to maximize efficiency without requiring manual tuning. It includes a custom kernel with multiple scheduler options designed to improve responsiveness and interactivity, as well as enhanced throughput across different workloads. CachyOS maintains the rolling-release model of Arch Linux, providing continuous updates and access to the latest software while preserving flexibility and control. It offers both graphical and command-line installers, making it accessible to beginners while still allowing advanced users full customization over their setup.Starting Price: Free -
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CloudReady
Neverware
Transform your organization’s computers so they’re secure, easy to manage, and never slow down. CloudReady gives you all the power of the web—without the weight or risk of traditional operating systems. It’s an OS designed for now...and for what’s next. That’s why companies, non-profits, schools, and government agencies around the world use CloudReady to streamline and secure their devices when accessing web apps and VDI. CloudReady is based on Google’s Chromium OS, the same open-source architecture as Chrome OS. Whether your computers are brand new or a decade old, installing CloudReady provides unparalleled speed, simplicity, and security without hardware limitations.Starting Price: $15 per device per year -
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KDE Plasma
KDE
Use Plasma to surf the web, keep in touch with colleagues, friends and family; manage your files, enjoy music and videos; and get creative and productive at work. Do it all in a beautiful environment that adapts to your needs, and with the safety, privacy-protection and peace of mind that the best Free Open Source Software has to offer. The Plasma Launcher lets you quickly and easily launch applications, but it can do much more – convenient tasks like bookmarking applications, searching for documents as you type, or navigating to common places help you getting straight to the point. With a history of recently started programs and opened files, you can return to where you left off. It even remembers previously entered search terms so you don’t have to. Plasma is made to stay out of the way as it helps you get things done. But under its light and intuitive surface, it's a powerhouse. So you're free to choose ways of usage right as you need them and when you need them. -
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Haiku OS
Haiku
Haiku is an open source operating system under constant development. Specifically targeting personal computing, Haiku is a fast, efficient, simple to use, easy to learn, and yet very powerful system for computer users of all levels. Additionally, Haiku offers something over other open source platforms which is quite unique: The project consists of a single team writing everything from the kernel, drivers, userland services, tool kit, and graphics stack to the included desktop applications and preflets. While numerous open source projects are utilized in Haiku, they are integrated seamlessly. This allows Haiku to achieve a unique level of consistency that provides many conveniences, and is truly enjoyable to use by both end-users and developers alike. The Be Operating System introduced progressive concepts and technologies that we believe represent the ideal means to simple and efficient personal computing.Starting Price: Free -
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FreeBSD
FreeBSD
FreeBSD offers advanced networking, performance, security and compatibility features today which are still missing in other operating systems, even some of the best commercial ones. FreeBSD makes an ideal Internet or Intranet server. It provides robust network services under the heaviest loads and uses memory efficiently to maintain good response times for thousands of simultaneous user processes. FreeBSD brings advanced network operating system features to appliance and embedded platforms, from higher-end Intel-based appliances to ARM, PowerPC, and MIPS hardware platforms. From mail and web appliances to routers, time servers, and wireless access points, vendors around the world rely on FreeBSD’s integrated build and cross-build environments and advanced features as the foundation for their embedded products. And the Berkeley open source license lets them decide how many of their local changes they want to contribute back.Starting Price: Free -
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Parrot OS
Parrot Security
Parrot is a worldwide community of developers and security specialists that work together to build a shared framework of tools to make their job easier, standardized and more reliable and secure. Parrot OS, the flagship product of Parrot Security is a GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian and designed with Security and Privacy in mind. It includes a full portable laboratory for all kinds of cyber security operations, from pentesting to digital forensics and reverse engineering, but it also includes everything needed to develop your own software or keep your data secure. Always updated, frequently released with many hardening and sandboxing options available. Everything is under your complete control. Feel free to get the system, share with anyone, read the source code and change it as you want! this system is made to respect your freedom, and it ever will be. -
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Slackware
Slackware Linux
After a long development cycle (including many betas and release candidates to get everything just exactly perfect) we're pleased to announce the availability of the new stable release. You'll find updates throughout the system, with the latest development tools and recent versions of applications, window managers, desktop environments, and utilities. The Linux kernel is updated to version 4.4.14 (part of the 4.4.x kernel series that will be getting long-term support from the kernel developers). We've brought together the best of these and other modern components and worked our magic on them. If you've used Slackware before, you'll find the system feels like home. Want to give Slackware 14.2 a test drive without modifying your disk drive? Then check out Slackware Live Edition! This is a complete Slackware installation that can run from a CD, DVD, or USB stick. Build scripts for all kinds of additional software for Slackware 14.2 are also available. -
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Deepin
Wuhan Deepin Technology
Deepin is an elegant, easy to use and reliable domestic desktop operating system released by Deepin Technology Co., Ltd. Deepin featured applications have been preinstalled in Deepin. It allows you to experience a variety of recreational activities, but also to meet your daily needs. With continually improved and perfected functions, we believe Deepin will be loved and used by more and more users. Deepin Technology takes the requirements of users as core, adhering to the idea of creative objectives and based on the market demand to provide users with better products and services. In a comfortable and free working environment, one can create more efffective work. No more long and boring workflows or waiting times here, everything in the system is quick and cooperative. As the leading research and development team of the operating system in China, Deepin Technology provides safe, reliable, beautiful and easy to use operating system and open source solutions. -
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Tails
Tails
Tails is a portable operating system that protects against surveillance and censorship. Tails uses the Tor network to protect your privacy online and help you avoid censorship. Enjoy the Internet like it should be. Shut down the computer and start on your Tails USB stick instead of starting on Windows, macOS, or Linux. Tails leaves no trace on the computer when shut down. Tails includes a selection of applications to work on sensitive documents and communicate securely. Everything in Tails is ready-to-use and has safe defaults. You can download Tails for free and independent security researchers can verify our work. Tails is based on Debian GNU/Linux. Activists use Tails to hide their identities, avoid censorship, and communicate securely. Journalists and their sources use Tails to publish sensitive information and access the Internet from unsafe places. Domestic violence survivors use Tails to escape surveillance at home. -
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SparkyLinux
SparkyLinux
SparkyLinux is a GNU/Linux distribution created on the top of Debian GNU/Linux operating system. Sparky is fast, lightweight and fully customizable OS which offers a few versions for different users and different tasks, such as fully featured OS with a lightweight desktop environment, which works out of the box and contain a selection of pre installed common use software for home users. MinimalGUI with Openbox window manager preinstalled only with basic software installed for users whose want to configure their OS/desktop as they want, on the top of Debian, plus any desktop environment or window manager they like. MinimalCLI with no X server, for advanced users whose want to build and configure their desktops in own way. Sparky supports about 20 desktop environments and window managers giving you freedom of choice, having in mind that your computer is made for working, having fun, entertainment, keeping in touch with friends, and many, many other things. -
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Solus
Solus
Solus is an operating system that is designed for home computing. Every tweak enables us to deliver a cohesive computing experience. Solus provides a multitude of experiences that enable you to get the most out of your hardware. From our flagship Budgie experience for modern devices to the more traditional MATE experience for lower-end devices, Solus aims to provide the best experience for your device. Solus ships with a variety of software out of the box so you can get going without a lot of setup fuss. Easily manage all your documents, music, photos, videos, and more with Files. We ship with Mozilla Firefox, a fast and secure web browser. Pop some popcorn and sit down to your favorite digital content via GNOME MPV. Play and manage your music and podcasts, as well as tune into online radio with Rhythmbox. No more hunting around for apps! Install and manage them right from our Software Center. -
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Oracle Linux
Oracle
An open and complete operating environment, Oracle Linux delivers virtualization, management, and cloud native computing tools, along with the operating system, in a single support offering. Oracle Linux is 100% application binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Search the catalog to find information about independent software vendors (ISVs) who have certified their applications to run on Oracle Linux and Virtualization. Applications certified on Oracle Linux run wherever Linux runs—on-premises, in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and in other clouds. Join us in this Oracle Tux Tech Talk webinar on July 28 and learn how to benchmark for performance, discover the benefits of the UEK, and understand which workloads see improvement from UEK. -
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Raspberry Pi OS
Raspberry Pi Foundation
Raspberry Pi Imager is the quick and easy way to install Raspberry Pi OS and other operating systems to a microSD card, ready to use with your Raspberry Pi. Watch our 45-second video to learn how to install an operating system using Raspberry Pi Imager. Download and install Raspberry Pi Imager to a computer with an SD card reader. Put the SD card you'll use with your Raspberry Pi into the reader and run Raspberry Pi Imager. Browse a range of operating systems provided by Raspberry Pi and by other organisations, and download them to install manually. -
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Windows 7
Microsoft
Windows 7 is an operating system for PC created by Microsoft. Windows 7 is not as current as Windows 10/11. Windows 7 was actively supported from October 2009 until January 2020. Many organizations still use Windows 7, even though it is not actively supported. It's recommended to upgrade to Windows 10/11. -
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Bodhi Linux
Bodhi Linux
Bodhi Linux, a lightweight distribution featuring the fast & fully customizable Moksha Desktop. The 64-bit is built on top of Ubuntu (20.04). The 32-bit Non-PAE architecture has a Ubuntu 18.04 base, Bodhi Linux 6.0.0 is the Enlightened Linux Distribution. Bodhi is a small open-source distro with a rather small team of active Team Members, we are always looking for help. In particular, we are looking for c, bash, and python programmers, translators, graphic artists, theme developers, and more. If you think you can help contact us. Not all users can contribute to the code and documentation so even a small financial donation helps tremendously. It’s known for minimalism, resource efficiency, and user choice. The team behind Bodhi Linux works to make the distribution as lean as possible and believes that the end-user should be able to choose the applications that they want rather than have a bunch of pre-installed applications that are unnecessary. -
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Pop!_OS
System76
Pop!_OS is an operating system for STEM and creative professionals who use their computer as a tool to discover and create. Unleash your potential on secure, reliable open source software. Based on your exceptional curiosity, we sense you have a lot of it. Pop!_OS is designed for fast navigation, easy workspace organization, and fluid, convenient workflow. Your operating system should encourage discovery, not obstruct it. While you’ve got your wheels turning, take the scenic route with a dock and touchpad gestures, or race along a minimalist track from behind the wheel of a revving keyboard. With a variety of both mouse-driven and keyboard-driven customizations, you’re empowered to navigate your workflow the way you’ve always wanted. Pop!_OS uses auto-tiling for the same reason that people hire assistants: Organizing your work is incredibly time-consuming. Sure, you could still move, resize, and arrange windows yourself, but why spend the time when your OS does it for you? -
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elementary OS
elementary OS
The fast, free and privacy-friendly alternative to Windows and macOS. A comprehensive update to a solid foundation. These include, but are not limited to, a completely redesigned login and screen lock screen, a revamped first-use experience, major updates to System Settings, enhancements to included applications, and desktop touch-ups. Get free and paid applications in the Application Center, the store where the user decides the amount to pay to independent developers. Each app has been reviewed by elementary to ensure a native, secure, and privacy-friendly experience. Elevate your productivity and focus with multitasking view, mini-screen mode, and Do Not Disturb. Or remove all work notifications while watching videos or playing games. elementary OS includes a suite of applications carefully selected to meet your daily needs, so you can get more out of your computer without having to deal with bloatware. -
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IBM z/OS
IBM
IBM® z/OS® brings the computing power and resources of the IBM Z® platform to help you drive business transformation and accelerate innovation. Get the stable, secure environment your organization requires to improve performance for mission-critical workloads and meet future challenges. A highly secure and scalable operating system for running mission-critical applications. The new IBM® z16™ platform accelerates decision velocity, protects against threats across your business, and modernizes for hybrid cloud. IBM z/OS V2.5 enables innovative development to support hybrid cloud and AI business applications, along with next-level technologies for security and resilience. With a continuous delivery model, new z/OS capabilities are available quarterly with no impact on stability, complexity, or costs. Achieve rapid application development and provisioning for hybrid cloud deployment. Simplified and modern experience for easier installation, management, etc. -
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Fedora
Fedora
Fedora Workstation is a reliable, powerful, and easy-to-use operating system for desktop and laptop computers. It is functional for a wide range of developers, from hobbyists and students to professionals in business environments. Focus on your code with the GNOME 3 desktop environment. GNOME is developed with the needs of developers in mind and is free from unnecessary distractions, so you can focus on what really matters. Avoid the hassle of trying to find or compile the tools you need. With Fedora's comprehensive collection of open source languages, tools, and utilities, it's just a click or command away. There are even hosting projects and repositories like COPR to share your code and make builds available to the entire community. -
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openSUSE Tumbleweed
openSUSE Project
You install it once and enjoy it forever. No longer do you have to worry every six months about massive system upgrades that risk bricking your system. You get frequent updates that not only address vulnerabilities or squash bugs, but reflect latest features and developments, such as fresh kernels, fresh drivers and recent desktop environment versions. Updates are thoroughly tested against industry-grade quality standards, taking advantage of a build service other Linux distributions envy us. Not only is each new version of a package individually tested, but different clusters of versions are are tested against each other, making sure your system is internally consistent. With a single command you can update thousands of packages, rollback to last week’s snapshot, fast-forward again, and even preview upcoming releases. -
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Ubuntu Touch
Ubuntu Touch
Ubuntu Touch is made and maintained by the UBports Community. A group of volunteers and passionate people across the world. With Ubuntu Touch we offer a truly unique mobile experience - an alternative to the current most popular operating systems on the market. We believe that everyone is free to use, study, share and improve all software created by the foundation without restrictions. Whenever possible, everything is distributed under free and open source licenses endorsed by the Free Software Foundation, the Open Source Initiative. Ubuntu Touch is a mobile version of the Ubuntu operating system for mobile devices. However, unlike other 'flavors' of Ubuntu, it is more accurately an extract of parts of Ubuntu. It is adapted to run naturally in a mobile, touch-screen environment but is also capable of functioning as a desktop computer while in "desktop mode". This aforementioned converging of environments from device to device is where the term "Convergence" originates. -
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Windows XP
Microsoft
Windows XP is a version of the Microsoft Windows operating system for personal computers. It was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, and to retail on October 25, 2001. The "XP" in Windows XP stands for "eXPerience". Windows XP is a direct upgrade to its predecessors, Windows 2000 for high-end and business users and Windows Me for home users. It replaced Windows 2000 and Windows ME, which helped bring the NT and 9x versions of Windows together. Windows XP is a graphical user interface (GUI) that allows you to use different types of applications or software. For example, you can use a word processing application to write a letter and a spreadsheet application to track your financial information. Windows XP is known for its bright color schemes, easy-to-use interface, and stability. It was one of Microsoft's longest-running flagship operating systems, lasting at least 5 years. It was succeeded by Windows Vista on January 30, 2007. -
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Nothing OS
Nothing
Nothing OS is a custom user interface based on Android 12. It was developed by Nothing, a technology company founded by Carl Pei, the former co-founder of OnePlus. Nothing OS is designed to be simple, clean, and clutter-free. It features a unique design language called "Glyph Interface," which uses LED lights to provide notifications and status information. Nothing OS also includes a number of other features, such as a new font, a new weather app, and a new launcher. Here are some of the key features of Nothing OS: Simplicity and minimalism: Nothing OS is designed to be simple and easy to use. The UI is clean and clutter-free, and the animations are smooth and fluid. Glyph Interface: The Glyph Interface is a unique way to provide notifications and status information. The LED lights on the back of the phone light up in different patterns to indicate different things, such as incoming calls, messages, and battery status. -
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Zorin OS
Zorin OS
Zorin OS is designed to be easy, so you won't need to learn anything to get started. The Zorin Appearance app lets you change the desktop to resemble the environment you're familiar with, whether it's Windows, macOS, or Linux. Built on an Ubuntu & Linux foundation, Zorin OS runs on the same Open Source software that powers the U.S. Department of Defense, NASA, and more. Thanks to Linux's advanced security features, Zorin OS is resistant to viruses. Security patches and software updates are available for years to come. Zorin OS works lightning fast and doesn't slow down with updates. The Lite edition runs snappy on computers as old as 15 years, so you can breathe new life into old PCs. From a full Microsoft Office-compatible office suite to professional photo editing software, Zorin OS comes with powerful apps out of the box. Countless more apps and games are available from the Software store and Steam.Starting Price: Free -
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ReactOS
ReactOS
ReactOS is an operating system. Our own main features are that ReactOS is able to run Windows software, and it is also able to run Windows drivers. ReactOS looks-like Windows, and it is free and open source. ReactOS is a free and open source operating system written from scratch. Its design is based on Windows in the same way Linux is based on Unix, however ReactOS is not Linux. ReactOS looks and feels like Windows, is able to your run all your Windows applications and software, as well as all your Windows drivers, and is familiar to Windows users. You can create your own ReactOS versions! You’re using Open Source software daily if you use Firefox, LibreOffice, OpenOffice, GNU-Linux distributions among zillions of Open Source projects out there. The Open Source projects, as ReactOS, are driven for and by its Community, so being active translating, donating, or coding is a way to help ReactOS boost forward. -
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openIndiana
openIndiana
OpenIndiana is an operating system from and for the illumos community, it branches from the UNIX-derived family tree, and as such it can sometimes seem quite complex. But with a little help and information, once you know the basics, you will find it actually has some of the nicest and friendliest tools around. As most Unix-derived operating system, it can be completely controlled via a Command Line Interface shell, but it also supports a windowing GUI system. From the CLI, it supports a number of different shells, the two main ones being ksh93 and Bash. It also supports the original SunOS SVR4 commands, the command and syntax famiilar to BSD users, and a large portion of the GNU userland commands that most Linux users are familiar with. You can select any or all of those different commands from your shell configuration, giving you the environment you are most happy with. -
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MocaccinoOS
MocaccinoOS
MocaccinoOS is a modern minimal Linux meta-distribution designed to provide a lightweight, modular, and container-driven operating system experience for cloud, desktop, server, and embedded environments. Built around the Luet package manager, MocaccinoOS emphasizes static package management, layered system architecture, recoverability, and simplified upgrades. The distribution is available in two primary variants: Mocaccino Micro, a musl-based Linux From Scratch system optimized for cloud and container use cases, and Mocaccino Desktop, a Gentoo-based desktop-focused distribution derived from the former Sabayon branch. MocaccinoOS uses container-based package delivery and versioned root filesystem layers to simplify system maintenance, package management, and upgrades while allowing users to customize and extend their systems efficiently.Starting Price: Free -
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Gentoo
Gentoo Foundation
Gentoo Linux is a free, open-source Linux operating system designed for users who want extensive control over software installation, system configuration, and performance optimization. The distribution uses a source-based approach that allows software to be compiled with settings tailored to specific hardware and user requirements. Its Portage package management system handles software installation, dependency resolution, updates, and package customization through configurable USE flags. Gentoo follows a rolling release model, providing continuous access to software updates without requiring traditional major operating system upgrades. Users can configure desktop environments, Linux kernels, system services, security features, and development tools according to their needs. Gentoo supports desktop computers, servers, embedded devices, and multiple processor architectures, making it suitable for development, infrastructure management, and specialized computing environments.Starting Price: Free
