Projects

Linux From Scratch

Linux From Scratch is an instruction manual detailing how you can bootstrap, build, configure and install your very own GNU/Linux system from the ground up. Each piece of the Linux puzzle is explained, with instructions on how to configure and compile everything from source.

AROS

The AROS Research Operating System is a lightweight, efficient and flexible desktop operating system, designed to help you make the most of your computer. It's an independent, portable and free project, aiming at being compatible with AmigaOS 3.1 at the API level (like Wine, unlike UAE), while ... [More] improving on it in many areas. The source code is available under an open source license, which allows anyone to freely improve upon it. [Less]

Foresight Linux

Foresight Desktop Linux is a GNOME based Linux distribution that showcases some of the latest bells and whistles. It currently sports GNOME 2.32 as the preferred desktop environment. Foresight, because your desktop should be freaking cool.

Syllable operating system family

The goal of the Syllable project is to create a family of easy-to-use free software operating systems. It is the continuation of the BeOS-like AtheOS. Syllable Desktop has its own C kernel with symmetric multiprocessing, multithreaded pre-emptive multitasking, high POSIX compliancy, 64-bit ... [More] journaled filesystem (AFS) with metadata, an integrated native GUI architecture with an object-oriented C++ API, SDL, singular native toolkit and multi-user desktop environment. The system seeks to be an integrated, lightweight, easy-to-program, powerful, high-performance graphical desktop environment which avoids legacy OS paradigms that frustrate developers and have hindered the computing masses' adoption of a free-software desktop. Syllable Server is a matching small and efficient Linux server. [Less]

Canaima GNU/Linux

Canaima GNU/Linux, la metadistribución venezolana, es un sistema operativo libre y de estándares abiertos basado en el sistema de paquetes APT y de propósito general enfocado a las necesidades del Estado Venezolano. El proyecto Canaima también involucra la plataforma de desarrollo, orientada ... [More] hacia la integración de esfuerzos de usuarios, desarrolladores e instituciones nacionales y regionales. [Less]

Openwall GNU/*/Linux

Openwall GNU/*/Linux (or Owl for short) is a security-enhanced server platform. The primary approaches to security are proactive source code review, privilege reduction, privilege separation, careful selection of third-party software, safe defaults, "hardening" to reduce the likelihood of ... [More] successful exploitation of security flaws, and the uses of "strong" cryptography. Also available are policy enforcement and integrity checking capabilities. Besides the security enhancements, other key properties of Owl include the ability to rebuild the entire system from source with one simple command ("make buildworld"), support for software packages found in or developed for Red Hat's and compatible Linux distributions, and support for multiple architectures (currently x86, x86-64, SPARC, and Alpha). [Less]

KANOTIX

Kanotix is a rock-solid Linux based on Debian-Sid, which contains the newest packages and recognizes more modern hardware than any other operating system in use today. Kanotix will run as a LIVE-CD on practically any computer. It also installs to hard drive in just a few minutes and is ideal for use ... [More] on your desktop workstation or notebook, or as a server. [Less]

Hardened Linux

Hardened Linux is a secured and minimalized operating system designed to run as a firewall, IDS host, authentication system and VPN gateway.

pmbsd

The Pigeon Mouette BSD project provides a FREE, multi-platform BSD UNIX-like operating system. PmBSD is 'what we think a BSD is' and was totally written from scratch. The only sources stolen by this project were stolen from OpenBSD and are a part of this website and the file sys/queue.h. ... [More] PmBSD is freely available from our mercurial repository. [Less]

Singularity RDK

Singularity is a research project focused on the construction of dependable systems through innovation in the areas of systems, languages, and tools. We are building a research operating system prototype (called Singularity), extending programming languages, and developing new techniques and tools for specifying and verifying program behavior.