Free Os's

[mreccentric]

Can anyone give me a list of Free OS's from various companies?
Question is just for Curiosity?

(Ex: Ubuntu from Linux)

 

[linkin]

I think the many different versions of Linux are all...

 

[WhiteTree]

Most free operating systems tend to be Unix-like (Linux, BSD, etc)

Linux
Ubuntu - similar to Mac OS X
Linuxmint - a version of Ubuntu
Fedora - Redhat's community version (newest technology, but sometimes unstable)
OpenSuse - similar to MS Windows
Mandriva - similar to MS Windows
PCLinuxOS - similar to MS Windows (was originally derived from Mandriva)
Mepis - somewhat similar to MS Windows
Debian - basic (Ubuntu and Mepis are based on it)

very small Linux versions
tinycore - 10MB with GUI (microcore without GUI - 6MB)
slitaz - 30MB

BSD
PC-BSD - a BSD based OS for desktops (part of the real Mac OS X kernel is from BSD)

UNIX
OpenSolaris

Assembly Language OS - very small
Kolibri OS - fully graphical (about 4 MB I think)

Reimplementation of Windows NT
ReactOS


If you only want operating systems that have a company behind them:
Ubuntu
OpenSuse
Mandriva
Mepis
Fedora - indirectly
OpenSolaris - indirectly

 

[Geoff]

Very nice list WhiteTree.

 

[Rit]

I'll have to snag that list for the 101s :good:

 

[WhiteTree]

Also, there are ways to create your own custom version of Linux. http://www.computerforum.com/170151-creating-operating-system.html

I prefer just using unmodified distributions though.

 

[speedyink]

Very nice list WhiteTree.

No kidding. Nicely done Whitetree

 

[lhuser]

Speaking of OSes, Ubuntu 10.04 comes out in 11 days...thought I'd share

 

[bkribbs]

Speaking of OSes, Ubuntu 10.04 comes out in 11 days...thought I'd share

i have ubuntu dual booting on my old compaq desktop, and while i cant say i use the desktop much, when i do, i really like the ubuntu. if you go for a basic linux, that is what i would use.