Description:
An open project offering a Linux VM with 1,700+ pre-installed operating systems and emulators, plus one-click launchers for Windows and Linux to explore computing history.
Operating Systems
OmniOS Community Edition
Description:
OmniOS Community Edition is an open-source illumos-based enterprise server OS featuring ZFS, bhyve and Crossbow networking, DTrace, SMF, Linux zone support, and lightweight virtualization. It emphasizes a minimal, feature-focused platform with rapid deployment and open development on GitHub.
Sculpt OS
Description:
Sculpt is an open-source general-purpose OS from Genode, combining a microkernel architecture, capability-based security, sandboxed device drivers, and virtualization for PC hardware and the PinePhone.
C:\Deb
Description:
C:\Deb is a Linux system built on Debian 13 and Wine, designed to run Win32 apps natively while preserving the usual Linux software ecosystem.
Insanely Small Linux (ISL)
Description:
Insanely Small Linux (ISL) is a minimalist Linux OS for x86_64 designed to fit a tiny footprint—about 5MB. It uses a custom kernel build, BusyBox, a bespoke login manager, and a shell, prioritizing extreme optimization and rapid boot for development and experimentation.
ps5-linux-loader
Description:
Linux payload implementing the HV exploit and a custom bootloader to run Linux on PS5 Phat with 3.xx/4.xx firmware, enabling use of PS5 hardware and optional M.2 boot for Linux.
DOS-History/Paterson-Listings
Description:
Historic collection of DOS-era source listings and artifacts (86-DOS 1.00 kernel, PC-DOS snapshots, CHKDSK) scanned, transcribed, and shared to study, preserve, and explore the origins of MS-DOS/PC-DOS. Licensed under MIT for researchers and enthusiasts.
river
Description:
River is a non-monolithic Wayland compositor that delegates window management to separate window managers implementing the river-window-management-v1 protocol, providing core compositing and rendering, support for Wayland extensions, XWayland, and hot-swapping window managers for flexible desktop environments.
FRANK OS
Description:
FRANK OS is a FreeRTOS-based operating system for the RP2350 with a windowed desktop, PS/2 keyboard/mouse input, DVI output via DispHSTX, SD card filesystem support, and ELF binary loading.
LiteBox
Description:
LiteBox is a security-focused library OS that enables kernel- and user-space execution with a minimal host interface, supporting cross-platform North/South shims; used to run Linux programs on Windows, sandbox Linux apps, and run OP-TEE or LVBS environments.