Description:
NightRun is a Rust-based UEFI-resident local LLM runtime that boots from USB or Raspberry Pi, loads a quantized model into RAM, and chats on a framebuffer without Linux, Windows, or a network stack.
Operating Systems
Starling
Description:
Starling is a Linux desktop environment with a Swift-based shell, its own compositor, and a Flutter-to-Swift framework port, plus first-party apps. It includes a Wayland compositor, a Flutter engine fork, and packaging for Ubuntu; builds from source as a Debian package.
Nourish OS
Description:
Nourish is a Linux desktop OS built around a Wayland compositor with Vulkan rendering. It features an infinite-panning viewport, fractional scaling, and a focus on stability and privacy. It supports NVIDIA and Mesa GPUs, with optional GLES fallback.
Armada
Description:
Armada is a SteamOS-like ARM handheld Linux distro built on Fedora, featuring ARM64 Steam, CachyOS Proton 11, KDE desktop mode, OTA updates, and Armada Control (Decky plugin) for per-game tuning.
GentleOS/32
Description:
GentleOS/32 is a hobby operating system for vintage 32-bit PCs. A monolithic kernel for i386 with minimal hardware: VGA/SVGA, keyboard, mice, and basic serial support. Designed for experimentation and tinkering, it aims for simple, configurable hardware compatibility and a platform for retro-apps.
Asterinas
Description:
Asterinas is a production-grade, memory-safe Linux alternative kernel written in Rust, combining monolithic performance with microkernel-like separation. It ships a bespoke toolkit (OSDK) and a NixOS-based distribution, aiming for safe, high-performance OS development. Targets x86-64/ARM64, supports 230+ syscalls, and hosts an experimental Asterinas NixOS.
The Virtual OS Museum
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.
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.