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OS License Platform Developement Status
AdaOS GPL/LGPL/GFDL i386 Early stages
AROS AROS PUBLIC LICENSE x86, Amiga, m68 Slow but Active.
AtheOS GPL x86 This OS is being actively developed. Support Intel, AMD and other compatible processors.
BSD BSD - See OpenBSD/FreeBSD/NetBSD for development status.
Cefarix GPL i386 The Project is inactive
Chaos BSD x86 Since chaos is fairly new, the hardware support is rather limited.Not much documentation.
CP/M Freeware 68000, 8086 No development seems to be happening here. Caldera currently holds the rights to this OS. They have released the original source code but not under the GPL. Source code is available for CP/M 2 and 3 for the PCW16.
Darwin Apple Public Source PowerPC Quite active. Apple is working hard here and is also giving back a lot of code to the open source community. Support for the Intel platform is also planned.
DCP Unknown x86 Development was discontinued in the early 90s.
Debian GNU/Hurd GNU GPL x86 Actively developed. Debian GNU/Hurd is not officially released yet, and won't be for some time.
E.R.I.K.A GPL x86 Not very active.
eCos GNU GPL ARM, Hitachi H8300, Intel x86, MIPS, Matsushita AM3x, Motorola 68k, PowerPC, SuperH, SPARC and NEC V8xx Very active.
ELKS GNU GPL 8086, 80286 Not very active.
ERaMS GPL x86 Not very active
EROS GNU GPL Intel 486 and higher Code is complete, not very active.
Fiasco GPL x86 Quite an active development project.
Free-VMS GNU GPL x86 Development is slow.
FreeBSD BSD x86, DEC Alpha, IA-64, PC-98 and UltraSPARC It works on a wide platform and it is under active development and support.
FreeBSD BSD x86, DEC Alpha, IA-64, PC-98 and UltraSPARC It works on a wide platform and it is under active development and support.
FreeDOS GNU GPL Intel Very active. The site is up to date. Not as bad as most of the other free operating systems that seem to have sunk into oblivion. Still does not have multitasking, protected mode. Works under DosEmu.
Freedows GNU GPL Intel The project is almost dead. No development has happened recently.
Linux GPL Intel, Alpha, SPARC, PowerPC Very active. Some big names are behind it so expect a lot from this OS.
Menuet GPL x86 Not very Active
Minix BSD Intel Minix is upto V2.0 but the page was last updated in 1996.
MorphOS Open Source Amiga The first release has been sent to some selected developers for evaluation on their hardware. There is a lot of expectation from this OS.
NetBSD BSD alpha, amiga, arc, arm26, arm32, atari, bebox, cobalt, hp300, hpcmips, i386, luna68k, mac68k, macppc, mipsco, mvme68k, news68k, newsmips, next68k, ofppc, pc532, pmax, prep, sgimips, sh3, sparc, sparc64, sun3, vax, x68k This is definitely an active project. New work is being done all the time and all documentation and FAQs are current. Release schedules are quite slow though.
NetBSD BSD alpha, amiga, arc, arm26, arm32, atari, bebox, cobalt, hp300, hpcmips, i386, luna68k, mac68k, macppc, mipsco, mvme68k, news68k, newsmips, next68k, ofppc, pc532, pmax, prep, sgimips, sh3, sparc, sparc64, sun3, vax, x68k This is definitely an active project. New work is being done all the time and all documentation and FAQs are current. Release schedules are quite slow though.
Oberon General ETH Oberon S x86, Alpha The project is very active.
OpenBEOS aq.php?list=all&prog x86 This is the unofficial release ofter the original BEOS company got acquired. This is actively developed by fan followers.
OpenBSD BSD Alpha, Amiga, HP300, i386, mac68k, mvme68k, pmax, powerpc,SPARC, sun3,vax Active development with developers all round the world. The project is always on the lookout for more resources and help so see if you can get in and help them out.
OpenBSD BSD Alpha, Amiga, HP300, i386, mac68k, mvme68k, pmax, powerpc,SPARC, sun3,vax Active development with developers all round the world. The project is always on the lookout for more resources and help so see if you can get in and help them out.
Plan 9 Plan 9 Intel, Mips, DEC Alpha, and Power PC This OS was recently released to the open source community but it seems to have been a bit too late. There has not been much interest in this promising OS.
PowerOS Open Source PowerPC PowerOS is currently under development. Not very active
QNX QNX Open Community x86 This was originally a commercial project. Definitely very well supported and very actively developed.
ReactOS GNU Copyleft Intel Actively developed.
RTEMS Open Source Motorola PowerPC, M683x0, M680x0, Coldfire; Intel ix86, i960; MIPS R46x SPARC; Hitachi SH; AMD 29K; HP PA-RISC Very active. Beta 4.5.0 was released on 23 May 2000. There is also a active development community behind this.
S.Ha.R.K GPL x86 This project is very active.
SkyOS freeware Version 5.0 is now available for distribution to beta testers. Users may download previous versions for free.
Solaris 8 Solaris 8 BCL Intel, Sparc This is a very mature project. Actively developed and supported.
Unununium BSD i386 This is being actively developed.
V2_OS GNU GPL Intel i386 Quite an active project and some good code has come out of it too.
VSTa Copylefted i386, Amiga 68030 Not very actively developed.
Winmac GPL Intel No files have been released as yet.
xMach LGPL x86 There is a small developer team here and they're actively looking for more coders.
xMach LGPL x86 There is a small developer team here and they're actively looking for more coders.
Yamit BSD Early releases of the microkernel are available for download.
ZotOS x86 Not very active