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# Operating systems
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This project has views that promote a relatively minimal use of computers. These views align more with certain operating systems than others.
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## Advisable
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- **DOS**
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- *[FreeDOS](https://freedos.org/)*
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(~ 15 MB, 'LiteUSB' edition)
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- **POSIX**
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- *[Minix](https://minix3.org/)*
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(~ 288 MB, 'x86 CD' edition)
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- **BSD**
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- *[NetBSD](https://netbsd.org/)*
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(~ 622 MB, 'amd64 CD' edition)
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- **Minimal Linux kernel**
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- *[Tiny Core Linux](http://tinycorelinux.net/)*
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(~ 17 MB, 'Core' edition)
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## Inadvisable
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### Proprietary operating systems
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If the user is not entirely in control of the software, what's the point?
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### Operating systems using the generic Linux kernel
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The generic version of the Linux kernel is enormous as compatibility is a key feature of the Linux kernel.
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This extreme level of compatibility is futile in our case. A project that is relatively comparable in terms of compatibility is NetBSD, which provides separate releases per platform.
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Compiling the Linux kernel in order to reduce its size is a solution to this problem: an extreme example of this practice is the Tiny Core Linux project, which offers a functional operating system using BusyBox and the Linux kernel starting from only 17 MB.
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