# Operating systems

This project has views that promote a relatively minimal use of computers. These views align more with certain operating systems than others.

## Advisable

- **DOS**
  - *[FreeDOS](https://freedos.org/)*  
  (~ 15 MB, 'LiteUSB' edition)
- **POSIX**
  - *[Minix](https://minix3.org/)*  
  (~ 288 MB, 'x86 CD' edition)
  - **BSD**
    - *[NetBSD](https://netbsd.org/)*  
    (~ 622 MB, 'amd64 CD' edition)
  - **Minimal Linux kernel**
    - *[Tiny Core Linux](http://tinycorelinux.net/)*  
    (~ 17 MB, 'Core' edition)



## Inadvisable

### Proprietary operating systems

If the user is not entirely in control of the software, what's the point?

### Operating systems using the generic Linux kernel

The generic version of the Linux kernel is enormous as compatibility is a key feature of the Linux kernel.

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.

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.