Operating systems
26 tools recommended in Hacker News comment threads, most-mentioned first.
- 6 threads
- Debian3 threads
A community Linux distribution with its own packaged PHP and security updates.
- 2 threads
- 2 threads
- seL42 threads
A formally verified microkernel.
- AlmaLinux1 thread
A free, community-run Linux distribution binary-compatible with RHEL.
- Btrfs1 thread
A copy-on-write Linux filesystem with snapshot support.
- 1 thread
- FreeBSD1 thread
An open-source Unix-like operating system with integrated ZFS support.
- KDE Plasma1 thread
A desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like systems.
- LineageOS1 thread
A free, community Android distribution for many devices.
- NEXTSPACE ↗1 thread
A desktop environment for Linux aiming to recreate the NeXTSTEP experience on modern hardware.
- OpenZFS on OS X1 thread
A port of OpenZFS for macOS, installable via Homebrew.
- Rockbox1 thread
Open-source replacement firmware for digital audio players including iPods.
- Ubuntu1 thread
A popular Linux distribution from Canonical.
- Ubuntu Pro1 thread
Canonical's extended security maintenance subscription for Ubuntu.
- Ubuntu Touch1 thread
A community-maintained mobile operating system based on Ubuntu.
- Whisky1 thread
A macOS app wrapping Wine to run Windows software on Mac.
- Zephyr RTOS1 thread
An open-source real-time operating system for embedded devices.
- cwm1 thread
A minimal floating window manager included in OpenBSD's base system.
- dwm1 thread
A minimal dynamic tiling window manager for X from suckless.
- open-gpu-kernel-modules (aikitoria P2P fork) ↗1 thread
A modified Nvidia open kernel module that enables peer-to-peer transfers on consumer GPUs.
- 1 thread
- systemd credentials ↗1 thread
systemd's mechanism for passing secrets to services without environment variables.
- 1 thread
- 1 thread