Everyone needs a phone. Not everyone wants governments and corporations tracking their every move and spying on their communications. CalyxOS lets you have your cake and eat it too, with "Privacy by Design".




Everyone needs a phone. Not everyone wants governments and corporations tracking their every move and spying on their communications. CalyxOS lets you have your cake and eat it too, with "Privacy by Design".




GrapheneOS is a privacy and security focused mobile OS with Android app compatibility developed as a non-profit open source project. It's focused on the research and development of privacy and security technology including substantial improvements to sandboxing, exploit mitigations and the permission model.



HAIKU is an open source operating system currently in development. Specifically targeting personal computing, Haiku is a fast, efficient, simple to use, easy to learn, and yet very powerful system for computer users of all levels.




iodéOS is an Android-based operating system that prioritizes data security and privacy. It is designed to shield users from constant tracking by large tech corporations such as Google, by preventing data collection through apps and the operating system.



KaOS is a desktop Linux distribution that features the latest version of the KDE desktop environment, the Calligra office suite, and other popular software applications that use the Qt toolkit. It was inspired by Arch Linux, but the developers build their own packages which are available from in-house repositories.
KaOS recently switched from "orwelliand" to dinit:
https://kaosx.us/news/2026/kaosdinit/ https://kaosx.us/news/2026/kaosdinit06/




A free and open-source operating system for smartphones and tablet computers, based on the Android mobile platform. It is the successor to the highly popular custom ROM CyanogenMod, from which it was forked in December 2016 when Cyanogen Inc.




Mixxx integrates the tools DJs need to perform creative live mixes with digital music files.
Built-in mappings for DJ controller hardware gives you hands-on control of Mixxx's features. Use the programmable mapping system to customize your workflow and add support for any MIDI or HID device.


Mypal is a current and maintained Windows XP icon Windows XP web browser. Mypal is based on Mozilla Firefox icon Mozilla Firefox code from a couple years ago, but is still actively maintained with security and feature updates by the developer.

Obtainium allows you to install and update Open-Source Apps directly from their releases pages, and receive notifications when new releases are made available.






Supermium is a web browser replacement for Google Chrome, with improvements in privacy and usability, optimized for both old and new Windows systems.
Its main goal is to keep traditional Chrome features while being compatible with Windows XP, 2003, Vista, 7, 8.x, and newer.


Tiny Core Linux (TCL) is a minimal Linux operating system that manifests the Core Project's philosophy and focuses on providing a base system using BusyBox and flwm.




VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.




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KaOS recenly switched from "orwelliand" to dinit:
https://kaosx.us/news/2026/kaosdinit/ https://kaosx.us/news/2026/kaosdinit06/