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{{short description|None}}{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}These tables compare free software / open-source operating systems. Where not all of the versions support a feature, the first version which supports it is listed.

General information

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: center; width: auto; clear:both;"! Name! License! Kernel type! Kernel programming language! Kernel thread support! OS family! Oldest non-EOL version{{r|group=Note|a1}}! Forks! Linux

GPL version 2 only}}	monolithic kernel>Monolithic with modules	C (programming language)>C| 1:1| Unix-like| 4.4	Embeddable Linux Kernel Subset>elks

! FreeBSD

BSD; GPL, LGPL software usually included}}| Monolithic with modules| C| 1:1	Berkeley Software Distribution>BSD, Unix-like| 11| DragonFly BSD

! OpenBSD

BSD}}| Monolithic| C| 1:1| BSD, Unix-like| 6.4| MirOS

! NetBSD

BSD}}| Monolithic with modules| C| 1:1| BSD, Unix-like| 7.0| OpenBSD

! DragonFly BSD

BSD}}	Hybrid kernel>Hybrid| C| 1:1| BSD, Unix-like| {{no}}|

! OpenSolaris, illumos

CDDL}}| Monolithic with modules| C| 1:1, M:N| Unix| {{no}}|

! Darwin, OpenDarwin

APSL}}| Hybrid	C++{{r>group=Note|a3}}| 1:1| BSD, Unix, Unix-like, OS X| {{no}}|

! MINIX

BSD}}| Microkernel| C| | Unix-like| {{no}}|

! RedoxOS

MIT}}| Microkernel| Rust| | Unix-like| {{no}}|

! FreeRTOS

MIT}}	real-time operating system>RTOS| C| | RTOS| {{no}}|

! FreeDOS

GPL}}| Monolithic| C| | DOS| 1.1|

! Genode

AGPL}}| Microkernel| C++| 1:1| Genode| |

! Haiku

MIT}}| Hybrid| C, C++| | BeOS| {{no}}| weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070114203948weblink">TiltOS

! House

BSD}}| | Haskell| | own/original| {{no}}|

! KolibriOS

GPL}}| Monolithic	assembly language>ASM| | MenuetOS| {{no}}|

! MenuetOS

Menuet 64, commerce excluded}}| Monolithic| ASM| | own/original| {{no}}| KolibriOS

! GNU

GPL}}	weblink|Multiserver Microkernel}} (Hurd kernel) or Monolithic (Linux-libre kernel, fork of Linux kernel, and other kernels which are not part of the GNU Project)	C (programming language)>C| 1:1| Unix-like| 2.4 on Linux-libre kernel (not on Hurd kernel)| Linux

! ReactOS

GPL, LGPL}}| Hybrid| C, C++|	Microsoft Windows>Windows-like| {{no}}|

! RISC OS

Apache 2.0}}| Monolithic (with co-operative multitaslking)	assembly language>assembly| {{na}}| RISC OS| {{no}}| RISC OS 6

! L4, Fiasco, (L4 microkernel family#L4Ka::Pistachio|Pistachio)

Some GPL, some BSD}}| Microkernel| C++| | L4| {{no}}|

! Plan 9

MIT}}| Hybrid| C| 1:1, 1:M Cothread style.| own, Unix informed| {{no}}| Inferno, Plan B, 9front

! AROS

APL}}| Exokernel| C| | AmigaOS| {{no}}|

! Syllable

GPL}}| Monolithic with modules| C, C++| 1:1| Unix-like, BeOS, AmigaOS, POSIX| {{no}}|

! Inferno

GPL, LGPL; MIT}}| | C|	Plan 9 from Bell Labs>Plan 9| {{no}}| OzInferno

! NuttX

BSD}}	real-time operating system>RTOS| C| | RTOS| {{no}}|

! eCos

modified GPL, eCos}}| RTOS| C, C++| | RTOS| {{no}}|

! RTEMS

modified GPL, BSD, Stanford}}| RTOS| C and ASM with native support for other languages including C++ and Ada| POSIX, RTEID/ORKID, uITRON| RTOS| 4.7.1|

! HelenOS

BSD}}| Microkernel| C| M:N| own/original| {{no}}|

! E/OS

GPLv2}}| Monolithic| ASM, C| 1:1| BeOS, Unix-like| {{no}}|

! TempleOS

public domain}}| Monolithic | HolyC, C, C++| | Commodore 64-like| {{no}}|

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Supported architectures {| class"sortable wikitable" style"font-size: smaller; text-align: center; width: auto;"

! Name! x86, i386, IA-32! x86 SMP! Xen! IA-64! x86-64! PowerPC! PowerPC SMP! SPARC32! SPARC SMP! Alpha! MIPS! ARM! XScale! M68k! PA-RISC! OpenRISC! others! hosted mode! Linux| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}

FR-V, Cell (microprocessor)>Cell, ETRAX CRIS, M32R, Xtensa, Hitachi H8	, IBM eServer zSeries>s390, SuperH	User-mode Linux>UML, coLinux, MkLinux, weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110223110627weblink">Itanium Linux-on-Linux, weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20060426171410weblink">wombat

! FreeBSDWEB,weblink Supported Platforms, Freebsd.org, 2011-10-26, | {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}

PC-9801>PC98|

! OpenBSDWEB, 9 May 2006,weblink OpenBSD: Platforms, OpenBSD, 2019-10-21, | {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| SuperH|! NetBSDWEB,weblink Platforms Supported by NetBSD, NetBSD.org, 2016-12-09, | {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}

SuperH, NS320xx>ns32k, VAX, hppa, Motorola 68010	, mipseb, mipsel, sh3eb, sh3el, SPARC>sparc64|

! DragonFly BSDDragonFly Frequently Asked Questions {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061006080601weblink |date=6 October 2006 }}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|| vkernel! OpenSolarisWEB,weblink OpenSolaris FAQ: Does the OpenSolaris project include source code for both the SPARC and x64/x86 architectures?, Opensolaris.org, 26 October 2009, 2011-10-26, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090927131045weblink">weblink 27 September 2009, illumos| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}||! Darwin, OpenDarwinWEB,weblink OpenDarwin FAQ: Compatibility issues, 15 April 2007, 2011-10-26, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20071218081924weblink">weblink 18 December 2007, | {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|| weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20131219064814weblink">L4/Darwin! MINIXWEB,weblink MINIX 3 Hardware Requirements, MINIX3.org, 2014-12-06, | {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}||! FreeDOS| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}||! Genode| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| RISC-V| Linux! Haiku| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}

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! KolibriOS| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}||! MenuetOS| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}||! GNU| {{yes}}

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, IBM eServer zSeries>s390, SuperH{{r

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! ReactOS| {{yes}}| {{yes}}

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! RISC OS| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}||! L4, (L4 microkernel family#L4Ka::Pistachio|Pistachio)| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}

group=Note|b2}}	group=Note|b2}}	group=Note|b2}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}	group=Note|b2}}	group=Note|b2}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}||

! Plan 9| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}

group=Note|b3}}	group=Note|b3}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}	group=Note|b3}}| {{no}}| {{no}}		PUBLISHER=PLAN9.BELL-LABS.COM	URL-STATUS=DEAD	ARCHIVE-DATE=14 SEPTEMBER 2008, HTTP://PLAN9.BELL-LABS.COM/WIKI/PLAN9/OTHER_HARDWARE/ >TITLE=OTHER HARDWARE (PLAN 9 WIKI)	ACCESS-DATE=2011-10-26	ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20141229194117/HTTP://PLAN9.BELL-LABS.COM/WIKI/PLAN9/OTHER_HARDWARE/, 29 December 2014, | lguest, vx32

! AROS| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|| i386-linux, i386-freebsd! Syllable| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}||! Inferno| {{yes}}| {{dunno}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{dunno}}| {{yes}}| {{dunno}}| {{yes}}| {{dunno}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}

group=Note|b3}}| {{no}}| {{no}}	AMD Am29000,{{r>group=Note|b3}} Texas Instruments OMAP	Microsoft Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Plan 9, OS X, Solaris (operating system)>Solaris, Irix, UnixWare,{{r	b3}} HP-UX,{{r	b3}} Internet Explorer

! FreeRTOS| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}

Atmel AVR>AVR, PIC microcontroller	, TI MSP430>MSP430, Freescale 68HC12	, Intel 8051>8052, MicroBlaze, Cortex-M3, H8S|

! eCos| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}

CalmRISC, ColdFire, FR-V, Hitachi H8>h8, Matsushita AM3x, Nios II, NEC V8xx, SuperH| Microsoft Windows, Linux

! RTEMS| {{yes}}| {{no}}| Xen| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}

Blackfin, Nios II, Freescale Coldfire>Coldfire, Texas Instruments TMS320	, SuperH, H8 Family>H8S| Linux, Solaris, Cygwin, FreeBSD, multiple CPU simulators

! HelenOS| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}||! E/OS| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}||! TempleOS| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|| QEMU, VirtualBox, etc. class="sortbottom"! Name! x86, i386, IA-32! x86 SMP! Xen! IA-64! x86-64! PowerPC! PowerPC SMP! SPARC32! SPARC SMP! Alpha! MIPS! ARM! XScale! M68k! PA-RISC! OpenRISC! other! hosted mode

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! Name! ATA! SATA! SCSI! USB 3.0! USB 2.0! USB 1.1! FireWire! PCMCIA/PC card! AGP! Nvidia official driver IA-32! Nvidia official driver IA-64! Nvidia official driver AMD64! ATI official driver x86! ATI official driver x86-64! ATI r200 free software driver! ATI r300 free software driver! Nvidia free software driver! Audio! TV tuner, video editing, or webcam! Linux| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}

	DATE=2009-06-09, | {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}	nouveau (graphics)>nouveau(3d with mesa)	Open Sound System	, Advanced Linux Sound Architecture>ALSA}}	V4L,V4L2}}

! FreeBSD| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}} 8.2+| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}! OpenBSD| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}} 5.7+| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}

	PUBLISHER=OPENBSD.ORG, 2018-02-04, | 2d only		PUBLISHER=OPENBSD.ORG, 2018-02-04, | {{yes}}| {{yes}}

! NetBSD| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}

	FIRST=MICHAEL	DATE=21 JULY 2018, Phoronix, | {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|||| {{yes}}| {{yes}}

! DragonFly BSD| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}WEB,weblink DragonFly Release 3.2, | {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|||| {{yes}}|! OpenSolaris, illumos| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|||| {{yes}}

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! Darwin, OpenDarwin| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|| {{yes}}|||| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|||||! MINIX|||||||||| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|||||! FreeDOS| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}

USB with DOS {{Webarchive>url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080522061548weblink |date=22 May 2008 }} – Limited support for some devices provided by third-party driver.| {{no}}| {{no}}|| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}

! Genode| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}! Haiku| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}! KolibriOS| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}|| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|||| {{yes}}| {{no}}! MenuetOS| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|||| {{yes}}| {{yes}}! GNU| {{yes}}

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! ReactOS| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|| {{yes}}weblink – Very limited support.| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|||| {{yes}}|! RISC OS| {{dunno}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{dunno}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}

	WEBSITE=CCONCEPTS.CO.UK, 2019-07-27,

! L4, Fiasco, (L4 microkernel family#L4Ka::Pistachio|Pistachio)|||||||||| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|||||! Plan 9| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|||| {{yes}}| {{yes}}! AROS| {{yes}}|||||||| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| own| {{no}}||| 2D only||! Syllable| {{yes}}| {{yes}}||| {{yes}}| {{yes}}||| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|||| {{yes}}|! Inferno| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|||| {{yes}}|! FreeRTOS|||||||||| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|||||! eCos| {{yes}}| {{yes}}||| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|||| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|||||! RTEMS| {{yes}}||||||| {{yes}}|| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|||||! HelenOS| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}|| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}! E/OS| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|

11}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|||| {{yes}}| {{yes}}

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Networking

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: center; width: auto;"! Name! Networking support! NE2000/RTL8029! RTL8139! Gigabit Ethernet! 10 Gigabit Ethernet! Wireless LAN! Bluetooth! IrDA! Linux| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}! FreeBSD| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}! OpenBSD| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}! NetBSD| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}! DragonFly BSD| {{yes}}|| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|! OpenSolaris, illumos| {{yes}}|| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}! Darwin, OpenDarwin| {{yes}}|||||||! MINIX| {{yes}}|| {{yes}}|||||! FreeDOS| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|||||! Genode| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}! Haiku| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|| {{yes}}||! KolibriOS| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|||| {{no}}| {{yes}}! MenuetOS| {{yes}}| {{yes}}||||| {{no}}| {{no}}! GNU| {{yes}}|||||||! ReactOS| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}! L4, Fiasco, (L4 microkernel family#L4Ka::Pistachio|Pistachio)||||||||! Plan 9| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}! AROS| {{yes}}| {{yes}}||||||! Syllable| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}||||! Inferno| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}! FreeRTOS|||||||! eCos| {{yes}}||| {{yes}}||| {{yes}}|! RTEMS| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}! HelenOS| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}! E/OS| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}

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! Name! Firewall! TCP/IP! IPv6! IPX! PPP! PPPoE! DHCP! Bridge! TUN/TAP! SSH! OpenVPN! Linux| netfilteriptables/nftables| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}! FreeBSD

IPFW2, IPFilter, PF (firewall)>PF| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}

! OpenBSD

PF (firewall)>PF| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}

! NetBSD

IPFilter, NPF (firewall)>NPF, PF| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|| {{yes}}	group=Note|e1}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}

! DragonFly BSD

IPFW2, PF (firewall)>PF| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|

! OpenSolaris, illumos| IPFilter| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}

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! Darwin, OpenDarwin

Ipfirewall>IPFW| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|||| {{yes}}||| {{yes}}|

! MINIX|| {{yes}}|||||||| {{yes}}|! FreeDOS|| {{yes}}|| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}||| {{yes}}|! Genode| software IP routing| {{yes}}|| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|||! Haiku| None| {{yes}}

date=March 2024|reason=Haiku forums consistently describe IPv6 as broken.}}|||| {{yes}}||| {{yes}}| {{yes}}

! KolibriOS| None| {{yes}}|| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}||||! MenuetOS| None| {{yes}}|| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|||||! GNU

netfilter iptables/nftables (with Linux-libre and Linux kernel){{r>group=Note|e3}}| {{yes}}	group=Note|e4}}|||	group=Note|e5}}||| {{yes}}|

! ReactOS|| {{yes}}

date=March 2024|reason=Contradicts Comparison of IPv6 support in operating systems.}}||||||||

! L4, Fiasco, (L4 microkernel family#L4Ka::Pistachio|Pistachio)|||||||||||! Plan 9| ipmux| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}! AROS|| {{yes}}|||||||||! Syllable|| {{yes}}||| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}||| {{yes}}|! Inferno| ipmux| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}! FreeRTOS|||||||||||! eCos|| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|| {{yes}}|| {{yes}}||| {{yes}}|! RTEMS|| {{yes}}| {{no}}|| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}||! HelenOS|| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}! E/OS|| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}} class="sortbottom"! Name! Firewall! TCP/IP! IPv6! IPX! PPP! PPPoE! DHCP! bridge! TUN/TAP! ssh! OpenVPN

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Supported file systems {| class"sortable wikitable" style"font-size: smaller; text-align: center; width: auto;"

! Name! FAT16, dosfs; FAT32, vfat! NTFS! Ext2! Ext3! XFS! ReiserFS! UFS! UFS2! HFS! HFS+! MINIXfs! BFS! ISO 9660! UDF! NFS! SMBFS! RAM disk, tmpfs! ZFS! Other special file systems! Linux| {{yes}}

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! FreeBSD| {{yes}}

group=Note	group=Note|f7}}| {{yes}}	group=Note|f2}}	group=Note|f5}}	group=Note|f2}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| FUSE, nullfs, UnionFS

! NetBSD| {{yes}}

group=Note	group=Note|f7}}| {{yes}}|| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|	group=Note|f2}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}	group=Note|f2}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}	PUFFS (NetBSD)>PUFFS, Log-structured file system	, Extent File System>EFS

! OpenBSD| {{yes}}

group=Note|f2}}| {{yes}}|| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}	Andrew File System>AFS

! DragonFly BSD| {{yes}}

group=Note|f2}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}	group=Note|f10}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}	HAMMER (file system)>HAMMER, nullfs, PUFFS

! OpenSolaris, illumos| {{yes}}

group=Note	group=Note|f8}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}	Server Message Block>SMB (native), QFS

! Darwin, OpenDarwin| {{yes}}

group=Note	group=Note|f7}}||||| {{yes}}|| {{yes}}| {{yes}}||| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|||

! MINIX| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|||||||| {{yes}}| {{no}}||||||| ! FreeDOS| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|||| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|||| {{yes}}||! Genode| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| Extensible VFS layer! Haiku| {{yes}}

group=Note|f7}}	group=Note|f12}}	group=Note|f12}}|||||||| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}	group=Note|f11}}|||

! KolibriOS| {{yes}}

group=Note|f2}}	group=Note|f2}}	group=Note|f2}}	group=Note|f2}}|||||||| {{yes}}|||| {{yes}}||

! MenuetOS| {{yes}}||||||||||||||||||! GNU| {{yes}}|| {{yes}}

group=Note|f13}}||	group=Note|f14}}|||||| {{yes}}|| {{yes}}|| {{yes}}| {{no}}|

! ReactOS| {{yes}}|| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|||| {{no}}| {{no}}|||||||! L4, Fiasco, (L4 microkernel family#L4Ka::Pistachio|Pistachio)| {{yes}}| {{no}}|||||||||||||||||! Plan 9| {{yes}}|| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}

Fossil (file system)>Fossil, Venti, most system services

! AROS| {{yes}}|||||||||||||||| {{yes}}|

Smart File System>SFS, AFFS

! Syllable| {{yes}}

group=Note|f2}}	group=Note|f2}}	group=Note|f2}}|||||||| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|||| {{yes}}|	AtheOS File System>AFS

! Inferno| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|| kfs, most system services! FreeRTOS|||||||||||||||||| {{no}}|! eCos| {{yes}}|

group=Note|f2}}|||||||||||||| {{yes}}|| MMFS, ROMfs, JFFS2, YAFFS

! RTEMS| {{yes}}|||||||||||||| {{yes}}|| {{yes}}|| TarFS, TFTP FS, IMFS, miniIMFS! HelenOS| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|| locfs, exFAT! E/OS| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}

group=Note|f6}}| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}||

class="sortbottom"! Name! FAT16, dosfs; FAT32, vfat! NTFS! Ext2! Ext3! XFS! ReiserFS! UFS! UFS2! HFS! HFS+! MINIXfs! BFS! ISO 9660! UDF! NFS! SMBFS! RAM disk, tmpfs! ZFS! Other special file systems

.Experimental.Default in series 028.Read/Write support via NTFS-3G.OpenSolaris also has an in-kernel, native SMB server built directly on the ZFS DMU.read/write access without journaling; HFS+ with journal either be opened read-only or be written with journal ignored (potentially corrupting the file system).Read only.The GSoC 2009 project assignment was never completed (Obaro Ogbo's blog {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617102943weblink |date=17 June 2012 }}).Ext2/3 read and write support for Haiku (jvff's blog).Ext3/4 is not supported on Hurd kernel for nowUFS support is dropped on Hurd kernel for now}}">

Supported file system features {| class"sortable wikitable" style"font-size: smaller; text-align: center; width: auto;"

! Name! RAID! quota! Resource access control! encryption! other special file system features! Linux| {{yes}}| {{yes}}

filesystem permissions>Unix, access control list	, mandatory access control>MAC| {{yes}}	Logical Volume Manager (Linux)>LVM, EVMS

! FreeBSD| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| Unix, ACL, MAC| {{yes}}| GEOM, snapshots, background fsck, user-mountable file systems! OpenBSD| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| Unix| {{yes}}|! NetBSD| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| Unix, Veriexec| {{yes}}| Snapshots, Journaling! DragonFly BSD| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| Unix| {{yes}}

HAMMER (file system)>HAMMER, Snapshots, Checksumming, Deduplication

! OpenSolaris, illumos| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| Unix, ACL, MAC| {{yes}}

Solaris Volume Manager, ZFS, snapshot (computer storage)>snapshots, transparent data repair

! Darwin, OpenDarwin|| {{yes}}| Unix, ACL| {{yes}}|! MINIX||| Unix||! FreeDOS||| {{no}}||! Genode| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| Per-process virtual file-system layer! KolibriOS||| {{no}}||! MenuetOS||| {{no}}||! GNU||| Unix||! ReactOS||| {{no}}||! L4, Fiasco, (L4 microkernel family#L4Ka::Pistachio|Pistachio)|||||! Plan 9| {{no}}| {{no}}

filesystem permissions>Unix-like, no root| {{no}}	Venti (software)>venti archival storage, per-process namespace, user-mountable file systems

! AROS|||||! Syllable||| Unix|

64-bit, Journaling file system>journaling, extended file attributes

! Inferno| {{no}}| {{no}}| Unix-like, no root| {{no}}| per-process namespace, user-mountable file systems! FreeRTOS|||||! eCos|||||! RTEMS|||||! HelenOS| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}! E/OS| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| Unix| {{yes}}| {{no}} class="sortbottom"! Name! RAID! quota! Resource access control! encryption! other special file system features

Security features

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: auto"! Operating system!Mandatory access control!Software executable space protection!Operating system-level virtualization!Virtualisation!Userspace protection!Others!Linux

Security-Enhanced Linux	, AppArmor{{r>group=Note|z1}} }}	Exec Shield,{{r	z1}} PaX{{r	z1}} }}	Chroot, namespace and cgroups,{{r	z4}} Linux-VServer,{{r	z1}} OpenVZ{{r	z1}}}}	KVM}}|IPFilter, Iptables	group=Note	RSBAC{{r>group=Note|z1}}

!FreeBSD

SeBSD,{{r	z2}}{{r	z3}}}} TrustedBSD	ProPolice	{{r>group=Note|z5}}}}	jail}}	bhyve}}BHYVE>URL=HTTP://BHYVE.ORG,	Ipfirewall>IPFW, PF, IPFilter|

!Darwin

SEDarwin, TrustedBSD}}|	jail}}||IPFW|

!OpenBSD|

W^X, ProPolice	{{r>group=Note|z6}}}}|	vmm}}VMM(4)>URL=HTTP://MAN.OPENBSD.ORG/OPENBSD-6.1/VMM.4	ACCESS-DATE=14 OCTOBER 2017, |PF|

!OpenSolaris, illumos|TrustedBSD|

Solaris Containers}}	Kernel-based Virtual Machine>KVMKVM>URL=HTTP://SMARTOS.ORG/2011/08/22/ITS-HERE-KVM-ON-ILLUMOS/	ACCESS-DATE=25 AUGUST 2012, |IPFilter		PUBLISHER=ORACLE, 28 September 2013,

! Plan 9| {{no}}| {{no}}

per-process namespaces}}|||

! Inferno| {{no}}| {{no}}

per-process namespaces}}|||

See also

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• Berkeley Software Distribution
• Comparison of operating systems
• Comparison of Linux distributions
• Comparison of BSD operating systems
• Comparison of kernels
• Comparison of file systems
• Comparison of platform virtualization software
• Comparison of DOS operating systems
• List of operating systems
• Live CD
• RTEMS
• Unix
• Unix-like

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References

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External links

• {{Curlie|Computers/Software/Operating_Systems/Open_Source|Open source operating systems}}

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