KolibriOS

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KolibriOS is a fork of MenuetOS and notable for being 1.44Mb yet still graphical.

• Boots from several devices, NTFS is also supported. You can even start it from Windows (Windows will shutdown).
• Graphical user interface based on VESA.
• Fits on a single 1.44MB floppy (many applications are compressed).
• Pre-emptive multitasking, streams, parallel execution of system calls.
• Supported file systems are FAT12, FAT16, FAT32 (long names support), NTFS (read only).
• AC'97 audio codec support for Intel, nForce, nForce2, nForce3, nForce4 and SIS7012 chipsets.
• CD and DVD support.
• User can change themes directly in the OS.

- Website: kolibrios.org

[edit] Usability

- Speed: Very Fast

- Ease: Hard

- Configureability: Low

[edit] Program effectiveness

- Boot Speed: Slow (if booted from real floppy) - Fast (hard drive or memdisk)

- Loading Speed: Very Fast

- Stability: Low (applications are buggy and may cause system lockups)

- Vulnerability: Low

[edit] Other

- Look & Feel: Poor screen redraw and no widget standardization

- Installation: Easy (to floppy) - Medium (to hard drive)

- Kernel: MenuetOS (Monolithic)

- Platforms: x86

- Desktop Environments: <DE 1, DE 2, DE 3...>

- Open source / Proprietary: Open Source

- Cost: Free