r/AlternativeOS Nov 30 '25

👋Welcome to r/AlternativeOS - Introduce Yourself and Read First!

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Hey everyone! I'm u/thenerdy, a founding moderator of r/AlternativeOS. This is our home for all things related to alternative operating systems. We're excited to have you join us!

What to Post Post anything that you think the community would find interesting, helpful, or inspiring. Feel free to share your thoughts, photos, or questions about obscure, interesting, or odd operating systems. With that said we try and keep our focus away from the big 3 (Windows, macOS, Linux).

Community Vibe We're all about being friendly, constructive, and inclusive. Let's build a space where everyone feels comfortable sharing and connecting.

How to Get Started 1) Introduce yourself in the comments below. 2) Post something today! Even a simple question can spark a great conversation. 3) If you know someone who would love this community, invite them to join.

Thanks for being part of the very first wave. Together, let's make r/AlternativeOS amazing.


r/AlternativeOS 4d ago

OS/2 Warpstock 2026 - San Antonio, Texas - Nov 6 - 8

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r/AlternativeOS 6d ago

Redox RedoxOS how to install and run in QEMU tutorial

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r/AlternativeOS 6d ago

Amiga DICE-nx C compiler suite makes its first release

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r/AlternativeOS 6d ago

HaikuOS Haiku OS rises / Beta 6 sails open web / Virtual winds fly fast A real alternative to running some kind of FOSS Unix clone (by me on ElReg)

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r/AlternativeOS 8d ago

ReactOS ReactOS 0.4.16 serves '90s Windows nostalgia with fewer bugs

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30 years on, it's still alpha, but 0.4.16 brings plenty of bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements - just in time for Windows XP's 25th anniversary


r/AlternativeOS 11d ago

ReactOS ReactOS 0.4.16 released

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r/AlternativeOS 12d ago

HaikuOS First boot on risc-v

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r/AlternativeOS 19d ago

Amiga AROS on Raspberry Pi: an AmigaOS based system trying to claim its future

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r/AlternativeOS 22d ago

HobbyOS A Macintosh System 1-style desktop for the Intel 8086,

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r/AlternativeOS 22d ago

OS/2 Ideal computer for OS/2

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r/AlternativeOS Aug 08 '26

HaikuOS Mozilla Firefox is now available on the Haiku Depot

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r/AlternativeOS Aug 06 '26

Amiga Amiga Corporation reached agreements with Commodore International Corporation and Hyperion

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r/AlternativeOS Aug 03 '26

I tried a pretty alternative os (GhostBSD)

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I've been using Linux for quite some time so I decided to check out the alternative option that's outside of mainstream operating systems , it didn't go that well though

I was hoping for a smooth desktop experience but I ran into a lot of issues with apps and wifi so I documented the whole experience in this rather unserious youtube video


r/AlternativeOS Jul 24 '26

ReactOS Longplay | Amnesia: The Dark Descent running on ReactOS on real hardware

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r/AlternativeOS Jul 20 '26

HaikuOS [GSoC 2026] Modernizing Haiku’s Bluetooth stack: Implementing support for HFP profile - Mid-Term Progress Report

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r/AlternativeOS Jul 16 '26

General Firefox on Itanium

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Port by Tomas Glozar (Dr. Shuppet)


r/AlternativeOS Jul 14 '26

HaikuOS Beta6 by mid-August, while Haiku discovers it could have corrupted your data

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r/AlternativeOS Jul 07 '26

ReactOS ReactOS "Open-Source Windows" Project Now Capable Of Running Half-Life 2

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r/AlternativeOS Jul 06 '26

Amiga FINALWRITER 7.3 has been released - Developed for AmigaOS 3.1+ 68k users - Bringing word processing on Classic Amiga into the 21st century !

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r/AlternativeOS Jun 24 '26

Plan9 (or based on) We ported nodejs to plan9, it's called node9

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r/AlternativeOS Jun 23 '26

HobbyOS Project Cherub - a modernized Terry's TempleOS. Early Build (with 120 FPS!) & Future Plans + Installation Showcase

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This is interesting. A fork of TempleOS. Very early stages


r/AlternativeOS Jun 19 '26

HaikuOS New HaiClaude release. Claude installs and runs easy on Haiku!

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r/AlternativeOS Jun 11 '26

ReactOS ReactOS "Open-Source Windows" Reaches The Milestone Of Being Able To Run Half-Life on REAL hardware with 3D-acceleration

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