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# Operating System
Operating System (OS) is normally a complex program that's typically installed on a [computer](computer.md) before any other user program and serves as a platform for running other programs as well as managing resources (CPU usage, [RAM](ram.md), [files](file.md), [network](network.md), ...) and offering services and interfaces for humans and programs. As with most things, the definition of an OS can differ and be stretched greatly -- while a typical OS will include features such as [graphical interface](gui.md) with windows and mouse cursor, filesystem, [multitasking](multitasking.md), networking, [audio](audio.md) system, safety mechanisms or user accounts, there exist OSes that work without any said feature.
Operating System (OS) is usually a quite complex [program](program.md) that's typically installed on a [computer](computer.md) before any other user program and serves as a platform for running other programs as well as managing resources ([CPU](cpu.md) usage, [RAM](ram.md), [files](file.md), [network](network.md), ...) and offering services, protection and interfaces for humans and programs. As with most things, the definition of an OS can differ and be stretched greatly -- while a typical OS will include features such as [graphical interface](gui.md) with windows and mouse cursor, [file system](file_system.md), [multitasking](multitasking.md), [networking](network.md), [audio](audio.md) system, safety mechanisms or user accounts, there exist OSes that work without any said feature. Though common on mainstream computers, operating system isn't necessary; it may be replaced by a much simpler program (something akin a program loader, BIOS etc.) or even be absent altogether -- programs that run without operating system are called "[bare metal](bare_metal.md)" programs (these can be encountered on many simple computers such as [embedded](embedded.md) devices).
There is a nice [CC0](cc0.md) wiki for OS development at https://wiki.osdev.org/.
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- [Android](android.md): extremely badly designed malicious system
- [BSD](bsd.md) systems such as [OpenBSD](openbsd.md) and [freeBSD](freebsd.md): Unix-like OSes
- [Collapse OS](collapseos.md): [finished](finished.md), extremely minimalist OS that will help us survive the [collapse](collapse.md)
- [DuskOS](duskos.md): kid of continuation of Collapse OS aiming for more comfort
- [DuskOS](duskos.md): kind of continuation of Collapse OS aiming for more comfort
- [DOS](dos.md)
- [FreeDOS](freedos.md)
- [GNU](gnu.md)/[Linux](linux.md) very popular systems existing in many different [distributions](distro.md), some completely [free](free_software.md)