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OviOS Linux


Last Update: 2026-05-28 00:29 UTC

OviOS Linux is an independent, storage OS which combines open source technologies to provide a dedicated, performance-oriented storage system. The goal is to keep OviOS Linux a pure storage, appliance-like OS. It targets users and admins who need a stable out-of-the-box iSCSI, NFS, SMB and FTP server. The distribution features a special command line shell called "ovios shell" which strives to simplify system management.

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OviOS Summary
Distribution OviOS Linux
Home Page https://www.ovios.org/
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User Forums https://groups.google.com/a/ovios.org/g/ovios-linux
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Documentation https://www.ovios.org/documentation
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  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2026-05-27: Distribution Release: OviOS Linux 6
 • 2018-12-31: Distribution Release: OviOS Linux 3.00
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Feature 6 5.0 20220729 3.11 2.31
Release Date 2026-05-27 2024-04-09 2022-07-29 2021-06-01 2017-12-28
End Of Life          
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 1300-1400 1200-1300 600-700 400-500 400-500
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
Installation Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode
Default Desktop -- -- -- -- --
Default Browser -- -- -- -- --
Package Format pkg pkg pkg pkg pkg
Package Management pacman pacman pacman pacman pacman
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite -- -- -- -- --
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd SysV SysV SysV
Journaled File Systems ext4, zfs ext4, zfs ext4, zfs ext4, zfs ext4, zfs
Multilingual          
Full Package List 6 5.0 20220729 3.11 2.31

Full Package List:   OviOS Linux 6
  Number of packages: 354 (download as TXT)
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  •  acl 2.3.2-2
  •  attr 2.5.2-2
  •  audit 4.1.4-2
  •  avahi 1:0.9rc4-1
  •  bash 5.3.9-1
  •  binutils 2.46+r70+g155188ea10a7-1
  •  brotli 1.2.0-1
  •  bzip2 1.0.8-6
  •  ca-certificates 20240618-1
  •  ca-certificates-mozilla 3.124-1
  •  ca-certificates-utils 20240618-1
  •  cifs-utils 7.5-1
  •  cloud-init 26.1-1
  •  cockpit 362-1
  •  cockpit-files 40-1
  •  cockpit-storaged 362-1
  •  coreutils 9.11-1
  •  cracklib 2.10.3-1
  •  cryptsetup 2.8.6-1
  •  curl 8.20.0-7
  •  db5.3 5.3.28-7
  •  dbus 1.16.2-1
  •  dbus-broker 37-3
  •  dbus-broker-units 37-3
  •  dbus-units 37-3
  •  dconf 0.49.0-1
  •  device-mapper 2.03.41-1
  •  dhclient 4.4.3.P1-4
  •  dhcp 4.4.3.P1-4
  •  dialog 1:1.3_20260107-1
  •  diffutils 3.12-2
  •  ding-libs 0.7.0-1
  •  dmidecode 3.7-1
  •  dosfstools 4.2-5
  •  duktape 2.7.0-7
  •  e2fsprogs 1.47.4-1
  •  edk2-shell 202605-1
  •  efibootmgr 18-4
  •  efivar 39-2
  •  ethtool 1:7.0-1
  •  expat 2.8.1-1
  •  fcron 3.4.0-2
  •  file 5.47-3
  •  filesystem 2026.04.15-1
  •  findutils 4.10.0-3
  •  fuse3 3.18.2-1
  •  fuse-common 3.18.2-1
  •  gawk 5.4.0-1
  •  gcc-libs 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1
  •  gdbm 1.26-2
  •  gettext 1.0-2
  •  glib2 2.88.1-1
  •  glibc 2.43+r22+g8362e8ce10b2-2
  •  glib-networking 1:2.80.1-1
  •  gmp 6.3.0-3
  •  gnulib-l10n 20241231-1
  •  gnupg 2.4.9-1
  •  gnutls 3.8.13-2
  •  gobject-introspection-runtime 1.86.0-2
  •  gpgme 2.1.0-1
  •  gpm 1.20.7.r38.ge82d1a6-6
  •  grep 3.12-2
  •  groff 1.24.1-1
  •  grub 2:2.14-1
  •  gsettings-system-schemas 50.1-1
  •  gssproxy 0.9.2-3
  •  gzip 1.14-2
  •  htop 3.5.1-1
  •  hwdata 0.407-1
  •  hwinfo 25.2-1
  •  hyperv 7.0.9-1
  •  iana-etc 20260511-1
  •  icu 78.3-1
  •  inetutils 2.8-1
  •  ioping 1.3-2
  •  ipmitool 1.8.19-4
  •  iproute2 7.0.0-1
  •  iptables 1:1.8.13-1
  •  iputils 20250605-1
  •  jansson 2.15.0-1
  •  json-c 0.18-2
  •  json-glib 1.10.8-1
  •  kbd 2.9.0-1
  •  kexec-tools 2.0.32-1
  •  keyutils 1.6.3-4
  •  kmod 34.2-1
  •  krb5 1.22.2-1
  •  ldb 2:4.24.3-1
  •  leancrypto 1.7.2-1
  •  less 1:692-1
  •  libaio 0.3.113-4
  •  libarchive 3.8.7-1
  •  libasan 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1
  •  libassuan 3.0.0-1
  •  libatasmart 0.19-8
  •  libatomic 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1
  •  libblockdev 3.5.0-2
  •  libblockdev-crypto 3.5.0-2
  •  libblockdev-fs 3.5.0-2
  •  libblockdev-loop 3.5.0-2
  •  libblockdev-mdraid 3.5.0-2
  •  libblockdev-nvme 3.5.0-2
  •  libblockdev-part 3.5.0-2
  •  libblockdev-smart 3.5.0-2
  •  libblockdev-swap 3.5.0-2
  •  libbpf 1.7.0-1
  •  libbsd 0.12.2-2
  •  libbytesize 2.12-3
  •  libcap 2.78-1
  •  libcap-ng 0.9.3-1
  •  libcups 2:2.4.19-1
  •  libdaemon 0.14-6
  •  libdnet 1.18.2-1
  •  libedit 20260512_3.1-1
  •  libelf 0.195-1
  •  libevent 2.1.12-5
  •  libffi 3.5.2-1
  •  libgcc 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1
  •  libgcrypt 1.12.2-1
  •  libgfortran 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1
  •  libgirepository 1.86.0-2
  •  libgomp 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1
  •  libgpg-error 1.61-1
  •  libgudev 238-3
  •  libidn2 2.3.8-1
  •  libksba 1.8.0-1
  •  libldap 2.6.13-1
  •  liblsan 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1
  •  libmakepkg-dropins 20-1
  •  libmd 1.2.0-1
  •  libmnl 1.0.5-2
  •  libmspack 1:1.11-2
  •  libnetfilter_conntrack 1.1.1-1
  •  libnfnetlink 1.0.2-2
  •  libnftnl 1.3.1-1
  •  libnghttp2 1.69.0-1
  •  libnghttp3 1.15.0-1
  •  libngtcp2 1.22.1-1
  •  libnl 3.12.0-1
  •  libnsl 2.0.1-2
  •  libnvme 1.16.1-3
  •  libobjc 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1
  •  libp11-kit 0.26.2-1
  •  libpcap 1.10.6-1
  •  libpipeline 1.5.8-1
  •  libproxy 0.5.12-1
  •  libpsl 0.21.5-2
  •  libpwquality 1.4.5-7
  •  libquadmath 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1
  •  libsasl 2.1.28-5
  •  libseccomp 2.6.0-1
  •  libsecret 0.21.7-1
  •  libsigc++ 2.12.2-1
  •  libssh 0.12.0-1
  •  libssh2 1.11.1-1
  •  libstdc++ 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1
  •  libsysprof-capture 50.0-2
  •  libtasn1 4.21.0-1
  •  libtirpc 1.3.7-1
  •  libtool 2.6.0+r23+gb08cb0a0-1
  •  libtsan 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1
  •  libubsan 16.1.1+r12+g301eb08fa2c5-1
  •  libunistring 1.4.2-1
  •  libunwind 1.8.2-1
  •  liburcu 0.15.6-1
  •  liburing 2.14-1
  •  libusb 1.0.30-1
  •  libverto 0.3.2-6
  •  libwbclient 2:4.24.3-1
  •  libx11 1.8.13-1
  •  libx86emu 3.7-2
  •  libxau 1.0.12-1
  •  libxcb 1.17.0-1
  •  libxcrypt 4.5.2-1
  •  libxdmcp 1.1.5-2
  •  libxext 1.3.7-1
  •  libxml2 2.15.3-1
  •  libxslt 1.1.45-2
  •  libxss 1.2.5-1
  •  libyaml 0.2.5-3
  •  licenses 20240728-1
  •  linux 7.0.10-1
  •  linux-api-headers 6.19-1
  •  linux-firmware-amdgpu 20260519-1
  •  linux-firmware-atheros 20260519-1
  •  linux-firmware-broadcom 20260519-1
  •  linux-firmware-cirrus 20260519-1
  •  linux-firmware-intel 20260519-1
  •  linux-firmware-liquidio 20260519-1
  •  linux-firmware-marvell 20260519-1
  •  linux-firmware-mediatek 20260519-1
  •  linux-firmware-mellanox 20260519-1
  •  linux-firmware-nfp 20260519-1
  •  linux-firmware-nvidia 20260519-1
  •  linux-firmware-other 20260519-1
  •  linux-firmware-qcom 20260519-1
  •  linux-firmware-qlogic 20260519-1
  •  linux-firmware-radeon 20260519-1
  •  linux-firmware-realtek 20260519-1
  •  linux-firmware-whence 20260519-1
  •  lmdb 0.9.35-1
  •  lm_sensors 1:3.6.2-1
  •  lsb-release 2.0.r55.a25a4fc-1
  •  lsof 4.99.6-1
  •  lz4 1:1.10.0-2
  •  man-db 2.13.1-1
  •  man-pages 6.18-1
  •  mdadm 4.6-2
  •  memtest86+-efi 7.20-2
  •  mkinitcpio 41-3
  •  mkinitcpio-archiso 73-1
  •  mkinitcpio-busybox 1.36.1-1
  •  mkinitcpio-nfs-utils 0.3-8
  •  mpdecimal 4.0.1-3
  •  mpfr 4.2.2-1
  •  multipath-tools 0.14.3-1
  •  nano 9.0-1
  •  ncurses 6.6-2
  •  net-snmp 5.9.5.2-1
  •  nettle 4.0-1
  •  net-tools 2.10-3
  •  nftables 1:1.1.6-3
  •  npth 1.8-1
  •  nspr 4.39-1
  •  nss 3.124-1
  •  ntp 4.2.8.p18-6
  •  numactl 2.0.19-1
  •  nvme-cli 2.16-2
  •  openbsd-netcat 1.238_1-1
  •  openssh 10.3p1-1
  •  openssl 3.6.2-2
  •  open-vm-tools 6:13.1.0-1
  •  os-prober 1.84-1
  •  ovios-base 3-1
  •  ovios-boot-check 1.1-1
  •  ovios-iscsi 1.0.97-5
  •  ovios-netstack r76.8f6d2ce-1
  •  ovios-nfs 2.8.7-1
  •  ovios-nfsidmap 2.8.7-1
  •  ovios-s3 2026.04.20-1
  •  ovios-scripts r82.805cf63-1
  •  ovios-shell r103.c639e15-1
  •  ovios-smb 2:4.23.6-1
  •  ovios-smbclient 2:4.23.6-1
  •  ovios-zfs 2.4.2-1
  •  p11-kit 0.26.2-1
  •  pacman 7.1.0.r9.g54d9411-2
  •  pacman-mirrorlist 20260406-1
  •  pahole 1:1.31-2
  •  pam 1.7.2-2
  •  pambase 20250719-1
  •  pam-krb5 4.11-3
  •  parted 3.7-1
  •  pciutils 3.15.0-1
  •  pcre2 10.47-1
  •  pcsclite 2.5.0-1
  •  perl 5.42.2-1
  •  perl-class-inspector 1.36-10
  •  perl-clone 0.50-1
  •  perl-config-general 2.67-1
  •  perl-encode-locale 1.05-15
  •  perl-file-listing 6.16-6
  •  perl-file-sharedir 1.118-8
  •  perl-html-parser 3.85-1
  •  perl-html-tagset 3.24-4
  •  perl-http-cookiejar 0.014-5
  •  perl-http-cookies 6.11-4
  •  perl-http-daemon 6.17-1
  •  perl-http-date 6.06-5
  •  perl-http-message 7.01-2
  •  perl-http-negotiate 6.01-16
  •  perl-io-html 1.004-8
  •  perl-libwww 6.83-1
  •  perl-lwp-mediatypes 6.04-8
  •  perl-net-http 6.24-2
  •  perl-timedate 2.35-1
  •  perl-try-tiny 0.32-4
  •  perl-uri 5.34-2
  •  perl-www-robotrules 6.03-1
  •  perl-xml-parser 2.59-1
  •  perl-xml-writer 0.900-6
  •  pinentry 1.3.2-2
  •  polkit 127-3
  •  popt 1.19-2
  •  procps-ng 4.0.6-1
  •  psmisc 23.7-2
  •  pv 1.10.5-1
  •  python 3.14.5-1
  •  python-aiosmtpd 1.4.6-5
  •  python-atpublic 7.0.0-2
  •  python-attrs 26.1.0-1
  •  python-certifi 2026.05.20-1
  •  python-charset-normalizer 3.4.7-1
  •  python-configobj 5.0.9-6
  •  python-dbus 1.4.0-2
  •  python-idna 3.16-1
  •  python-jinja 1:3.1.6-3
  •  python-jsonpatch 1.33-6
  •  python-jsonpointer 3.1.1-1
  •  python-jsonschema 4.26.0-1
  •  python-jsonschema-specifications 2025.9.1-2
  •  python-markupsafe 3.0.3-1
  •  python-netifaces 0.11.0-9
  •  python-oauthlib 3.3.1-2
  •  python-pyserial 3.5-8
  •  python-referencing 0.37.0-3
  •  python-requests 2.34.2-1
  •  python-rpds-py 0.30.0-3
  •  python-typing_extensions 4.15.0-3
  •  python-urllib3 2.7.0-1
  •  python-yaml 6.0.3-2
  •  qemu-guest-agent 11.0.0-1
  •  rclone 1.74.2-1
  •  rdma-core 63.0-1
  •  readline 8.3.003-1
  •  retadm r8.e0c9d81-1
  •  rpcbind 1.2.8-1
  •  rsync 3.4.3-1
  •  run-parts 5.23.2-1
  •  sed 4.10-1
  •  sg3_utils 1.48-1
  •  shadow 4.18.0-1
  •  smartmontools 7.5-1
  •  sqlite 3.53.1-1
  •  storcli 007.3603.0000.0000-1
  •  sudo 1.9.17.p2-2
  •  syslinux 6.04.pre3.r3.g05ac953c-4
  •  sysstat 12.7.9-1
  •  systemd 260.1-2
  •  systemd-libs 260.1-2
  •  systemd-sysvcompat 260.1-2
  •  talloc 2.4.4-1
  •  tar 1.35-2
  •  tdb 1.4.15-1
  •  tevent 1:0.17.1-2
  •  tpm2-tss 4.1.3-1
  •  tzdata 2026b-1
  •  udisks2 2.11.1-2
  •  uriparser 1.0.2-1
  •  util-linux 2.42.1-1
  •  util-linux-libs 2.42.1-1
  •  vim 9.2.0511-1
  •  vim-runtime 9.2.0511-1
  •  virtualbox-guest-utils-nox 7.2.8-2
  •  volume_key 0.3.12-12
  •  which 2.23-1
  •  wpa_supplicant 2:2.11-5
  •  xcb-proto 1.17.0-4
  •  xmlsec 1.3.11-1
  •  xorgproto 2025.1-1
  •  xxhash 0.8.3-1
  •  xz 5.8.3-1
  •  zlib 1:1.3.2-3
  •  zstd 1.5.7-3


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