Open Source Boot Software

Bootchart is a tool for performance analysis and visualization of the GNU/Linux boot process. Resource utilization data and process information are collected during the boot process and can later be displayed in a PNG, SVG or EPS chart.

A web based GUI for managing PXE boot and optionally managing DHCP service. Also supports creating and serving Kickstart and preseed scripts. This provides a client install in one click. This is a generic framework created to work with anything that's PXE bootable. Adding new hosts can be done via "PXE enrollment" where the client PXE boots to enroll into OneClickKick. Easily integrated with existing naming sources such as NIS and LDAP for central lookup of host and mac address information. OneClickKIck can also be integrated with FreeIPA (www.freeipa.org) to allow adding and modifying hosts directly in IPA.

Startup Helper lets users choose which programs are launched when the OS boots up. It also allows for waiting periods between launching programs, to prevent programs slowing each other down. During this startup process, the user can control the waiting period through the Startup Helper GUI, pausing the program, skipping a single program, or foregoing the waiting period and launching the next program immediately. This project is made in Java, so it should be multiplatform. However, I've only been able to test it on a Windows XP machine, so please let me know if there are oddities, bugs and/or malfunctions on other platforms.

Autorun Manager, è un semplice programma sviluppato in Visual Basic 2010, che permette di gestire i programmi che si avviano con Windows, consentendo di rimuoverne e aggiungerne. Il software inoltre include un form di impostazioni per l'Auto-Login, ovvero, l'accesso automatico ad un determinato account all'avvio di Windows (senza quindi richiesta di password o quant'altro).

ShutdownIt is a shutdown tool which can shutdown, restart, logoff, hibernate your pc. It can just remind you or let you start a program. Therefor you can select a countdown timer or a special time stamp.

CULT is an Open Source software-only network bootable thin client Operating System that provides a complete solution for thin clients, PCs or virtualized hardware.