Arch Linux Alternatives

One of the most popular alternatives to Arch Linux is Linux Mint, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and CachyOS. You're spoiled for choice with Operating Systems like Arch Linux: we list more than 100 alternatives for Linux, self-hosting, Windows, Mac and the web.

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  1. Zenwalk Linux icon
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    Zenwalk Linux (formerly Minislack) is a Slackware -based GNU/Linux operating system with a goal of being slim and fast by using only one application per task and with focus on graphical desktop and multimedia usage.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  2. This project is an attempt to provide a user-friendly desktop based on Sway - a popular tiling window manager (compositor) using the modern Wayland graphics stack.

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    • Open Source

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  3. TileOS icon
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    Debian-based distribution with tiling window managers.

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    • Free
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  4. Frugalware icon
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    Frugalware Linux is an independently developed general purpose desktop Linux distribution designed for intermediate users. It follows simple Slackware -like design concepts and includes the .

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    • Open Source

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  5. Dynebolic icon
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    Free software operating system for media activists, artists and creatives. Dynebolic is as a practical tool for multimedia production: you can manipulate and broadcast both sound and video with tools to record, edit, encode and stream, having automatically recognised most...

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  6. AOSC OS icon
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    AOSC OS is the Linux distribution project of AOSC.

    AOSC OS is built independently, with some reference from some of the greatest Linux distributions from all over the world, namely Fedora, Arch Linux and Debian, etc. The system was initially built with bits and parts from the Li.

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  7. Knoppix icon
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    Knoppix is an operating system based on Debian designed to be run directly from a CD / DVD (Live CD) or a USB key (Live USB), one of the first of its kind for any operating system. When starting a program, it is loaded from the removable medium and decompressed into a RAM drive.

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  8. UbuntuDDE icon
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    UbuntuDDE, also known as Ubuntu with Deepin Desktop Environment, is a Linux distribution that combines the user-friendly Ubuntu system with the modern and elegant Deepin desktop environment.

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    • Open Source

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  9. Our goal is to create a simple and intuitive Arch Linux installer, focusing on improving the user experience. Some of Anarchy's features are:

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  10. Voyager icon
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    Voyager Live is an Xubuntu distribution and live DVD showcasing the Xfce desktop environment. Its features include the Avant Window Navigator or AWN (a dock-like navigation bar), Conky (a program which...

    94 Voyager alternatives

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  11. Helal Linux icon
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    Helal Linux is an Islamic Arabic Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. Helal Linux features most important packages which means to Muslim user built-in, in addition to software developed by Helal Team, and a lot to discover.

    85 Helal Linux alternatives

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  12. MINIX 3 icon
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    MINIX is a POSIX-compliant Unix-like operating system based on a tiny microkernel running in kernel mode with the rest of the operating system running as a number of isolated, protected, processes in user mode.

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    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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