CentOS Alternatives

CentOS is described as 'Community-supported, free and open source operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It exists to provide a free enterprise class computing platform and strives to maintain 100% binary compatibility with its upstream distribution' and is a very popular Linux Distro in the os & utilities category. There are more than 100 alternatives to CentOS for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, Windows, Mac and Raspberry Pi apps. The best CentOS alternative is Linux Mint, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like CentOS are Ubuntu, Arch Linux, Manjaro Linux and elementary OS.

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  1. 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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Innovative, portable Linux distro fusing FreeBSD tools with Musl and LLVM, building from source for a simple yet comprehensive system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
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    Turkman Linux is a independent GNU/Linux distribution. It uses its own YMP (Yerli ve Milli Package) manager. Turkman Linux is a distribution originating from Turkiye. 🇹🇷.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  4. Linspire icon
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    Linspire is a 64 bit Linux based OS, that is geared towards the business, education and government worker. It has all the applications business users will need for work, research and deployment among very high end desktop systems.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. Archcraft icon
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    A Fast, friendly, open-source operating system, for newbies, geeks & DIY enthusiasts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  6. 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 .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Adélie is an independent Libre operating system based on the Linux kernel and musl runtime library.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
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    CrunchBang++ is an open source and completely free [of cost (#!++ does include several of Debian’s non-free packages as well as the non-free repository)] computer operating system, designed as a continuation of the .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  9. CRUX Linux icon
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    CRUX is a lightweight GNU/Linux distribution for the x86-64 architecture targeted at experienced users. The primary focus of this distribution is keep it simple, which is reflected in a straightforward tar.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  10. Dragora icon
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    Dragora GNU/Linux is a distribution created from scratch with the intention of providing a stable, multi-platform and multi-purpose operating system. It is built upon 100% free software. It has a very simple packaging system that allows installing, removing, upgrading and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  11. Node OS icon
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    NodeOS is a lightweight operating system using Node.js as userspace and managed by npm. Any package in npm is a NodeOS package, which at last count was 244,180 packages. The goal of NodeOS is to provide just enough to let npm provide the rest.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  12. Neptune icon
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    Neptune is a GNU/Linux Distribution for desktops based fully upon Debian Stable. It ships with a modern KDE Plasma Desktop with its main view on a good looking multimedia system which allows for getting work done.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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