Friend Alternatives

Apps similar to Friend include Linux Mint, which is free and open source. Other options are Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and Arch Linux. There's no shortage of Operating Systems like Friend, with more than 100 alternatives for Linux, self-hosting, Windows, the web and Mac.

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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

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    • Linux
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  2. Regolith Linux is a distro for people that prefer a spartan interface with polished and consistent system management. It brings together a trifecta of Ubuntu’s ubiquity, i3 -wm’s efficient and productive interface, and Gnome’s system...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Ubuntu
    • i3
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  3. AV Linux icon
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    AV Linux is a versatile, MX Linux-based distribution featuring a large collection of audio and video production software.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  4. Chromium OS icon
     15 likes

    Chromium OS is an open-source project, used primarily by developers, that aims to build an operating system that provides a fast, simple, and more secure computing experience for people who spend most of their time on the web.

    147 Chromium OS alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  5. Oracle Solaris icon
     12 likes

    Oracle Solaris is the #1 enterprise OS, delivering breakthrough high-availability, security, efficiency, and industry-leading scalability/performance.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Self-Hosted
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  6. Bedrock Linux icon
     6 likes

    Bedrock Linux is a meta Linux distribution which allows users to utilize features from other, typically mutually exclusive distributions. Essentially, users can mix-and-match components as desired. For example, one could have:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  7. Google Compute Engine is the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) component elo of Google Cloud Platform which is built on the global infrastructure that runs Google's search engine, Gmail, YouTube and other services.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  8. illumos icon
     21 likes

    illumos is a free and open-source Unix operating system. It derives from OpenSolaris, which in turn derives from SVR4 UNIX and Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). illumos comprises a kernel, device drivers, system libraries, and utility software for system administration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. Knoppix icon
     29 likes

    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.

    92 Knoppix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  10. SerenityOS icon
     4 likes

    Serenity is a graphical 32-bit Unix-like operating system with 90s aesthetics and built for x86 systems.

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    • Self-Hosted
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