Haiku Alternatives

Haiku is described as 'Open-source operating system that specifically targets personal computing. Inspired by the BeOS, Haiku is fast, simple to use, easy to learn and yet very powerful' and is a very popular operating system in the os & utilities category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Haiku for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, BSD, Windows and Mac apps. The best Haiku alternative is Linux Mint, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Haiku are Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and Arch Linux.

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  1. Minimal Linux Live icon

    Minimal Linux Live

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    Minimal Linux Live is a tiny Linux distribution which is designed to be built from scratch using a collection of automated shell scripts.

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    • Linux
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  2. Legacy OS icon

    Legacy OS

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    Legacy OS (formerly TEENpup Linux) is a distribution based on Puppy Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    Legacy OS
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  4. Dracos Linux icon

    Dracos Linux

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    Dracos Linux is purposed as an educational, especially to recognize the operation system of Linux and we respect ethical hacking.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Zorin OS

    Linux-based OS designed for familiar user experience, mimicking Windows or macOS, supports dual-boot, runs Windows apps via WINE, pre-installed essential software, customizable desktop layouts, broad hardware compatibility, and p...

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  6. SemiCode OS icon

    SemiCode OS

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    Best Linux distro for programmers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  7. ROSA Linux icon

    ROSA Linux

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    ROSA Linux is a Linux operating system and distribution, developed by Russian company LLC NTC IT ROSA. It is available in three different editions: ROSA Desktop Fresh (GNOME and KDE), ROSA Enterprise Desktop, and ROSA Enterprise Linux Server.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Mandriva Linux
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  9. Helal Linux icon

    Helal Linux

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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Global
    Unity desktop
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  10. IprediaOS icon

    IprediaOS

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    IprediaOS is a fast, powerful and stable operating system based on Linux that provides an anonymous environment. All network traffic is automatically and transparently encrypted and anonymized via I2P. Many applications are available in IprediaOS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Fedora
    • LXDE
    • GNOME
    • I2P
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  11. eComStation icon

    eComStation

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    eComStation is an operating system based on IBM OS/2 that runs on current hardware.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Self-Hosted
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  12. AriOS icon

    AriOS

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    AriOS is an easy-to-use operating system based on Ubuntu. AriOS comes with a unique and optimized interface as well as many extra applications, multimedia codecs, flash and java plugins, and many tweaks! AriOS is not just Ubuntu+extra programs. It has been carefully desig.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
    Desktop
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  13. Matriux icon

    Matriux

     7 likes

    Matriux is a fully featured security distribution consisting of a bunch of powerful, open source and free tools that can be used for various purposes including, but not limited to, penetration testing, ethical hacking, system and network administration, cyber forensics...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  14. ArchStrike icon

    ArchStrike

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    ArchStrike is a penetration testing and security layer on top of Arch Linux done the Arch Way and optimized for i686, x86_64, ARMv6, ARMv7 and ARMv8. We follow the Arch Linux standards very closely in order to keep our packages clean, proper and easy to maintain.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • VirtualBox
    • VMware Workstation
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    Munal OS

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    An experimental operating system fully written in Rust, with a unikernel design, cooperative scheduling and a security model based on WASM sandboxing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Rust
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    • European Union flagEU
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