Knoppix Alternatives

Knoppix is described as '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' and is a Linux Distro in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Knoppix for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Self-Hosted, Mac and BSD apps. The best Knoppix alternative is Debian, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Knoppix are Fedora, Arch Linux, Tails and macOS.

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    Springdale Linux (SDL) / Formerly known as PUIAS Linux is a RHEL-based Distribution and Mirror. A project of members of the computing staff of ?Princeton University and the ?Institute for Advanced...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
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    Visopsys (VISual OPerating SYStem) is an alternative operating system for PC-compatible computers, written “from scratch”, and developed primarily by a single hobbyist programmer since 1997.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. ThoriumOS icon
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    ChromiumOS fork with Thorium Browser, x264/x265 codecs, Widevine, Kernel 5.15, Linux firmware/modules support, Nouveau, Intel microcode, and extra packages.

    20 ThoriumOS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. SELKS icon
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    SELKS, a product of Stamus Networks, is a Debian-based live distribution designed for network security management. It provides a complete and ready-to-use Suricata IDS/IPS ecosystem with its own graphic rule manager.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
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    AppleJack is a user friendly troubleshooting assistant for Mac OS X. With AppleJack you can troubleshoot a computer even if you can't load the GUI, or don't have a startup CD handy. AppleJack runs in Single User Mode and is menu-based for ease of use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. Dracos Linux icon
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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
     
  7. Enso OS icon
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    Enso aims to be a clean and simple OS that is easy to use and incorporates some of our favourite projects from around the Linux world.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
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    A portable image of Ubuntu that could run in Windows as a native win32 application. Adds capabilities to execute Linux applications and integrate with the Windows desktop.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Spatry's remix of Manjaro Linux! It comes with the XFCE desktop, lots of themes and a complete software set designed to give you an enjoyable user experience.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Manjaro Linux
     
  10. FatDog64 icon
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    Fatdog64 Linux is a small yet versatile 64-bit multi-user Linux distribution. built to run on virtually any computer with a 64-bit architecture.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
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    LiveSystem pro is a proprietary freeware which provides the possibility to create a rescue system based

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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