MerOS Alternatives

MerOS is described as 'User friendly, good looking, general purpose Nix based GNU/Linux distro. It is ideal for those who want the most out of their computers, a well-designed desktop environment and an uncommon Linux experience' and is a Linux Distro in the os & utilities category. There are more than 100 alternatives to MerOS for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, BSD, Windows and Mac apps. The best MerOS alternative is Linux Mint, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MerOS are Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and Arch Linux.

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  1. Bedrock Linux icon
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    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

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. AROS icon
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    The AROS Research Operating System is a lightweight, efficient, and flexible desktop operating system, designed to help you make the most of your computer. It's an independent, portable and free project, aiming at being compatible with AmigaOS at the API level (like Wine...

    76 AROS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • AROS
     
  3. 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 (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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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
     
  5. illumos icon
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    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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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Feren OS icon
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    An Ubuntu Distribution that aims to make the switch to Linux easier, simpler and faster not just for Windows users but also Mac and Linux Distro users alike for free. Feren OS aims to be one of the best Distros, if not OSs out there...

    98 Feren OS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. Parabola icon
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    A project providing a fully free (as in freedom) derivative of Arch Linux. Inheriting Arch's lightweight and flexibility, Parabola offers software freedom plus all power to the users.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. OpenIndiana icon
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    OpenIndiana is a robust enterprise operating system, based on the illumos kernel. It is open source, free to use, community developed, and suitable for servers and desktops.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • OpenSolaris
     
  9. 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
     
  10. openmamba icon
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    openmamba GNU/Linux is a ready-to-use operating system for netbooks, notebooks, desktop and server personal computers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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