MINIX 3 Alternatives

MINIX 3 is described as 'MINIX is a POSIX-compliant Unix-like operating system based on a tiny microkernel running in kernel mode with the rest of the operating system running as a number of isolated, protected, processes in user mode' and is a operating system in the education & reference category. There are more than 100 alternatives to MINIX 3 for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, BSD, Mac and Windows apps. The best MINIX 3 alternative is Linux Mint, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MINIX 3 are Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and Arch Linux.

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  1. Lunar Linux icon
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    Lunar Linux is a source based Linux distribution. It is built entirely by compiling source code, using custom optimizations.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. Voyager icon
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    Voyager Live is an Xubuntu distribution and live DVD showcasing the Xfce desktop environment. Its features include the Avant Window Navigator or AWN (a dock-like navigation bar), Conky (a program which...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Superb Mini Server (SMS) is a Slackware-based server distribution with web, DNS, DHCP, file, print and fax servers, iptables firewall, mail server with spam filter and anti-virus scanner, and BitTorrent station.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. AriOS icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. Friend icon
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    The Friend Unifying Platform is a powerful open source framework that will allow developers to decouple their applications from technology silos. It will empower developers to swiftly deploy on and integrate with Ethereum and other decentralised technologies in a new blockchain...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
    • Friend is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to MINIX 3.

    • Friend is Free and Open SourceMINIX 3 is also Free and Open Source
  6. MaboxLinux icon
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    Mabox Linux is based on Manjaro, featuring a customized Openbox window manager preconfigured to be ready to use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Manjaro Linux
     
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    This project birth in 2002! blackPanther OS is an independent Linux distribution which is not a fork of anything else. It is designed to be simple, fast, and easy to use... Its motto: just click and use it!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wine
     
  8. RetroBSD icon
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    RetroBSD is a port of 2.11BSD Unix intended for embedded systems with fixed memory mapping. The current target is Microchip PIC32 microcontroller with 128 kbytes of RAM and 512 kbytes of Flash.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • BSD
     
  9. Obarun icon
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    Obarun is a GNU/Linux operating system that relies on s6/66 init and service management suite. The goal of Obarun is to provide an alternative for people looking for more simplicity and transparency in maintaining their systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. Helal Linux icon
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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

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  11. PureDarwin icon
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    Darwin is the Open Source operating system from Apple that forms the basis for Mac OS X, and PureDarwin is a community project to make Darwin more usable (some people think of it as the informal successor to OpenDarwin.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  12. Karoshi icon
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    Karoshi provides a simple graphical interface that allows for quick installation, setup and maintenance of a network.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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