Raspberry Pi OS Alternatives

Raspberry Pi OS is described as '(previously called Raspbian) is the Foundation’s official supported operating system. You can install it with NOOBS or download the image below and follow our installation guide' and is a very popular Linux Distro in the os & utilities category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Raspberry Pi OS for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, Windows, BSD and Mac apps. The best Raspberry Pi OS alternative is Ubuntu, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Raspberry Pi OS are Fedora, Arch Linux, Manjaro Linux and openSUSE.

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  1. MINIX 3 icon
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    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.

    150 MINIX 3 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Crystal Linux is a brand new Arch Linux based distribution. Friendly, powerful and easy to use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • GNOME
     
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    Innovative, portable Linux distro fusing FreeBSD tools with Musl and LLVM, building from source for a simple yet comprehensive system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. Peropesis icon
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    Peropesis is a small-scale, minimalist, command-line-based Linux operating system. It's an incomplete system, but it's constantly being improved. Also, it is a free operating system created from a free software.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. 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
     
  6. Elive icon
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    Elive provides a dynamic and clean interface without saturating the look. Nothing in the desktop is static. Simplicity and intuitive is one of its best points.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. instantOS icon
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    instantOS is a Manjaro based distro that works out of the box but is still aimed at power users. Everything is lightning fast and works out of the box.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Manjaro Linux
     
  8. Fedberry icon
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    FedBerry allows people to easily install and use Fedora on the RPi2/3. FedBerry was created when Fedora did not previously support the Raspberry Pi 2/3 Model B (RPi2/3).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Fedora
    • Raspberry Pi
     
  9. TUXEDO OS icon
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    The tailor-made OS for your TUXEDO computer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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