Scientific Linux is described as 'Recompiled Red Hat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux, co-developed by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). Although it aims to be fully compatible with ' and is a Linux Distro in the os & utilities category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Scientific Linux for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, BSD, Mac and Windows apps. The best Scientific Linux alternative is Linux Mint, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Scientific Linux are Debian, Fedora, Manjaro Linux and elementary OS.