Oracle Solaris Alternatives

Oracle Solaris is described as 'The #1 enterprise OS, delivering breakthrough high-availability, security, efficiency, and industry-leading scalability/performance' and is a operating system in the os & utilities category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Oracle Solaris for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, BSD, Windows and Mac apps. The best Oracle Solaris alternative is Linux Mint, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Oracle Solaris are Debian, Fedora, Arch Linux and Manjaro Linux.

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  1. FortiOS icon

    FortiOS

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    Fortinet FortiOS, an operating system underpinning Fortinet Security Fabric, is a solution designed to improve enterprise security, covering endpoints, cloud deployments, and centralized networks.

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    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  2. NomadBSD icon

    NomadBSD

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    NomadBSD is a persistent live system for USB flash drives, based on FreeBSD. Together with automatic hardware detection and setup, it is configured to be used as a desktop system that works out of the box, but can also be used for data...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • BSD
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    Zorin OS

    Linux-based OS designed for familiar user experience, mimicking Windows or macOS, supports dual-boot, runs Windows apps via WINE, pre-installed essential software, customizable desktop layouts, broad hardware compatibility, and p...

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    Node OS

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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

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. ArchBang icon

    ArchBang

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    ArchBang is a simple GNU/Linux rolling release distribution which provides you with a lightweight Arch Linux system combined with the Openbox Window Manager.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  8. CrunchBang Plus Plus icon

    CrunchBang Plus Plus

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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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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  10. illumos icon

    illumos

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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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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Parabola icon

    Parabola

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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

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  12. OpenIndiana icon

    OpenIndiana

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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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • OpenSolaris
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  13. Dragora icon

    Dragora

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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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  14. GoboLinux icon

    GoboLinux

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    GoboLinux is a modular Linux distribution: it organizes the programs in your system in a new, logical way.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  15. openmamba icon

    openmamba

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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

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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