Solus Alternatives

Solus is described as 'Operating System is a Linux distribution built from scratch, exclusively for desktop systems. There is no scope-creep associated with generic platforms, and the project aims to provide a modern and focused desktop-centric solution, that is designed to keep out of the way' and is a popular Linux Distro in the os & utilities category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Solus for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, BSD, Windows and Mac apps. The best Solus alternative is Linux Mint, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Solus are Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and Arch Linux.

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    ParticleOS is a fully customizable immutable distribution implementing the concepts described in Fitting Everything Together.

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    Athena OS is an Arch-derived Linux distribution designed for penetration testing, bug-bounty hunting and InfoSec students. The distribution provides a way to connect directly to some of the e-learning hacking resources, such as Hack The Box, Offensive Security, PWNX and InfoSec...

    58 Athena OS alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Linux
     
  3. Minoca OS icon
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    Minoca OS is a general purpose operating system designed specifically for feature-rich embedded devices. It's got all the high-level functionality that you've come to expect from an operating system, but offers it in a fraction of the memory footprint.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Gnoppix icon
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    Gnoppix is the world 1st. AI open source operating system based on Linux with focus on user security and privacy-respecting alternative to Windows and macOS.

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  5. Download Zen Installer for free. A Graphical Installer for Arch Linux. The Zen Installer provides a full graphical (point and click) environment for installing Arch Linux. It provides support for installing multiple desktop environments, AUR support, and all of the power and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  6. CLIP OS icon
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    The CLIP OS project is an open source project maintained by the ANSSI (National Cybersecurity Agency of France) that aims to build a secure, multi-level operating system, based on the Linux kernel and a lot of free and open source software.

    149 CLIP OS alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  7. Trenta OS icon
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    Beautiful, Open, and Free - Trenta OS is a Linux based operating system that aims to compete graphically with some well known premium operating systems but in the free & open-source Linux world.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  8. 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...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  9. CloverOS icon
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    Performance optimized default Gentoo install.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  10. ArozOS icon
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    General purposed Web Desktop Operating Platform / OS for Raspberry Pis, Now written in Go! - tobychui/arozos

    164 ArozOS alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. 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.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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