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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  1. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
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    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
     
  4. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    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

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

    • Friend is Free and Open SourceSolus is also Free and Open Source
  6. ArozOS icon
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    General purposed Web Desktop Operating Platform / OS for Raspberry Pis, Now written in Go! - tobychui/arozos

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. CloverOS icon
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    Performance optimized default Gentoo install.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  8. EU OS icon
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    Community-led Proof-of-Concept for a common free Operating System for the EU public sector.

    51 EU OS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  9. Dragora icon
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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

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. Pearl OS icon
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    Pearl Linux OS has been available for free download since 12/2014 with our first release simply titled Pearl Linux. It was based on the 14.04 released version of Ubuntu. That release was using the XFCE desktop environment.

    172 Pearl OS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  11. QtMoko icon
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    QtMoko is debian distribution for Linux based SmartPhones, like Openmoko Freerunner and Goldelico's GTA04 phone. Phone and user interface is based on QT Extendeded formerly known as Qtopia..

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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