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. ExectOS icon
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    ExectOS aims to be a stable and flexible, general purpose operating system written from scratch. It is designed to be modular, maintainable and compatible with existing software. It implements a brand new XT architecture and features own native application interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. ArcaOS icon
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    A new OS/2-based operating system from Arca Noae, codenamed Blue Lion, arrived today, May 15, 2017, after nearly two years in development.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • HP webOS
    • AROS
     
  3. RetroBSD icon
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    RetroBSD is a port of 2.11BSD Unix intended for embedded systems with fixed memory mapping. The current target is Microchip PIC32 microcontroller with 128 kbytes of RAM and 512 kbytes of Flash.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • BSD
     
  4. miniBSD icon
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    miniBSD is a project to develop a set of scripts that shrinks a running FreeBSD system to a small sized miniBSD distribution suited for small media like USB pens and CF cards.

    135 miniBSD alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • BSD
     
  5. RISC OS icon
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    Risc OS is an open-source OS specifically designed to run on the ARM chipset.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BeagleBoard
    • Raspberry Pi
     
  6. GNU-Darwin icon
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    GNU-Darwin aims to be the most free software distribution. Our mission is two-fold: Focus on projects that leverage our unique combination of Darwin and GNU, and help users to enjoy the benefits of software freedom.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. IBM AIX icon
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    AIX is a series of proprietary Unix operating systems developed and sold by IBM for several of its computer platforms. Originally released for the IBM RT PC RISC workstation, AIX now supports or has supported a wide variety of hardware platforms, including the IBM RS/6000 series...

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. BITS-PyOS icon
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    BIOS-Implementation-Test-Suite-Based Python Operating System.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
     
  9. KidOS icon
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    Popular Alternatives to Scratch for Windows, Web, Mac, Linux, iPad and more. Explore 25+ apps like Scratch, all suggested and ranked by the AlternativeTo user community.

    120 KidOS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Scratch
     
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    Hannah Montana Linux is a unix-like Linux Operating System based on Kubuntu. The Package Manager is Debian apt. The GUI is KDE 4.2 with Hannah Montana themes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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