Vanilla OS Alternatives

Vanilla OS is described as 'Operating system built with simplicity in mind. It's fast, lightweight, beautiful and ready for all your daily tasks' and is a Linux Distro in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Vanilla OS for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, BSD, Windows and Arch Linux apps. The best Vanilla OS alternative is Linux Mint, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Vanilla OS are Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and Arch Linux.

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  1. EndeavourOS icon
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    EndeavourOS is an Arch-based distro that provides an Arch experience without the hassle of installing it manually for both x86_64 and ARM systems. After installation, you’re provided with a lightweight and almost barebones environment ready to be explored with your terminal...

    165 EndeavourOS alternatives

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    • Linux
     
  2. Pop!_OS icon
     100 likes

    Pop!_OS is an operating system for STEM and creative professionals who use their computer as a tool to discover and create. Unleash your potential on secure, reliable open source software. Based on your exceptional curiosity, we sense you have a lot of it.

    177 Pop!_OS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. FreeBSD icon
     267 likes

    FreeBSD is an operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms. A large community has continually developed it for more than thirty years. Its advanced networking, security, and storage features have made FreeBSD the platform of choice for many of...

    195 FreeBSD alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. NixOS icon
     69 likes

    NixOS is a GNU/Linux distribution that aims to improve the state of the art in system configuration management. In existing distributions, actions such as upgrades are dangerous: upgrading a package can cause other packages to break, upgrading an entire system is much less...

    190 NixOS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. ReactOS icon
     291 likes

    ReactOS™ is a FOSS effort to develop a quality operating system based on the architecture of Microsoft® Windows™ NT family of operating systems, that is compatible with applications and drivers written for it (NT4, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 7).

    197 ReactOS alternatives

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    • Windows
    • ReactOS
     
  6. Gentoo icon
     165 likes

    Gentoo Linux is a versatile, fast, highly configurable and completely free Linux and FreeBSD distribution geared towards developers and network professionals.

    191 Gentoo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
     
  7. Lubuntu icon
     245 likes

    Lubuntu is a fast and lightweight operating system with a clean and easy-to-use user interface. It is a Linux system, that uses the minimal desktop LXDE/LXQT.

    184 Lubuntu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. Nobara Linux icon
     31 likes

    The Nobara Project, to put it simply, is a modified version of Fedora Linux with user-friendly fixes added to it. Fedora is a very good workstation OS, however, anything involving any kind of 3rd party or proprietary packages is usually...

    104 Nobara Linux alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. Bluefin icon
     15 likes

    Next-gen Linux workstation focusing on sustainable design, reliability, and power, delivers Chromebook-like ease, GNOME desktop, image-based updating, Flathub application access, GPU drivers, near-zero maintenance, container workflows, developer tools, and cloud-native support.

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    • Linux
     
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