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 Mac 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. GreenteaOS icon
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    A warm and cozy, open-source operating system compatible with existing apps, games and drivers. The main idea is to efficiently create a compatible environment for existing software and provide the best user experience on a personal computer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. SnowflakeOS icon
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    SnowflakeOS is a NixOS based Linux distribution focused on beginner friendliness and ease of use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. 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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Regolith Linux is a distro for people that prefer a spartan interface with polished and consistent system management. It brings together a trifecta of Ubuntu’s ubiquity, i3 -wm’s efficient and productive interface, and Gnome’s system...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Ubuntu
    • i3
     
  5. PCLinuxOS icon
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    PCLinuxOS is a free easy to use Linux-based Operating System for desktops or laptops.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. Knoppix icon
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    Knoppix is an operating system based on Debian designed to be run directly from a CD / DVD (Live CD) or a USB key (Live USB), one of the first of its kind for any operating system. When starting a program, it is loaded from the removable medium and decompressed into a RAM drive.

    95 Knoppix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. PikaOS icon
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    PikaOS is a gaming focused Linux distribution focussing on ease of use and high compatability. Using the know how from Nobara combined with a Ubuntu base.

    18 PikaOS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Linspire icon
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    Linspire is a 64 bit Linux based OS, that is geared towards the business, education and government worker. It has all the applications business users will need for work, research and deployment among very high end desktop systems.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. Bedrock Linux icon
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    Bedrock Linux is a meta Linux distribution which allows users to utilize features from other, typically mutually exclusive distributions. Essentially, users can mix-and-match components as desired. For example, one could have:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. NixBSD icon
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    NixBSD is an attempt to make a reproducible and declarable BSD, based on NixOS. Although theoretically much of this work could be copied to build other BSDs, all work thus far has been focused on building a FreeBSD distribution.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
     
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    Crystal Linux is a brand new Arch Linux based distribution. Friendly, powerful and easy to use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • GNOME
     
  12. Freespire icon
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    The Freespire Operating System is the open source and free as in beer release of the commercial Linspire operating system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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