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- Free
- Open Source
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- Linux
United States
Windows 10 Alternatives
Windows 10 has been discontinued. The top-rated alternative is Linux Mint, which is free and open source. People also recommend Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and ReactOS. You're spoiled for choice with Operating Systems like Windows 10: we list more than 100 alternatives for Linux, self-hosting, Windows, Mac and Chrome OS.
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Oracle Solaris is the #1 enterprise OS, delivering breakthrough high-availability, security, efficiency, and industry-leading scalability/performance.
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- Paid
- Proprietary
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- Self-Hosted
- United States
Experience a revolutionary Linux distribution that puts you in control. With atomic updates, blazing-fast performance, and industry-leading reliability, AerynOS represents the next evolution in operating systems.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Linux
- United States
147 Chromium OS alternativesChromium OS is an open-source project, used primarily by developers, that aims to build an operating system that provides a fast, simple, and more secure computing experience for people who spend most of their time on the web.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Linux
Redox is a Unix-like Operating System written in Rust, aiming to bring the innovations of Rust to a modern microkernel and full set of applications.
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- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
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- Linux
- United States
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143 SliTaz alternativesSliTaz is a free operating system, working completely in RAM and booting from removable media such as a CD-ROM or USB key. SliTaz is distributed as a LiveCD, and weighs less than 40MB. The system is quick and responsive, clean and robust.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Linux
Switzerland
211 GNU Guix alternativesA purely functional package manager and an advanced distribution of the GNU operating system developed by the GNU Project—which respects the freedom of computer users.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Linux
- Self-Hosted
- GNU Hurd
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Netrunner is an Debian -based distribution with a focus on desktop computing. It boasts a carefully tuned KDE Plasma Plasma 5 desktop.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
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- Linux
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Linux
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With the release of GNOME 3.38.0, we started producing and distributing bootable VM images for debugging and testing features before they hit any distribution repository. We called the images GNOME OS. The name itself is not new, and what it stands for has not changed...
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- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
- GNOME
risiOS is a Fedora based OS designed to make it easier to setup, and modernize the experience.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
Software for humans of indeterminate age. We don't know how old you are. We don't want to know. We are legally required to ask. We won't.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Linux
- United States
