Windows Vista Alternatives

Windows Vista is described as 'The successor to Windows XP and is introducing a slew of new features some of the more notable are Windows Aero, Windows Sidebar and the new Windows Shell structure' and is a operating system in the os & utilities category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Windows Vista for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, BSD, Windows and Mac apps. The best Windows Vista alternative is Linux Mint, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Windows Vista are Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and Arch Linux.

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  1. MidnightBSD icon
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    MidnightBSD is a new BSD-derived operating system developed with desktop users in mind. It includes all the software you'd expect for your daily tasks — email, web browsing, word processing, gaming, and much more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. openmamba icon
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    openmamba GNU/Linux is a ready-to-use operating system for netbooks, notebooks, desktop and server personal computers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    CrunchBang++ is an open source and completely free [of cost (#!++ does include several of Debian’s non-free packages as well as the non-free repository)] computer operating system, designed as a continuation of the .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. ravynOS icon
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    ravynOS is a new open-source desktop operating system that aims to provide a similar experience and compatibility with macOS on x86-64 systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
     
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    Calculate Linux is based on Gentoo that is well known for its stability and great performance on a broad range of hardware: from Pentium Pro to modern CPUs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. AriOS icon
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    AriOS is an easy-to-use operating system based on Ubuntu. AriOS comes with a unique and optimized interface as well as many extra applications, multimedia codecs, flash and java plugins, and many tweaks! AriOS is not just Ubuntu+extra programs. It has been carefully desig.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. dahliaOS icon
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    dahliaOS is a modern, secure, lightweight and responsive operating system, combining the best of GNU/Linux and Fuchsia OS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. NuTyX icon
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    Simple Linux (based on LFS).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. Ubermix icon
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    The ubermix is an all-free, specially built, Linux-based operating system designed from the ground up with the needs of education in mind.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. 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
     
  11. MaboxLinux icon
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    Mabox Linux is based on Manjaro, featuring a customized Openbox window manager preconfigured to be ready to use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Manjaro Linux
     
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