Alternatives to Windows XP for all platforms with any license

Ubuntu

Ubuntu is a Debian Linux-based open source operating system for desktop computers.
- Stable, familiar user interface, safer than Windows from malware, lots of software available. And especially the Lubuntu version, runs VERY well on older computers with less power and memory. Guest • Jun 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
Free Open Source Windows Linux Windows S
Customizable Based on Debian OTA Updates Privacy Protection ... Support for Unicode Add a feature

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Debian

Debian is a free distribution of the GNU/Linux operating system. It is distributed with access to repositories containing thousands of software packages ready for...

Free Open Source Windows Linux Windows S BSD Self-Hosted
Rolling release Based on Debian Package Manager Customizable ... Package Control UI customization Add a feature

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Linux Mint

Linux Mint is one of the most popular desktop Linux distributions and used by millions of people. The purpose of Linux Mint is to produce a modern, elegant and...
- it s all in + User frendly (you dont need to know what an Admin is,if U r root = it s 4 Relatives = They need no (less) support = YOUR Live become easy ;-))) Guest • Jan 2018
Free Open Source Linux Ubuntu
Dark theme Ad-free Built-in File Manager Customizable ... Based on Debian Multiple languages Out Of The Box Privacy focused Privacy Protection Windows-like XFCE support Add a feature

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Windows 7

Windows 7 is the successor to Windows Vista . The new OS introduces a compelling combination of welcome innovations and much-needed...

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- Discontinued Mainstream support for Windows 7 ended on January 13, 2015. Extended support with security updates ends on January 14, 2020.
Windows 10

Windows 10 is a personal computer operating system released by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems To encourage its adoption, Microsoft...
- If you **must** use Windows then Windows 10 is the best Windows XP alternative, primarily because XP is no longer supported, no longer receives security updates and should be considered a security liability. JohnFastman • Jan 2017 • 3 agrees and 5 disagrees
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Onedrive integration Tablet support Transactional SMS Add a feature

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Arch Linux

Arch Linux is an independently developed, i686- and x86_64-optimised Linux distribution targeted at competent Linux users. It uses pacman, its home-grown package...

Free Open Source Linux
Rolling release Customizable Arch User Repository ARM support ... Lightweight Package Control Add a feature

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Fedora

The Fedora Project is an openly-developed project designed by Red Hat , open for general participation, led by a meritocracy, following a set of project objectives.

Free Open Source Linux
Key rebinding Multiple languages Out Of The Box Separated workspaces Add a feature

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elementary OS

elementary OS is a free, fast and aesthetically pleasing operating system based on Ubuntu .

Free Open Source Linux
macOS-like Configurable Debian package compatible Distraction-free UI ... Out Of The Box Based on Ubuntu Add a feature

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macOS

macOS is a Unix-based operating system developed and marketed by Apple Inc., Designed to run on Macintosh computers.

Commercial Mac
Powerful render engine Privacy focused Privacy Protection QuickLook File Preview ... Spotlight Voice Commands Add a feature

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Manjaro Linux

Manjaro is a user-friendly Linux distribution based on the independently developed Arch operating system.

Free Open Source Linux Arch Linux
Based on Arch Linux Community based Configurable Customizable ... Support for Nvidia drivers Out Of The Box Plasma based Rolling release Security focused X86/x64 Compatibility Add a feature

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Xubuntu

Xubuntu is an elegant and easy-to-use operating system. Xubuntu comes with Xfce, which is a stable, light and configurable desktop environment.
- The low resource use of XFCE would be useful for running on the older computers that had Windows XP installed. Buster_Blue • Sep 2017
Free Open Source Linux Self-Hosted Ubuntu Debian
Lightweight Based on Debian Based on Ubuntu Add a feature

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ReactOS

ReactOS is a free, modern operating system in alpha stage, based on the design of Windows XP/2003. Written completely from scratch, it aims to follow the Windows...
- It runs Windows software on a free OS, but it's not finished. Guest • Jan 2018 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Its a great looking operating system for Windows users but its still in alpha and not finished i love the look and feel of react os but its too unstable Guest • 13 days ago
Free Open Source Windows
Windows XP Compatibility Lightweight Nt kernel Community based ... Easy Install Package Manager Run Windows software Support for BTRFS Windows-like Add a feature

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Lubuntu

Lubuntu is a faster, more lightweight and energy saving variant of Ubuntu using LXDE, the lightweight X11 Desktop Environment.

Free Open Source Linux
Lightweight Customizable Based on Debian Based on Ubuntu ... XFCE support Add a feature

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openSUSE

openSUSE is a free and Linux-based operating system for your PC, Laptop or Server. The openSUSE distribution is a stable, easy to use and complete multi-purpose...

Free Open Source Linux
Community based Customizable Privacy Protection Rolling release Add a feature

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FreeBSD

FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for x86 compatible (including Pentium® and Athlon™), amd64 compatible (including Opteron™, Athlon™64, and EM64T), ARM...

Free Open Source BSD Self-Hosted
ARM support Package Control Unix-like Add a feature

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Windows XP Comments

about Windows XP and Windows 7 · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Flexible but a little unstable (and insecure, but the service packs helped with that), Windows XP was a decent Operating System.

Windows 7 is still one of the greatest OS of all time though, and I am going to stick with it (except for some older games that I run with XP Mode).

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about Windows XP and Windows 2000, Windows 7 · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Been using since 2002, I'll switch to 7, when I get a new computer, but MS finally got Windows right with XP (2000 was good too).

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about Windows XP and Windows 7 · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful -1 Helpful Report as spam

I'm so glad i switched to Windows 7. I hated XP, bluescreen every 10 minutes.

Atoshi · Dec 2015

I can't agree, for me XP was one of the most stable OS-es i used, and BSODs occured very occasionally. You must've been using weird hardware with very buggy kernel-mode drivers, that is the most common cause of kernel panics.

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