Windows XP Alternatives
Windows XP is described as 'Line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, and media centers. The name "XP" is short for "experience"' and is a very popular operating system in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Windows XP for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Self-Hosted, Mac and BSD apps. The best Windows XP alternative is Linux Mint, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Windows XP are Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and Arch Linux.
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Plop Linux is a small distribution built from scratch that can boot from CD, DVD, USB flash drive (UFD), USB hard disk or from network with PXE. It's designed to rescue data from a damaged system, backup and restore operating systems, automate tasks and more.
Frugalware Linux is an independently developed general purpose desktop Linux distribution designed for intermediate users. It follows simple Slackware -like design concepts and includes the .
Hanthana is a Linux based operating system and a Fedora remix suitable for desktop and laptop users. Hanthana comes to you in the form of a Live CD for regular PC (i686 architecture) systems.
Dragora GNU/Linux is a distribution created from scratch with the intention of providing a stable, multi-platform and multi-purpose operating system. It is built upon 100% free software. It has a very simple packaging system that allows installing, removing, upgrading and...
Korora is an installable Fedora Remix Live USB image which aims to provide a complete out of the box experience for new users, including support for multimedia.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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- Discontinued
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- Linux
151 Superb Mini Server alternativesSuperb Mini Server (SMS) is a Slackware-based server distribution with web, DNS, DHCP, file, print and fax servers, iptables firewall, mail server with spam filter and anti-virus scanner, and BitTorrent station.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application types
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
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- Online
The XPerience Project is the most popular Web-based alternative to Windows XP.
- The XPerience Project is Free and Proprietary
33 DeLicate Linux alternativesDeLi(cate) is a fork of DeLi Linux 0.8 targeted at very old and low RAM computers. It also works very efficiently on ordinary computers where you want to run lightweight applications and avoid the bulk of ordinary distributions.
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