Essence Alternatives

Essence is described as 'A desktop operating system built from scratch, for control and simplicity' and is a operating system in the os & utilities category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Essence for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, BSD, Mac and Windows apps. The best Essence alternative is Arch Linux, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Essence are ReactOS, Lubuntu, Raspberry Pi OS and Puppy Linux.

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  1. Oracle Solaris icon
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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
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  2. illumos icon
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    illumos is a free and open-source Unix operating system. It derives from OpenSolaris, which in turn derives from SVR4 UNIX and Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). illumos comprises a kernel, device drivers, system libraries, and utility software for system administration.

    169 illumos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. Slax icon
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    Slax is a minimalist desktop live CD based on Debian's "stable" branch, it boots into a simple desktop using the Fluxbox window manager which offers a small collection of applications.

    49 Slax alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  4. RebornOS icon
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    The unofficial successor of Antergos, RebornOS is an Arch-based distro that focuses on allowing the user to decide exactly how they want their system while making it easy for anyone to do so - both during installation and afterwards.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  5. Archcraft icon
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    A Fast, friendly, open-source operating system, for newbies, geeks & DIY enthusiasts.

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    • Linux
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  6. AROS icon
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    The AROS Research Operating System is a lightweight, efficient, and flexible desktop operating system, designed to help you make the most of your computer. It's an independent, portable and free project, aiming at being compatible with AmigaOS at the API level (like Wine...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • AROS
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  7. Node OS icon
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    NodeOS is a lightweight operating system using Node.js as userspace and managed by npm. Any package in npm is a NodeOS package, which at last count was 244,180 packages. The goal of NodeOS is to provide just enough to let npm provide the rest.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  8. Dragora icon
     8 likes

    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...

    152 Dragora alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  9. Kumuda OS icon
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    An operating system designed with latest features and security for everyone who want to unleash their potential.

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
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