GNOME OS is described as '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' and is a Linux Distro in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to GNOME OS for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, BSD, Windows and Mac apps. The best GNOME OS alternative is Linux Mint, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GNOME OS are Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and Arch Linux.