GNU Guix Alternatives

GNU Guix is described as 'A purely functional package manager and an advanced distribution of the GNU operating system developed by the GNU Project—which respects the freedom of computer users' and is a Linux Distro in the os & utilities category. There are more than 100 alternatives to GNU Guix for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Self-Hosted, Windows and BSD apps. The best GNU Guix alternative is Linux Mint, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GNU Guix are Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and Arch Linux.

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  1. Aurora OS icon
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    Aurora is a delightful KDE desktop experience for end-users that are looking for reliability and developers for the most-hassle free setup. Zero maintenance included.

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    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Fedora
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  2. Gentoo icon
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    Gentoo Linux is a versatile, fast, highly configurable and completely free Linux and FreeBSD distribution geared towards developers and network professionals.

    202 Gentoo alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  3. Raspberry Pi OS icon
     113 likes

    Raspberry Pi OS (previously called Raspbian) is the Foundation’s official supported operating system. You can install it with NOOBS or download the image below and follow our installation guide.

    202 Raspberry Pi OS alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi
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  4. Windows 11 icon
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    Experience the latest Windows OS with a new Start menu, integrated Teams, and gaming technologies like Auto HDR. Improved security with stricter requirements enhances protection, and seamless Microsoft Account integration makes it ideal for modern devices.

    178 Windows 11 alternatives

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  5. CentOS icon
     154 likes

    CentOS is a community-supported, free and open source operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It exists to provide a free enterprise class computing platform and strives to maintain 100% binary compatibility with its upstream distribution.

    150 CentOS alternatives

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    • Linux
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  6. Nobara Linux icon
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    The Nobara Project, to put it simply, is a modified version of Fedora Linux with user-friendly fixes added to it. Fedora is a very good workstation OS, however, anything involving any kind of 3rd party or proprietary packages is usually...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  7. Artix Linux icon
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    Artix Linux is a fork (or continuation as an autonomous project) of the Arch-OpenRC and Manjaro-OpenRC projects. Artix Linux offers a lightweight, rolling-release operating system featuring the OpenRC init software.

    94 Artix Linux alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  8. Haiku icon
     104 likes

    Haiku is an open-source operating system that specifically targets personal computing. Inspired by the BeOS, Haiku is fast, simple to use, easy to learn and yet very powerful.

    236 Haiku alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Haiku
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  9. Devuan icon
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    Devuan GNU+Linux is a fork of Debian without systemd that allows users to reclaim control over their system by avoiding unnecessary entanglements and ensuring Init Freedom.

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  10. Red Hat is the leader in development, deployment, and management of Linux and open source solutions for Internet infrastructure - ranging from embedded devices to secure Web servers. Red Hat was founded in 1994 by visionary entrepreneurs Bob Young and Marc Ewing.

    195 Red Hat Enterprise Linux alternatives

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  11. OpenBSD icon
     72 likes

    The OpenBSD project produces a FREE, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system. Our efforts emphasize portability, standardization, correctness, proactive security and integrated cryptography.

    201 OpenBSD alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • BSD
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