Kano OS is described as 'An open-source OS for exploration, creation, and play. Kano OS is based on the Raspbian OS which itself is based on Debian, a Linux based operating system' and is a operating system in the education & reference category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Kano OS for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, BSD, Mac and Windows apps. The best Kano OS alternative is Linux Mint, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Kano OS are Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and Arch Linux.