Raspberry Pi OS Alternatives

Raspberry Pi OS is described as '(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' and is a very popular Linux Distro in the os & utilities category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Raspberry Pi OS for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, BSD, Windows and Mac apps. The best Raspberry Pi OS alternative is Ubuntu, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Raspberry Pi OS are Arch Linux, Zorin OS, CachyOS and Kubuntu.

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    ParticleOS is a fully customizable immutable distribution implementing the concepts described in Fitting Everything Together.

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    • Linux
     
  2. UbuntuCE icon
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    Ubuntu Christian Edition (UbuntuCE) is a free, open source operating system geared towards Christians. Ubuntu is a complete Linux-based operating system, freely available with both community and professional support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. KolibriOS icon
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    KolibriOS is a tiny yet incredibly powerful and fast operating system. This power requires only a few megabyte disk space and 8MB of RAM to run. Kolibri features a rich set of applications that include word processor, image viewer, graphical editor, web browser and well over 30...

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. SemiCode OS icon
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    Best Linux distro for programmers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. Essence icon
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    A desktop operating system built from scratch, for control and simplicity.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. RISC OS icon
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    Risc OS is an open-source OS specifically designed to run on the ARM chipset.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BeagleBoard
    • Raspberry Pi
     
  7. Hanthana Linux icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. AcademiX GNU/Linux is a Debian-based Linux distribution developed specifically for education. The distribution was built on the Debian Linux (Stretch / Buster) distribution and contains free software for education.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. Our goal is to create a simple and intuitive Arch Linux installer, focusing on improving the user experience. Some of Anarchy's features are:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. 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)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. ZealOS icon
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    The Zeal Operating System is a modernized, professional fork of the 64-bit Temple Operating System. Guiding principles of development include transparency, full user control, and adherence to public-domain/open-source implementations.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  12. GNOME OS icon
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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
     
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