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, Windows, BSD 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, Manjaro Linux, openSUSE and elementary OS.

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

    138 RISC OS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BeagleBoard
    • Raspberry Pi
     
  2. FatDog64 icon
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    Fatdog64 Linux is a small yet versatile 64-bit multi-user Linux distribution. built to run on virtually any computer with a 64-bit architecture.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. Freespire icon
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    The Freespire Operating System is the open source and free as in beer release of the commercial Linspire operating system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. Adélie is an independent Libre operating system based on the Linux kernel and musl runtime library.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. Kaisen Linux icon
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    Kaisen Linux is a distribution for IT professional based on the Debian GNU/Linux distribution. It is a complete operating system whose originality is to provide a set of tools dedicated to system administration and covering all the needs for diagnosing and dealing with faults or...

    51 Kaisen Linux alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. Karoshi icon
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    Karoshi provides a simple graphical interface that allows for quick installation, setup and maintenance of a network.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. Fusion OS icon
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    A hobby OS implemented in Nim.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. Elive OS icon
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    Elive is a non-commercial, cost-free operating system designed for everyday use, it offers a much faster, friendlier and feature-rich alternative to your expensive and ineffective default OS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Debian
     
  9. LuninuxOS icon
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    LuninuX OS is an Ubuntu -based Linux distribution designed to be beautiful, clean, simple, fast, and stable.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. Black Lab Linux is a custom Linux distribution that focuses on bringing stability to desktop Linux. This system provides high performance and enhanced multimedia capabilities to home, business, and professional desktop Linux users.

    118 Black Lab Linux alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. AriOS icon
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    AriOS is an easy-to-use operating system based on Ubuntu. AriOS comes with a unique and optimized interface as well as many extra applications, multimedia codecs, flash and java plugins, and many tweaks! AriOS is not just Ubuntu+extra programs. It has been carefully desig.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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