Slackware Alternatives

Slackware is described as 'Linux is an advanced Linux operating system, designed with the twin goals of ease of use and stability as top priorities. Including the latest popular software while retaining a sense of tradition, providing simplicity and ease of use alongside flexibility and power' and is a popular Linux Distro in the os & utilities category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Slackware for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, BSD, Mac and Windows apps. The best Slackware alternative is Linux Mint, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Slackware are Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and Arch Linux.

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  1. 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...

    81 KolibriOS alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
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  2. 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

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    • Linux
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  3. PureDarwin icon
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    Darwin is the Open Source operating system from Apple that forms the basis for Mac OS X, and PureDarwin is a community project to make Darwin more usable (some people think of it as the informal successor to OpenDarwin.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  4. HP-UX icon
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    HP-UX is Hewlett Packard Enterprise's proprietary implementation of the Unix operating system, based on UNIX System V (initially System III) and first released in 1984. Recent versions support the HP 9000 series of computer systems, based on the PA-RISC instruction set...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
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  5. GreenteaOS icon
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    A warm and cozy, open-source operating system compatible with existing apps, games and drivers. The main idea is to efficiently create a compatible environment for existing software and provide the best user experience on a personal computer.

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    • Self-Hosted
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  6. Peropesis icon
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    Peropesis is a small-scale, minimalist, command-line-based Linux operating system. It's an incomplete system, but it's constantly being improved. Also, it is a free operating system created from a free software.

    55 Peropesis alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  7. Ubuntu Cloud icon
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    Ubuntu Cloud is an open source Linux operating system designed to be used as a personal cloud server. It is based on the well known Ubuntu Linux distribution and recognized as an official Ubuntu flavor, distributed by Canonical.

    143 Ubuntu Cloud alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  8. SemiCode OS icon
     7 likes

    Best Linux distro for programmers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  9. Minoca OS icon
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    Minoca OS is a general purpose operating system designed specifically for feature-rich embedded devices. It's got all the high-level functionality that you've come to expect from an operating system, but offers it in a fraction of the memory footprint.

    149 Minoca OS alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Self-Hosted
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  10. Bluestar Linux is an Arch Linux-based distribution, built with an understanding that people want and need a solid Operating System that provides a breadth of functionality and ease of use without sacrificing aesthetics.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  11. ArozOS icon
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    General purposed Web Desktop Operating Platform / OS for Raspberry Pis, Now written in Go! - tobychui/arozos

    164 ArozOS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  12. carbonOS icon
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    carbonOS is designed to be minimal and intuitive. It gets out of your way and lets you focus on your work. Powerful features like system-wide search and the control center make it easy to accomplish quick tasks without opening any other apps.

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    • Linux
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