Oracle Solaris is the #1 enterprise OS, delivering breakthrough high-availability, security, efficiency, and industry-leading scalability/performance.
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- Proprietary
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- Self-Hosted
United States
Ubuntu Server Alternatives
Ubuntu Server is described as 'The leading platform for scale-out computing, Ubuntu Server helps you make the most of your infrastructure. Whether you want to deploy an OpenStack cloud, a Hadoop cluster or a 50,000-node render farm, Ubuntu Server delivers the best value scale-out performance available' and is a operating system in the os & utilities category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Ubuntu Server for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, BSD, Windows and Mac apps. The best Ubuntu Server alternative is Debian, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ubuntu Server are Fedora, Tails, Zorin OS and Manjaro Linux.
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Amazon Linux 2 is a Linux operating system from Amazon Web Services (AWS). It provides a security-focused, stable, and high-performance execution environment to develop and run cloud applications. Amazon Linux 2 is provided at no additional charge.
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- Free
- Proprietary
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- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Amazon Web Services
207 ALT Linux alternativesALT Linux is a set of RPM-based, APT-managed operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel and Sisyphus package repository branches. ALT Linux Rescue is, well, the disaster recovery tool.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Linux
Russia
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169 Ultramarine Linux alternatives100% Fedora-compatible Linux distribution with stable updates, open-source packages, out-of-the-box tweaks, and enhanced setup for developers and everyday users, streamlining software creation, packaging, and immediate usability across all experience levels.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Linux
- Global
56 EU OS alternativesCommunity-led Proof-of-Concept for a common free Operating System for the EU public sector.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Linux
Germany
EU
Oracle Linux is a 100% binary compatible RHEL rebuild (just like CentOS) with many advantages: less delays between updates and security fixes to be available and BTRFS support.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Linux
- United States
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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- Linux
New Zealand
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166 Nitrux OS alternativesDebian-based Linux OS emphasizing beauty and efficiency. Uses KDE Plasma 5, AppImages, and OpenRC instead of systemd. Integrated with Maui Apps and Liquorix kernel for high responsiveness. Includes Firefox, NX Software Center, comprehensive app suite, and hardware probing.
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- Free
- Open Source
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Platforms
- Linux
Mexico
+4
SparkyLinux is a Debian-based Linux distribution which provides ready to use, out of the box operating system with a set of slightly customized lightweight desktops.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Linux
+3
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
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- Linux
India
211 GNU Guix alternativesA 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.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Linux
- Self-Hosted
- GNU Hurd
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Windows Server 2012, codenamed "Windows Server 8", is the sixth release of Windows Server. It is the server version of Windows 8 and succeeds Windows Server 2008 R2. Two pre-release versions, a developer preview and a beta version, were released during development.
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- Paid
- Proprietary
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- Windows
- United States
