Best Top 20 Ubuntu Linux Alternatives (Pros and Cons)

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Ubuntu Linux

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Fedora

Fedora Linux is produced by the Fedora Project, a non-profit organization supported by Red Hat, an IBM subsidiary. Fedora is a free and open-source operating system that strives to be at the forefront of free technology. It is the upstream source of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

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Artix Linux

Artix Linux is a rolling-release distribution based on Arch Linux, which uses OpenRC, runit, s6, suite66, or dinit as init rather than systemd. It is possible to utilize packages from the Arch Linux repositories or any other derivative distribution, even those that expressly depend on systemd, on Artix Linux, as it is a pacman-based distribution. AUR (Arch User Repository) can also be used as another option. Arch OpenRC was first built in 2012, while Manjaro OpenRC was created at the same time. Artix Linux was born out of the merger of these projects in 2017.

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4

Zorin OS

Zorin OS is based on Ubuntu and it comes with a GNOME 3 or XFCE 4 desktop environment, but it’s highly tailored to enable Windows and macOS users to switch to Linux. It is designed to make your computer faster, more powerful and secure.

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Fedora Linux is produced by the Fedora Project, a non-profit organization supported by Red Hat, an IBM subsidiary. Fedora is a free and open-source operating system that strives to be at the forefront of free technology. It is the upstream source of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

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Kubuntu

Kubuntu is an official Ubuntu flavor that uses the KDE Plasma Desktop instead of GNOME and shares the same underlying system as Ubuntu. Ubuntu’s repository is also used by Kubuntu and it releases packages on the same schedule.

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KDE neon

KDE neon is a KDE-developed Linux alternative distribution based on the current Ubuntu long-term support (LTS) release and the software includes a collection of additional software repositories containing the newest 64-bit versions of the Plasma 5 desktop environment/framework, the Qt 5 toolkit, and other suitable KDE software.

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Solus OS

Solus is an independent OS based on the Linux kernel and offering the Budgie, GNOME, MATE, or KDE Plasma desktop environments. It’s package manager, eopkg, is based on Pardus Linux’s PiSi package management system and fresh package updates land in the stable repository every Friday. Solus’ creators declare that it is designed solely for home PCs and does not include applications designed for enterprise or server systems. A good Linux OS for Ubuntu alternatives.

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CentOS

CentOS Linux works very well for high availability clustering. It contains native packages for DRBD which enables high availability.

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Manjaro

Manjaro is an Arch Linux-based free and open-source Linux alternative distribution. Manjaro is designed to work straight out of the box with its selection of pre-installed apps. In addition, it employs Pacman as a package manager.

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elementary OS

Elementary OS is based on Ubuntu LTS and it calls itself as a thoughtful, capable, and ethical alternative to macOS and Windows and the added benefit that it is free. Elementary, Inc. develops and maintains the operating system, desktop environment and it’s applications.

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Arch Linux

Artix Linux is a rolling-release distribution based on Arch Linux, which uses OpenRC, runit, s6, suite66, or dinit as init rather than systemd. It is possible to utilize packages from the Arch Linux repositories or any other derivative distribution, even those that expressly depend on systemd, on Artix Linux, as it is a pacman-based distribution. AUR (Arch User Repository) can also be used as another option. Arch OpenRC was first built in 2012, while Manjaro OpenRC was created at the same time. Artix Linux was born out of the merger of these projects in 2017.

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13

Linux Mint

It is based on Ubuntu and is a community-driven Linux distribution that is based on Debian. It comes with a lot of free and open-source apps and provides full out-of-the-box multimedia support for people who want to add their own software, like codecs for multimedia, to their PC. The Linux Mint project was started by Clément Lefèbvre and is still being worked on by the Linux Mint team and other users.

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Slackware

Slackware was designed by Patrick Volkerding in 1993. Based on the Softlanding Linux System, Slackware is the oldest Linux distribution still maintained. It strives not to anticipate user situations or preclude user decisions. Unlike most recent Linux distributions, Slackware does not offer graphical installation or automatic package dependency resolution. Slackware is available for IA-32 and x86 64, with an ARM port.

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Gentoo

Some larger packages or those without source code have precompiled binaries. Gentoo Linux takes its name from the Gentoo penguin. The name was selected to emphasize machine-specific optimization, a key Gentoo feature.

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Debian

It is based on Ubuntu and is a community-driven Linux distribution that is based on Debian. It comes with a lot of free and open-source apps and provides full out-of-the-box multimedia support for people who want to add their own software, like codecs for multimedia, to their PC. The Linux Mint project was started by Clément Lefèbvre and is still being worked on by the Linux Mint team and other users.

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openSUSE

OpenSUSE is recognized for its Linux distributions, particularly Tumbleweed and Leap. MicroOS and Kubic are new transactional self-contained desktop and container distributions. The community project started with a beta of SUSE Linux 10. OpenSUSE Leap 15.3 is the current fixed release.

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Kali Linux

Kali Linux is a Linux distribution, that was created purely for the purpose of penetration testing and ethical hacking. Kali Linux is Debian-based Linux distribution that is maintained by top feature security.

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Puppy Linux

Puppy Linux is an easy-to-use and memory-efficient Linux distribution with it’s entire system can be run from RAM, with current versions taking up around 600 MB (64-bit) and 300 MB (32-bit). Included are AbiWord, Gnumeric, MPlayer, several lightweight web browsers, and a utility for downloading other packages.

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Lubuntu

Lubuntu is a lightweight Linux system based on Ubuntu that utilizes LXQt instead of GNOME. Lubuntu claims to be lighter, less resource-hungry, and more energy-efficient. Lubuntu is a combination of LXQt and Ubuntu.

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Xubuntu

Xubuntu is a community-maintained and built with Ubuntu as a base. Instead of Ubuntu’s GNOME desktop environment, Xubuntu uses the Xfce desktop environment. It ‘s goal is a light, stable and configurable desktop environment with conservative workflows.

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