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Top 8 Open-Source Alternatives to GNU+Linux

Haiku Android NetBSD Ubuntu Linux Mint GrapheneOS Solus OS Arch Linux

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to GNU+Linux are Haiku, Android, and NetBSD. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
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    Haiku is an open source OS catered specifically to the needs of personal computing.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Linux #Linux Distribution #Operating Systems 10 social mentions

  2. Android is an open source mobile operating system initially released by Google in 2008 and has since become of the most widely used operating systems on any platform.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Mobile OS #Mobile SDK #Operating Systems 11 social mentions

  3. 3
    PowerPC, Alpha, SPARC, MIPS, SH3, ARM, amd64, i386, m68k, VAX: Of course it runs NetBSD.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Operating Systems #Linux #Linux Distribution 3 social mentions

  4. 4
    Ubuntu is a Debian Linux-based open source operating system for desktop computers.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Linux #Operating Systems #Linux Distribution 229 social mentions

  5. Linux Mint is one of the most popular desktop Linux distributions and used by millions of people.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Linux Distribution #Linux #Operating Systems 423 social mentions

  6. GrapheneOS is an open source privacy and security focused mobile OS with Android app compatibility.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Mobile OS #Mobile SDK #Roms 388 social mentions

  7. Solus Operating System is a Linux distribution built from scratch, exclusively for desktop systems.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Linux #Operating Systems #Linux Distribution 6 social mentions

  8. You've reached the website for Arch Linux, a lightweight and flexible Linux® distribution that tries to Keep It Simple. Currently we have official packages optimized for the x86-64 architecture.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Linux #Linux Distribution #Operating Systems 256 social mentions

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