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Raspberry Pi Desktop (aka PIXEL)

Debian with Raspberry Pi Desktop is the Foundation's operating system for PC and Mac.

Best Raspberry Pi Desktop (aka PIXEL) Alternatives & Competitors in 2025

The best Raspberry Pi Desktop (aka PIXEL) alternatives based on verified products, community votes, reviews and other factors.
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  1. The LXQt team is proud to announce the release of qtermwidget and qterminal, both in version 0. 8. 0. Read more..

    /lxqt-alternatives
  2. Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment for UNIX-like operating systems. It aims to be fast and low on system resources, while still being visually appealing and user friendly.

    /xfce-alternatives
  3. Why will you like it? Less resource needs. You can use it on your less-pricey embedded board or salvaged computer. Component-based design. Don't want something in LXDE, or you don't want to use LXDE but only part of it?

    /lxde-alternatives
  4. A dynamic tiling window manager designed for X11, inspired by wmii, and written in C.

    Open Source

    /i3-alternatives
  5. Wayland compositor with 3d effects.

    /wayfire-alternatives
  6. Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with extensive standards support.

    /openbox-alternatives
  7. /lightdm-alternatives
  8. The KDE® Community is a free software community dedicated to creating an open and user-friendly computing experience, offering an advanced graphical desktop, a wide variety of applications for communication, work, education and entertainment and …

    /kde-alternatives
  9. Plasma Workspaces is the umbrella term for all graphical environments provided by KDE.

    /kde-plasma-desktop-alternatives
  10. xmonad is a dynamically tiling X11 window manager that is written and configured in Haskell.

    Open Source

    /xmonad-alternatives
  11. A tiling window manager based on binary space partitioning

    /bspwm-alternatives
  12. Hyprland is a dynamic tiling Wayland compositor that doesn't sacrifice on its looks. - GitHub - vaxerski/Hyprland: Hyprland is a dynamic tiling Wayland compositor that doesn't sacrifice on ...

    /hyprland-alternatives
  13. dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled, monocle and floating layouts. All of the layouts can be applied dynamically, optimising the environment for the application in use and the task performed.

    /dwm-alternatives
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