The Best 125 Scientific Linux Alternatives

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    Oracle Solaris

    Oracle Solaris is the #1 enterprise OS, delivering breakthrough high-availability, security, efficiency, and industry-leading scalability/performance.

    Commercial Self-Hosted

  • Node OS icon

    Node OS

    NodeOS is a Linux-based operating system built entirely in Javascript and managed by npm.

    Free Open Source Linux Self-Hosted GitHub

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    antiX

    antiX is a fast, lightweight and easy-to-install linux live CD distribution based on MEPIS and Debian's testing branch for Intel/AMD x86-compatible systems. antiX...

    Free Open Source Linux

    Lightweight Based on Debian
  • Semplice Linux icon

    Semplice Linux

    Semplice Linux is a simple, fast and lightweight distribution based on Debian's unstable branch. It includes a small collection of up-to-date applications running on...

    Free Open Source Linux Debian

    Lightweight Based on Debian
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    SolydXK

    solydx and solydk are debian based distributions with the xfce and kde desktop.

    Free Open Source Linux

  • Black Lab Linux icon

    Black Lab Linux

    Black Lab Linux is a custom Linux distribution that focuses on bringing stability to desktop Linux. This system provides high performance and enhanced multimedia...

    Free Linux Self-Hosted

  • BunsenLabs icon

    BunsenLabs

    BunsenLabs Linux is a distribution offering a light-weight and easily customizable Openbox desktop. The current release is Hydrogen, built on top of Debian Jessie. The...

    Free Open Source Linux

    Lightweight Based on Debian
  • GhostBSD icon

    GhostBSD

    ghostbsd is a user friendly desktop operating system based on freebsd , which attempts to conform to the single unix specification.

    Free Open Source BSD

  • Snappy Ubuntu icon

    Snappy Ubuntu

    snappy ubuntu core is a new rendition of ubuntu with transactional updates - a minimal server image with the same libraries as...

    Free Open Source Linux

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise icon

    SUSE Linux Enterprise

    SUSE is the original provider of the enterprise Linux distribution and the most interoperable platform for mission-critical computing. It's the only Linux...

    Free Open Source Linux

  • Pearl OS icon

    Pearl OS

    Pearl Linux OS has been available for free download since 12/2014 with our first release simply titled Pearl Linux. It was based on the 14.04 released version of Ubuntu....

    Free Open Source Linux

  • CloudReady icon

    CloudReady

    CloudReady is a operating system built and maintained by Neverware. Based on Google’s open source Chromium OS, CloudReady uses web apps and cloud storage instead of...

    Freemium Linux Chrome OS

  • KaOS icon

    KaOS

    KaOS is a desktop Linux distribution that features the latest version of the KDE desktop environment, the Calligra office suite, and other popular software applications...

    Free Open Source Linux

  • PureOS (Purism) icon

    PureOS (Purism)

    PureOS is a derivative of Debian GNU/Linux main, with added emphasis on privacy protection, where we have preinstalled the best privacy-protecting software applications...

    Free Open Source Linux

  • OpenMandriva Lx icon

    OpenMandriva Lx

    The OpenMandriva distribution is a full-featured Linux desktop and server, sponsored by the OpenMandriva Association, and is based on ROSA, a Russian Linux distribution...

    Free Open Source Linux

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    Pop!_OS

    Pop!_OS is designed for people who use their computer to create; whether it’s complicated, professional grade software and products, sophisticated 3D models, computer...

    Free Open Source Linux