Top 15 Mageia Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

Mageia is a fork of Mandriva Linux formed in September 2010 by former employees and contributors to the popular French Linux distribution. Unlike Mandriva, which is a commercial entity, the Mageia project is a community project and a non-profit organisation whose goal is to develop a free Linux-based operating system.

Mageia includes several desktop managers including KDE, Gnome, XFCE, Mate, and Cinnamon.

1. Manjaro Linux

Manjaro Linux Manjaro Linux is a desktop-oriented, user-friendly distribution based on Arch Linux . Some of its more pronounced features include an intuitive installation process, automatic hardware detection, special Bash scripts for managing graphics drivers, and extra desktop configuration options. Manjaro Linux comes in three editions featuring the Xfce ,......

2. GoboLinux

GoboLinux GoboLinux is a modular Linux distribution: it organizes the programs in your system in a new, logical way. In GoboLinux you don't need a package database because the filesystem is the database: each program resides in its own directory, such as /Programs/Xorg-Lib/7.4 and /Programs/KDE-Libs/4.2.0.Instead of having parts of a program......

3. Lunar Linux

Lunar Linux Lunar Linux is a revolutionary Linux distribution in that it is not binary based, as are most distributions, but is instead built entirely by compiling source code, using your own custom optimizations. It installs a complete bootstrap development system first. After telling the Lunar package manager which software will be......

4. Qubes OS

Qubes OS Qubes is an open source operating system designed to provide strong security for desktop computing.......

5. ChaletOS

ChaletOS ChaletOS is a beginner-friendly Linux distribution based on Xubuntu and featuring the Xfce desktop. It provides a simple and intuitive desktop interface, modest hardware requirements and five years of security support. The name ChaletOS is derived from Swiss mountain houses whose concepts of simplicity, beauty and recognisability inspired the creation......

6. gNewSense

gNewSense gNewSense is a fully free software GNU/Linux distribution.Free software is software that respects your freedom. You can use it without restrictive licenses, make copies for your friends, school or business. To use free software is to make a political and ethical choice asserting your rights to learn and to share......

7. elementary OS

elementary OS elementary OS is a free, fast and aesthetically pleasing operating system based on Ubuntu .......

8. GNU Guix

GNU Guix GNU Guix (pronounced like "geeks") is a purely functional package manager and an operating system from the GNU project. The package manager is based on Nix and is powered by Guile. The OS includes a Linux-Libre kernel and dmd, a Scheme-based init system.......

9. Unity Linux

Unity Linux The community-oriented Unity Linux is a minimalist distribution and live CD based on Mandriva Linux . The project's main goal is to create a base operating system from which more complete, user-oriented distribution can easily be built - either by other distribution projects or by the users themselves. Unity......

10. PapyrOS

PapyrOS Papyros is a modern operating system which adheres to Google's Material Design guidelines and is based on Arch Linux.......

11. HandyLinux

HandyLinux HandyLinux is a user friendly desktop Operating System based on Debian that uses the Xfce desktop environment.Debian without headachesHandyLinux is accessibility for all and freedom for everyone to evolve on its own.Based on Debian GNU/Linux fast, lightweight and stable XFCE desktop environment.HandyLinux is safe, convenient and......

12. Linux Mint

Linux Mint Linux Mint is an elegant, easy to use, up to date and comfortable GNU/Linux desktop distribution. Linux Mint is an Ubuntu -based distribution whose goal is to provide a more complete out-of-the-box experience by including browser plugins, media codecs, support for DVD playback, Java and other components. It......

13. Ubuntu

Ubuntu Ubuntu is a community developed, Linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need - a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more. It is also available for phones ( http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/phone ) and tablets ( http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/tablet......

14. Debian

Debian Debian is a free distribution of the GNU/Linux operating system. It is distributed with access to repositories containing thousands of software packages ready for installation and use. Debian is known for strict adherence to the Unix and free software philosophies as well as using collaborative software development and testing processes.......

15. TinyMe

TinyMe TinyMe is a Unity Linux-based mini-distribution. It exists to ease installation of Unity Linux on older computers, to provide a minimal installation for developers, and to deliver a fast Linux installation for where only the bare essentials are needed.......