Top 15 Windows 98 Alternative and Similar Softwares | Nov 2024

1. Windows Millennium Edition

Windows Millennium Edition, also know as Windows ME, is the last version of Windows based in MS-DOS. It is the successor to Windows 98. Windows ME's business counterpart is Windows 2000....... TpSort Score | 1,030,000

2. AmigaOS 3.1

This version was originally shipped with the Amiga 1200 and Amiga 4000 computers. Version added datatypes support and Workbench could load any background image in any format if the required datatype was installed. This feature was also used in Multiview. Its capabilities were directly related to the datatypes installed in...... TpSort Score | 23,500,000

3. AmigaOS 3.9

The AmigaOS look and feel, though still largely based on the earlier 3.1 release was revised somewhat, with an improved user interface based on ReAction, improved icon rendering and official support for true color backdrops. These releases included support for existing third-party GUI enhancements, such as NewIcons, by integrating these...... TpSort Score | 6,280,000

4. Windows XP

Windows XP is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, and media centers. The name "XP" is short for "experience".The two major editions are Windows XP Home Edition, designed for home users, and Windows XP Professional, designed for...... TpSort Score | 126,000,000

5. AROS

The AROS Research Operating System is a lightweight, efficient, and flexible desktop operating system, designed to help you make the most of your computer. It's an independent, portable and free project, aiming at being compatible with AmigaOS at the API level (like Wine, unlike UAE), while improving on it in...... TpSort Score | 1,390,000

6. Kahel OS

KahelOS is the first and remains to be the only Filipino Linux Distro with the rolling release model on Arch GNU/Linux + GNOME . In the community, it is the first to release (non-beta) such Linux OS on Arch Linux + GNOME . KahelOS is not just...... TpSort Score | 59,800,000

7. RLSD

RLSD is a small, "live" Linux-libre distribution with retro applications for the i686 and x86_64 architectures. It revives old hardware and the way computing used to be in the late 90s.The distro used to be known as "DSLR", which stood for "Damn Small Linux Remake"....... TpSort Score | 28,200,000

8. Stella GNU/Linux Distro

Stella is desktop focused, based on CentOS _remix_. Stella is not a fork.It is available as installable Live media and contains standard Centos software plus some multimedia and desktop additions.The Base repos are not overridden. Besides the changed artwork and naming what you get under the hood is...... TpSort Score | 2,040,000

9. Damn Small Linux

Damn Small Linux is a very versatile 50MB mini desktop oriented Linux distribution.Damn Small is small enough and smart enough to do the following things: * Boot from a business card CD as a live linux distribution (LiveCD) * Boot from a USB pen drive * Boot from within a...... TpSort Score | 279,000

10. Mandriva Linux

Mandriva Linux is a French Linux distribution . Was launched in 1998 under the name of Mandrake Linux, with the goal of making Linux easier to use for everyone. At that time, Linux was already well-known as a powerful and stable operating system that demanded strong technical knowledge and extensive...... TpSort Score | 467,000

11. Windows Home Server

Windows Home Server, code-named Quattro, is a home server operating system from Microsoft. Announced on 7 January 2007, at the Consumer Electronics Show by Bill Gates, Windows Home Server is intended to be a solution for homes with multiple connected PCs to offer file sharing, automated backups, and remote access....... TpSort Score | 1,910,000

12. MeeGo

MeeGo is an open source, Linux based OS project which brings together the Moblin project, headed up by Intel, and Maemo, by Nokia, into a single open source activity. MeeGo integrates the experience and skills of two significant development ecosystems, versed in communications and computing technologies. The MeeGo project believes...... TpSort Score | 404,000

13. Windows 3.1

The third Microsoft-Windows version to add a graphical user interface to MS-DOS, released in 1992. Runs on MS DOS 2.0 or newer (was not an operating system, but a program that ran on DOS). Windows 3.1 introduced better graphic, filetype, and audio/video support to users of DOS, windows 1.0, and...... TpSort Score | 563,000,000

14. ZevenOS

ZevenOS is an Ubuntu -based GNU/Linux distribution with focus on providing a fast and easy-to-use system with BeOS-like user interface and support for older hardware. The distribution is built on top of a recent Linux kernel and includes a large number of popular open-source software applications for office...... TpSort Score | 28,500,000

15. BlackBerry OS

BlackBerry OS is a proprietary mobile operating system for the BlackBerry line of smartphones, both developed by BlackBerry Limited (formerly Research In Motion). BlackBerry 10 is based on QNX, a Unix-like operating system that was originally developed by QNX Software Systems until the company was acquired by BlackBerry in April...... TpSort Score | 20,100,000