Top 15 Stella GNU/Linux Distro Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

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 basically Centos!

Stella comes bundled with various 3rd party repos:
- EPEL
- ElRepo
- Adobe
- nux-dextop (repo containing additional programs, mostly desktop oriented)

1. Parabola

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2. SUSE Linux Enterprise

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3. Bridge Linux

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4. UTUTO

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5. Kahel OS

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6. Antergos

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7. Imagineos

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8. Webconverger

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9. Devuan

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10. YunoHost

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11. Salix OS

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12. Less Systemd GNU/Linux

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13. Viperr

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14. FreeBSD

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15. gNewSense

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