Top 15 OpenSolaris Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

1. 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

2. 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

3. BartPE

Barts PE Builder helps you build a BartPE (Bart Preinstalled Environment) bootable Windows CD-Rom or DVD from the original Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 installation/setup CD, very suitable for PC maintenance tasks. BartPE operates by loading system registry files into RAM, and not writing any registry changes back to...... TpSort Score | 194,000

4. 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

5. OpenIndiana

OpenIndiana is a robust enterprise operating system, based on the illumos kernel. It is open source, free to use, community developed, and suitable for servers and desktops. It forked from OpenSolaris after the discontinuation of that project by Oracle and aims to continue development and distribution of the OpenSolaris codebase....... TpSort Score | 28,800,000

6. Illumos

Illumos is a derivative of OS/Net (aka ON), which basically is a Solaris/ OpenSolaris kernel with the bulk of the drivers, core libraries, and basic utilities. It is dependent on OS/Net, which Illumos will follow very closely while allowing to retain changes to code which might be unacceptable...... TpSort Score | 28,600,000

7. PCLinuxOS

PCLinuxOS is a free easy to use Linux-based Operating System for desktops or laptops.PCLinuxOS is distributed as a LiveCD, and can also be installed to your computer. Easy to follow instructions are included on the LiveCD. The LiveCD mode lets you try PCLInuxOS without making any changes to your computer....... TpSort Score | 495,000

8. CentOS

CentOS is a community-supported, free and open source operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It exists to provide a free enterprise class computing platform and strives to maintain 100% binary compatibility with its upstream distribution. CentOS stands for Community ENTerprise Operating System....... TpSort Score | 12,200,000

9. Linux Distribution Chooser

There are 100s of different Linux distributions and picking one can be difficult. So "Linux Distribution Chooser" is to help you find a good distribution to try for the first time....... TpSort Score | 6,650,000

10. Porteus

Porteus is a complete linux operating system that is optimized to run from CD, USB flash drive, hard drive, or other bootable storage media. It's small (under 300Mb) and insanely fast which allows you to start up and get online while most other operating systems are left spitting dust. Porteus...... TpSort Score | 873,000

11. Symbian

Symbian was a mobile operating system (OS) and computing platform designed for smartphones and currently maintained by Accenture. Symbian was originally developed by Symbian Ltd., as a descendant of Psion's EPOC and runs exclusively on ARM processors, although an unreleased x86 port existed. The current form of Symbian is an...... TpSort Score | 10,800,000

12. MidnightBSD

MidnightBSD is a FreeBSD derived Operating System. A critical goal of the project is to create an easy to use desktop environment with graphical ports management, and system configuration using GNUstep. The vast majority of the operating system will maintain a BSD license. Certain software packages use other licenses such...... TpSort Score | 186,000,000

13. Windows 2000

Windows 2000 is the successor to Microsoft's Windows NT. It is primarily designed for business users; its counterpart for home users is Windows ME. Support for Windows 2000 ended in July 2010....... TpSort Score | 47,900,000

14. DAMS OS

A Debian -based Live OS...... TpSort Score | 67,500,000

15. 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