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AlmaLinux

AlmaLinux is featured in the OSExplore operating system directory. Compare its system details and official project resources.

Fedora, Red HatFixedGNOME↗

Alpine

Alpine is featured in the OSExplore operating system directory. Compare its system details and official project resources.

IndependentFixedGNOME, KDE Plasma, LXQt, MATE, Sway, Xfce↗

ALT

ALT is featured in the OSExplore operating system directory. Compare its system details and official project resources.

Independent (forked from Mandrake)RollingAfterStep, Blackbox, Cinnamon, Enlightenment, FVWM, GNOME, IceWM, KDE, labwc, LXDE, MATE, Openbox, LXQt, WMaker, Wayfire, Xfce↗

AOSC

AOSC is featured in the OSExplore operating system directory. Compare its system details and official project resources.

IndependentFixedKDE Plasma, MATE↗

Bedrock

Bedrock is featured in the OSExplore operating system directory. Compare its system details and official project resources.

IndependentFixedNo Desktop↗

CentOS

CentOS is featured in the OSExplore operating system directory. Compare its system details and official project resources.

Fedora, Red HatSemi-RollingGNOME↗

Chimera

Chimera is featured in the OSExplore operating system directory. Compare its system details and official project resources.

IndependentRollingGNOME, KDE Plasma↗

Circle

Circle is featured in the OSExplore operating system directory. Compare its system details and official project resources.

CentOSFixedGNOME↗

Debian

A stable, community-led Linux foundation with a huge software archive.

IndependentFixedGNOME↗

Fedora

A community-developed Linux OS sponsored by Red Hat, with GNOME Workstation and specialized editions for servers, creators, researchers, and more.

IndependentRollingGNOME↗

openSUSE

openSUSE is featured in the OSExplore operating system directory. Compare its system details and official project resources.

IndependentRollingGNOME, KDE Plasma, Xfce↗

Red Hat

Red Hat is featured in the OSExplore operating system directory. Compare its system details and official project resources.

FedoraFixedGNOME↗

Rocky

Rocky is featured in the OSExplore operating system directory. Compare its system details and official project resources.

Fedora, Red HatFixedGNOME↗

Trisquel

Trisquel is featured in the OSExplore operating system directory. Compare its system details and official project resources.

Debian, UbuntuFixedKDE Plasma, LXDE, MATE, Sugar↗

Ubuntu

An approachable Debian-based desktop with a large community and broad hardware support.

DebianRollingGNOME↗

UOS

UOS is featured in the OSExplore operating system directory. Compare its system details and official project resources.

Debian, deepinFixedDeepin↗