Privacy-friendly alternatives to Ubuntu
The Linux distribution sites closest to Ubuntu, with the fewest trackers first: what each homepage loads before you accept cookies. Ubuntu itself loads 1 tracker.
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Debian -- The Universal Operating System
Debian is an operating system and a distribution of Free Software. It is maintained and updated through the work of many users who volunteer their time and effort.
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Home - Linux Mint
Linux Mint is an elegant, easy to use, up to date and comfortable desktop operating system.
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Manjaro – The Linux for People and Organizations
This page provides an overview of Manjaro Linux, an open source operating system designed for ease of use. Learn about its features, installation, and support options. Get the most out of Manjaro Linux with the latest news, downloads, and tips from our helpful community.
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Fedora Linux | The Fedora Project
An innovative platform for hardware, clouds, and containers, built with love by you.
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Red Hat - We make open source technologies for the enterprise
Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source solutions, including high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies.
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Welcome – Gentoo Linux
The website of Gentoo, a flexible Linux distribution.
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Arch Linux
Linux distribution
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Podman
daemonless OCI-compliant container runtime
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Rocky Linux
Rocky Linux is an open enterprise Operating System designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with Enterprise Linux.
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The FreeBSD Project
free Unix-like operating system
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Flathub - Apps for Linux | Flathub
Find and install hundreds of apps and games for Linux. Enjoy Firefox, Telegram, RetroArch, GIMP and many more!
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Haxx
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Full-stack observability for the agentic era | Grafana Labs
Avoid lock-in and ensure reliability with Grafana Cloud, the AI-powered platform built on open standards unifies metrics, logs, traces, profiles, and business data.
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MySQL
Open-source relational database management system
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Cygwin
Unix subsystem for Windows machines
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TeamViewer – die Plattform für den digitalen Arbeitsplatz
Remote-Desktop-Access-Lösungen von TeamViewer: Verbinden Sie sich mit entfernten Computern, leisten Sie Remote-Support und arbeiten Sie online zusammen ➤ Kostenlos für den privaten Gebrauch!
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Open Source Cloud ERP Software | ERPNext
ERPNext is the world's best 100% open source ERP software which supports manufacturing, distribution, retail, trading, services, education & more. Contact us!
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Enlightenment Main
window manager for Unix-like operating systems
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