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European & open-source alternatives to Windows

5 European and open-source alternatives to Windows — privacy-friendly tools built and hosted in Europe.

Updated 8 Sep 2026 · refreshed weekly

German Arch-based Linux distribution that makes Arch approachable with a graphical installer, hardware detection and multiple…

Linux distribution built on the Nix package manager where the whole system is declared in Nix expressions, enabling atomic…

Community-driven Linux distribution sponsored by Germany’s SUSE, for desktops and servers.

German enterprise Linux company from Nuremberg (1992) offering SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and openSUSE — one of the oldest…

An open-source operating system based on Linux and Debian, developed by Canonical, offering versions for enterprise servers…