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10 Free Alternatives to Windows Operating Systemshelpdeskgeek.com 2022-03-26

Windows 10 and Windows 11 completely dominate the desktop operating system market, so it’s easy to forget that there are alternatives available for PC users. Even if you’re a gamer, you’d be surprised at how support for gaming on non-Windows systems has grown. Most of them won’t cost a penny, and we’ve listed ten of the best free alternatives to the Microsoft Windows operating system here.

Note that your current software may not have a version compatible with these alternative operating systems. You may have to look for alternative software to use compatibility layers. Check out the “try before you buy” section at the end of this article for some tips on making the transition easier.

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Ubuntu Linux
Chromium OS
macOS
Manjaro Linux
Fedora Linux
FreeBSD
Elementary OS (Ubuntu-based)
ReactOS
Zorin OS
Linux Mint

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vimshellwww.wana.at 2008-03-12

The VIM-shell is a extension for VIM, a very popular programmer&39;s editor for many platforms, written by Bram Moolenaar et al. VIM features split windows, and this patch makes it possible to start shells in those windows. It is only available for POSIX systems like Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD and MacOS X. I don&39;t think the Windows-VIM needs such a patch, because I think the command line there isn&39;t really popular.vim

FreeBSD Virtual appliancewww.vmware.com  2006-08-14

FreeBSD 6.1, user install - VMTN Virtual Appliances Directoryvmware

Creamcream.sourceforge.net  2006-06-25

Cream is a free, easy-to-use configuration of the powerful and famous Vim text editor for Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and FreeBSD. It has a simple interface but includes features like syntax highlighting, spell checking, multiple file find/replace, bookmarks, text reformatting, completion, block commenting, extensive file format and character support, line folding, and many, many more.vim

Let's take a look at portupgrade, a feature-rich port designed towww.onlamp.com  2003-09-04

help you get the most out of the ports collectionfreebsd

One of the many reasons to love FreeBSD is its ports collection.www.onlamp.com  2003-08-14

Nearly 10,000 applications are available, and any installation is a mere make install clean away. In today&39;s article, I&39;d like to share some of my favorite ports tricksfreebsd

http://www.freebsd.orgwww.freebsd.org  1900-01-01

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http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.htmlwww.freebsd.org  1900-01-01

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http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handboowww.freebsd.org  1900-01-01

k/index.htmlfreebsd

http://www.onlamp.com/bsd/www.onlamp.com  1900-01-01

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http://www.freebsd.org/projects/newbies.htmlwww.freebsd.org  1900-01-01

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http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgiwww.freebsd.org  1900-01-01

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http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.www.freebsd.org  1900-01-01

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http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/index.htmlwww.freebsd.org  1900-01-01

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http://freebsddiary.orgfreebsddiary.org  1900-01-01

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http://www.cons.org/cracauer/freebsd.htmlwww.cons.org  1900-01-01

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OpenBSD Man pages,www.openbsd.org  1900-01-01

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