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24 alternatives to KDE Restoration Project

KDE 1 running on a modern Linux

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. KDE Restoration Project launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   My self-written hobby OS is finally running on my vintage IBM ThinkPad▲575

   Finally got my hobby OS up and running on real hardware. I love the old IBM thinkpads, so thought it was the perfect machine to get it working on. Been working on it for quite some time now, but this has been a big milestone!

   2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   KDE Connect▲65

   Open Source alternative of Pushbullet (For KDE users)

   2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   RancherOS▲59

   A minimalist distribution of Linux

   2015 · rancher.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   KDE Neon▲3

   A very nice looking open source operating system.

   2017 · neon.kde.org · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Plasma Mobile▲4

   Fully open OS from the KDE project

   2016 · plasma-mobile.org · its alternatives →

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   Clear Linux Project▲95

   Intel's new container-based Linux distribution

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Qudos▲145

   Product Hunt for dev tools

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Nix▲82

   The purely functional package manager

   2016 · nixos.org · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Koding▲246

   Say goodbye to your localhost and code in the cloud.

   2015 · koding.com · its alternatives →

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    DEV·TV▲161

    A retro TV for GitHub, Hacker News, DEV & Hugging Face

    28d ago · shouvik12.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Carbide▲164

    A new kind of programming environment

    2016 · alpha.trycarbide.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Ikkekernel – The Fork of Linux▲7

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Appcanary▲106

    Never run vulnerable software again

    2015 · blog.appcanary.com · its alternatives →

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    Zed▲99

    Rethinking code editing

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    KORE.io▲88

    A fast SPDY capable web server for web development in C

    2015 · kore.io · its alternatives →

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    My microkernel-based OS built from scratch now has basic Unix commands▲69

    This project contains no code from Linux, BSD, Minix, or any other OS. Everything up until this point is written entirely from scratch, including a pure microkernel (that only implements multiprocessor priority scheduling, memory management, and interprocess communication), a work-in-progress implementation of the standard C library, and a variety of servers that provide drivers and other essential OS functionality. At the time of writing this post, the servers provide drivers for the keyboard, NVMe SSDs (that works on real hardware), a Unix-like virtual file system (with a single root…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    ZenHub for Firefox▲99

    Turn GitHub into a project management suite! Plus, socks

    2015 · app.zenhub.com · its alternatives →

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    Eve▲79

    Better tools for thought

    2015 · witheve.com · its alternatives →

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    Joindesk▲72

    An open-source project management tool

    2022 · joindesk.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Lakka▲85

    Lightweight Linux distro dedicated to retro gaming.

    2015 · lakka.tv · its alternatives →

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    HummingBird▲60

    Powerful Linux Single Board Computer

    2014 · solid-run.com · its alternatives →

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    Naarchy▲69

    A little island for everything on your Linux desktop

    17d ago · michaelchurley.com · its alternatives →

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    Vobla▲69

    Back up your Linux servers continuously

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Apricity OS▲8

    A Beautiful Arch Linux Distro

    2016 · apricityos.com · its alternatives →

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