Best Operating Systems for Raspberry Pi OS

Compare the Top Operating Systems that integrate with Raspberry Pi OS as of July 2025

This a list of Operating Systems that integrate with Raspberry Pi OS. Use the filters on the left to add additional filters for products that have integrations with Raspberry Pi OS. View the products that work with Raspberry Pi OS in the table below.

What are Operating Systems for Raspberry Pi OS?

Operating systems (OS) are the base software layer on any computer, smartphone, server, or computing system. Operating systems manage all aspects of a computing system including applications, software, and hardware. Compare and read user reviews of the best Operating Systems for Raspberry Pi OS currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    openSUSE MicroOS
    Microservice OS providing transactional (Atomic) updates upon a read-only btrfs root filesystem. Designed to host container workloads with automated administration & patching. Installing openSUSE MicroOS you get a quick, small environment for deploying containers, or any other workload that benefits from transactional updates. As rolling release distribution, the software is always up-to-date. MicroOS offers an offline image. The main difference between the offline and self-install/raw images is that the offline image has an installer. Raw and self-install allows for customization via combustion or manually in the image after it is written to the disk. There is an option for a real-time kernel. Try MicroOS in VMs running on either Xen or KVM. Using a Raspberry Pi or other system-on-chip hardware may use the preconfigured image together with the combustion functionality for the boot process.
    Starting Price: Free
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    Sabayon Linux
    Sabayon is a beginner-friendly Gentoo-based open-source Linux distribution. We aim to deliver the best "out of the box" user experience by providing the latest open source technologies in an elegant format. In Sabayon everything should just work. We offer a bleeding edge operating system that is both stable and reliable. Fast and optimized for your hardware! It’s up to you whether you turn a fresh Sabayon installation into a geeky Gentoo ~arch system or simply enjoy the power of our binary package manager. From testing to Community Repositories. Install just once, you can upgrade everytime you wish to the latest release. Just start it, everything should be already in place. Daily and Monthly images available. Multiple Desktop Environment, KDE, Gnome, Mate, and XFCE. Build your own Sabayon spin easily! It can even be built with Docker! Support for Raspberry Pi 2⁄3, Odroid X2, U2/3 C2 and more.
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