List of OSes for Raspberry Pi

Alternatives to Raspbian

• Raspberry Pi OS (Raspbian)

• Ubuntu Desktop/Server/Core

• Manjaro ARM Linux Minimal/XFCE/KDE/MATE/Gnome/Sway

• Apertis https://www.apertis.org/reference_hardware/rpi4_setup/

• LibreELEC

• OSMC

• RISC OS

• WebThings Gateway

• DietPi

• Lakka https://www.lakka.tv/ (The open source game console)

• RetroPie

• KaliLinux

• OpenMediaVault

• ROKOS

• Alpine Linux https://alpinelinux.org/downloads/

• Kano OS https://help.kano.me/hc/en-us/articles/360001063620-How-to-Install-Reinstall-Kano-OS-for-Raspberry-Pi

• KDE Plasma Bigscreen

• Volumio

• FreeBSD, NetBSD https://freebsdfoundation.org/freebsd-project/resources/installing-freebsd-for-raspberry-pi/

Source: https://itsfoss.com/raspberry-pi-os/

Let's now see what I've tried and how they look

Raspbian

Link: https://www.raspberrypi.org/software/operating-systems/

Note: Raspbian with desktop requires > 4GB SD card, a real bummer

Manjaro

Link: https://manjaro.org/download/ (Manjaro ARM Team)

21.12

22.06

Version: 22.06

Size:

>6GB

RISC OS

Version: 5.28

Size:

>2GB

Ubuntu Server

Link: https://ubuntu.com/download/raspberry-pi

Version: 22.04 LTS 64bit

Size:

>4GB

Shows rainbow colors and goes into reboot loop by default.

Apertis