The best replacement for red hat is ubuntu.

The best alternatives to red hat are rated as following:
★★★★★  ubuntu
★★★★★  suse
★★★★  fedora
★★  centos
★★  debian
★  novell
  solaris
  oracle linux
  white hat
  suse linux
  mandrake
  purple hat
  redhat
  black hat
  slackware

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Speaking about red hat, one probably shouldn't forget about purple.

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