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Archcraft

Archcraft is a minimal Linux distribution based on Arch Linux. The project provides a graphical user interface using minimal window managers rather than full featured desktop environments.

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SmartOS

SmartOS is an open-source UNIX-like operating system based on illumos, a community fork of OpenSolaris. It features four technologies - ZFS (a combined file system and logical volume manager), DTrace (a dynamic tracing framework for troubleshooting kernel and application problems), Zones (a lightweight virtualisation solution), KVM and bhyve (two full virtualisation solutions for running a variety of guest operating systems, including Linux, Windows, BSD and Plan9).

Technical Specs Comparison
ArchcraftSmartOS
ArchBaseSolaris
pacman / pkgPackage Managerpkgsrc
systemdInit Systemother
Rolling ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
2026.05.12Latest Version
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
May 13, 2026Release DateJune 11, 2026
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
bspwmMATEOpenboxNo Desktop
Desktops
bspwmMATEOpenboxNo Desktop