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Artix Linux

Artix Linux is a fork (or continuation as an autonomous project) of the Arch-OpenRC and Manjaro-OpenRC projects. Artix Linux offers a lightweight, rolling-release operating system featuring the OpenRC init software.

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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
Artix LinuxSmartOS
ArchBaseSolaris
pacman / pkgPackage Managerpkgsrc
Dinit, OpenRC, runit, s6Init Systemother
Rolling ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
Latest Version
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
April 2, 2026Release DateJune 11, 2026
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
CinnamonLXDELXQtMATEKDE PlasmaXfceNo Desktop
Desktops
CinnamonLXDELXQtMATEKDE PlasmaXfceNo Desktop