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KDE neon

KDE neon is a Ubuntu-based Linux distribution and live DVD featuring the latest KDE Plasma desktop and other KDE community software. Besides the installable DVD image, the project provides a rapidly-evolving software repository with all the latest KDE 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
KDE neonSmartOS
Debian, Ubuntu (LTS)BaseSolaris
debPackage Managerpkgsrc
systemdInit Systemother
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
5.8Latest Version
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
February 29, 2024Release DateJune 11, 2026
ARM64x86_64
Architecture
ARM64x86_64
KDE PlasmaNo Desktop
Desktops
KDE PlasmaNo Desktop