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Nitrux

Nitrux is a desktop Linux distribution built from Debian, but with an immutable base system, the OpenRC init system, and without any traditional Debian package management tools. It uses the Calamares system installer and includes the Hyprland window manager, Hypr utilities, the greetd+QtGreet login manager, and the Waybar Wayland bar.

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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
NitruxSmartOS
DevuanBaseSolaris
apt / debPackage Managerpkgsrc
OpenRCInit Systemother
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
5.0.0Latest Version
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
November 12, 2025Release DateJune 11, 2026
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
HyprlandNo Desktop
Desktops
HyprlandNo Desktop