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OpenMandriva Lx

The OpenMandriva distribution is a full-featured Linux desktop and server, sponsored by the OpenMandriva Association. It was based on ROSA, a Russian Linux distribution project which forked Mandriva Linux in 2012, incorporating many of Mandriva's original tools and utilities and adding in-house enhancements.

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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
OpenMandriva LxSmartOS
IndependentBaseSolaris
rpmPackage Managerpkgsrc
systemdInit Systemother
Rolling ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
23.08Latest Version
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
August 30, 2023Release DateJune 11, 2026
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
COSMICCutefishGNOMEKDE PlasmalabwcLXQtWayfireXfceNo Desktop
Desktops
COSMICCutefishGNOMEKDE PlasmalabwcLXQtWayfireXfceNo Desktop