DistroDB Logo

DistroDB

PCLinuxOS screenshot

PCLinuxOS

PCLinuxOS is a user-friendly Linux distribution with out-of-the-box support for many popular graphics and sound cards, as well as other peripheral devices. The bootable live DVD provides an easy-to-use graphical installer and the distribution sports a wide range of popular applications for the typical desktop user, including browser plugins and full multimedia playback.

VS
SmartOS screenshot

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
PCLinuxOSSmartOS
IndependentBaseSolaris
dnf / flatpak, rpmPackage Managerpkgsrc
SysVInit Systemother
Rolling ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
2023.07Latest Version
BeginnerDifficultyIntermediate
July 30, 2023Release DateJune 11, 2026
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
JWMKDE PlasmalabwcLXDELXQtMATEXfceNo Desktop
Desktops
JWMKDE PlasmalabwcLXDELXQtMATEXfceNo Desktop