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Puppy Linux screenshot

Puppy Linux

Puppy Linux is yet another Linux distribution. What's different here is that Puppy is extraordinarily small, yet quite full-featured.

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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
Puppy LinuxSmartOS
IndependentBaseSolaris
ppm / deb, flatpak, petPackage Managerpkgsrc
BusyBoxInit Systemother
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
22.12Latest Version
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
December 10, 2022Release DateJune 11, 2026
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
JWMlabwcOpenboxNo Desktop
Desktops
JWMlabwcOpenboxNo Desktop