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Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is a Linux distribution developed by Red Hat and targeted toward the commercial market. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is released in server editions for x86, x86_64, Itanium, PowerPC and IBM System z architectures, and desktop editions for x86 and x86_64 processors.

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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
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxSmartOS
FedoraBaseSolaris
dnf, yum / flatpak, rpmPackage Managerpkgsrc
systemdInit Systemother
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
10.2Latest Version
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
May 20, 2026Release DateJune 11, 2026
ARM64ppc64els390xx86_64x86-64-v2
Architecture
ARM64ppc64els390xx86_64x86-64-v2
GNOMENo Desktop
Desktops
GNOMENo Desktop