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Slackware Linux

The Official Release of Slackware Linux by Patrick Volkerding is an advanced Linux operating system, designed with the twin goals of ease of use and stability as top priorities. Including the latest popular software while retaining a sense of tradition, providing simplicity and ease of use alongside flexibility and power, Slackware brings the best of all worlds to the table.

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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
Slackware LinuxSmartOS
IndependentBaseSolaris
txzPackage Managerpkgsrc
SysVInit Systemother
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
15.0Latest Version
AdvancedDifficultyIntermediate
February 3, 2022Release DateJune 11, 2026
armi586s390x86_64
Architecture
armi586s390x86_64
BlackboxFluxboxFVWMKDElabwcWMakerXfceNo Desktop
Desktops
BlackboxFluxboxFVWMKDElabwcWMakerXfceNo Desktop