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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).

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ArchBANG Linux

ArchBang Linux is a lightweight distribution based on Arch Linux. Using the labwc Wayland compositor, it is fast, up-to-date and suitable for both desktop and portable systems.

Technical Specs Comparison
SmartOSArchBANG Linux
SolarisBaseArch
pkgsrcPackage Managerpacman / pkg
otherInit Systemsystemd
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelRolling Release
Latest Version2012.12
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
June 11, 2026Release DateJanuary 10, 2026
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
No Desktoplabwcmangowm
Desktops
No Desktoplabwcmangowm