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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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EasyOS

EasyOS is an experimental Linux distribution which uses many of the technologies and package formats pioneered by Puppy Linux. The distribution features custom container technology called Easy Containers which can run applications or the entire desktop environment in a container.

Technical Specs Comparison
SmartOSEasyOS
SolarisBaseIndependent
pkgsrcPackage Managerflatpak, PET
otherInit SystemBusyBox
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
Latest Version7.1
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
June 11, 2026Release DateDecember 21, 2025
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
No DesktopJWM
Desktops
No DesktopJWM