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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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Exton Linux

Exton Linux is a set of over 15 Linux distributions based on Arch Linux, CRUX, Debian, deepin, Fedora, openSUSE, Puppy Linux and Slackware Linux. They are designed to be lightweight, fast and easy to use.

Technical Specs Comparison
SmartOSExton Linux
SolarisBaseArch, CRUX, Debian, deepin, Fedora, Gentoo, openSUSE, Puppy, Slackware
pkgsrcPackage Managerportage / src
otherInit SystemOpenRC
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
Latest Version
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
June 11, 2026Release DateJune 2, 2026
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
No DesktopBudgieDeepinEnlightenmentGNOMEKDE PlasmaLXDELXQtPIXELXfce
Desktops
No DesktopBudgieDeepinEnlightenmentGNOMEKDE PlasmaLXDELXQtPIXELXfce