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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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FydeOS

FydeOS, developed by Fyde Innovations, is a lightweight operating system that carries a Linux kernel, a browser platform and a container technology driver. It is very similar to Google ChromeOS in use.

Technical Specs Comparison
SmartOSFydeOS
SolarisBaseGentoo, ChromeOS
pkgsrcPackage Manager(APK, deb)
otherInit System
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
Latest Version22.0
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
June 11, 2026Release DateJanuary 28, 2026
x86_64ARM64
Architecture
x86_64ARM64
No DesktopChromeOS Desktop
Desktops
No DesktopChromeOS Desktop