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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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MagOS Linux

MagOS Linux is a Russian desktop-oriented distribution based on ROSA, a distribution that was forked from Mandriva Linux in 2011. It uses the RPM package management.

Technical Specs Comparison
SmartOSMagOS Linux
SolarisBaseROSA
pkgsrcPackage Managerdnf / rpm
otherInit Systemsystemd
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
Latest Version
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
June 11, 2026Release DateMay 24, 2026
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
No DesktopKDE PlasmaLXQt
Desktops
No DesktopKDE PlasmaLXQt