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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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OmegaLinux

OmegaLinux is an Arch-based, rolling-release Linux distribution featuring the lightweight LXDE desktop. It is suitable for installation on older computers with as little as 1 GB of memory.

Technical Specs Comparison
SmartOSOmegaLinux
SolarisBaseArch
pkgsrcPackage Managerpacman / pkg
otherInit Systemsystemd
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelRolling Release
Latest Version2026.02.21
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
June 11, 2026Release DateFebruary 22, 2026
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
No DesktopLXDE
Desktops
No DesktopLXDE