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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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pearOS

pearOS is an Arch-based desktop Linux distribution which features a macOS-like theme and icons on top of the KDE Plasma desktop. Some of the distribution's features include a custom system installer called pearOS Installer, a pearOS welcome application, and the GNOME Files file manager.

Technical Specs Comparison
SmartOSpearOS
SolarisBaseArch
pkgsrcPackage Managerpacman / pkg
otherInit Systemsystemd
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelRolling Release
Latest Version
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
June 11, 2026Release DateApril 8, 2026
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
No DesktopKDE Plasma
Desktops
No DesktopKDE Plasma