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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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TROMjaro

TROMjaro is a Manjaro-based Linux distribution with a customised Xfce desktop. Compared to its parent, TROMjaro offers several user-friendly utilities, such as Layout Switcher with six different layouts or Theme Switcher with several accent colours.

Technical Specs Comparison
SmartOSTROMjaro
SolarisBaseArch, Manjaro
pkgsrcPackage Managerpacman / AppImage, flatpak, pkg
otherInit Systemsystemd
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
Latest Version2026.05.08
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
June 11, 2026Release DateMay 8, 2026
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
No DesktopXfce
Desktops
No DesktopXfce