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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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Ultimate Edition

Ultimate Edition, first released in December 2006, was a fork of Ubuntu and Linux Mint though recent versions (starting in 2024) have been based on Arch Linux. The goal of the project is to create a complete, seamlessly integrated, visually stimulating, and easy-to-install operating system.

Technical Specs Comparison
SmartOSUltimate Edition
SolarisBaseArch
pkgsrcPackage Managerpacman / flatpak, pkg
otherInit Systemsystemd
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
Latest Version5.5
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
June 11, 2026Release DateJune 25, 2017
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
No DesktopCinnamonKDE PlasmaMATEXfce
Desktops
No DesktopCinnamonKDE PlasmaMATEXfce