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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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Vendefoul Wolf

Vendefoul Wolf is a set of lightweight, Devuan-based Linux distributions featuring various popular desktop environments, including Budgie, Cinnamon, KDE Plasma, LXQt, Trinity and Xfce. As the init software, it offers a choice between SysV and runit.

Technical Specs Comparison
SmartOSVendefoul Wolf
SolarisBaseDevuan
pkgsrcPackage Managerapt / deb, flatpak
otherInit SystemOpenRC
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
Latest Version
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
June 11, 2026Release DateApril 15, 2026
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
No DesktopbspwmBudgieCinnamonEnlightenmentIceWMKatanaKDE PlasmaLXQtSonicDETrinityXfce
Desktops
No DesktopbspwmBudgieCinnamonEnlightenmentIceWMKatanaKDE PlasmaLXQtSonicDETrinityXfce