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Solus

Solus is a Linux distribution built from scratch. It uses a forked version of the PiSi package manager, maintained as "eopkg" within Solus, and its flagship edition uses the Budgie desktop environment.

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ALT Linux

ALT Linux was founded in 2001 by a merge of two large Russian free software projects. By the year 2008 it became a large organization developing and deploying free software, writing documentation and technical literature, supporting users, and developing custom products.

Technical Specs Comparison
SolusALT Linux
IndependentBaseIndependent (forked from Mandrake)
eopkg, flatpakPackage Managerrpm (APT)
systemdInit Systemsystemd, SysV
Rolling ReleaseRelease ModelRolling Release
4.9Latest Version11.0
BeginnerDifficultyIntermediate
April 18, 2026Release DateMay 1, 2025
x86_64ARM64ARMhfi586mipselppc64elRISC-V
Architecture
x86_64ARM64ARMhfi586mipselppc64elRISC-V
BudgieGNOMEKDE PlasmaXfceAfterStepBlackboxCinnamonEnlightenmentFVWMIceWMKDElabwcLXDEMATEOpenboxLXQtWMakerWayfire
Desktops
BudgieGNOMEKDE PlasmaXfceAfterStepBlackboxCinnamonEnlightenmentFVWMIceWMKDElabwcLXDEMATEOpenboxLXQtWMakerWayfire