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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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Devuan GNU+Linux

Devuan GNU+Linux is a Linux distribution forked from Debian in 2015. The project's primary goal is to provide a variant of Debian without the complexities and dependencies of systemd, an init system and services manager originally developed by Red Hat and later adopted by most other Linux distributions.

Technical Specs Comparison
SolusDevuan GNU+Linux
IndependentBaseDebian
eopkg, flatpakPackage Managerapt / deb
systemdInit SystemOpenRC, runit, SysV
Rolling ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
4.9Latest Version6.0.0
BeginnerDifficultyIntermediate
April 18, 2026Release DateNovember 3, 2025
x86_64ARM64armelARMhfi686
Architecture
x86_64ARM64armelARMhfi686
BudgieGNOMEKDE PlasmaXfceCinnamonlabwcLXQtMATEWayfire
Desktops
BudgieGNOMEKDE PlasmaXfceCinnamonlabwcLXQtMATEWayfire