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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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Exton Linux

Exton Linux is a set of over 15 Linux distributions based on Arch Linux, CRUX, Debian, deepin, Fedora, openSUSE, Puppy Linux and Slackware Linux. They are designed to be lightweight, fast and easy to use.

Technical Specs Comparison
SolusExton Linux
IndependentBaseArch, CRUX, Debian, deepin, Fedora, Gentoo, openSUSE, Puppy, Slackware
eopkg, flatpakPackage Managerportage / src
systemdInit SystemOpenRC
Rolling ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
4.9Latest Version
BeginnerDifficultyIntermediate
April 18, 2026Release DateJune 2, 2026
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
BudgieGNOMEKDE PlasmaXfceDeepinEnlightenmentLXDELXQtPIXEL
Desktops
BudgieGNOMEKDE PlasmaXfceDeepinEnlightenmentLXDELXQtPIXEL