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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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GhostBSD screenshot

GhostBSD

GhostBSD is a user-friendly desktop operating system based on FreeBSD. Its default desktop is MATE, but a separate community edition with Xfce is available too.

Technical Specs Comparison
SolusGhostBSD
IndependentBaseFreeBSD
eopkg, flatpakPackage Managerpkg / txz
systemdInit SystemRC
Rolling ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
4.9Latest Version
BeginnerDifficultyIntermediate
April 18, 2026Release DateApril 18, 2026
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
BudgieGNOMEKDE PlasmaXfceGershwinMATE
Desktops
BudgieGNOMEKDE PlasmaXfceGershwinMATE