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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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GNOME OS

GNOME OS is an experimental, immutable Linux distribution that ships the latest in-development GNOME desktop, core applications and stack. It serves as a reference for developers and testers.

Technical Specs Comparison
SolusGNOME OS
IndependentBaseIndependent
eopkg, flatpakPackage Managerflatpak
systemdInit Systemsystemd
Rolling ReleaseRelease ModelRolling Release
4.9Latest Version
BeginnerDifficultyIntermediate
April 18, 2026Release DateJune 1, 2026
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
BudgieGNOMEKDE PlasmaXfce
Desktops
BudgieGNOMEKDE PlasmaXfce