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Solus screenshot

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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KDE Linux screenshot

KDE Linux

KDE Linux is a user-focused, general-purpose Linux distribution. It is built by KDE and it is meant to showcase the best implementation of everything KDE has to offer, using the most advanced technologies.

Technical Specs Comparison
SolusKDE Linux
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