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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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Nitrux screenshot

Nitrux

Nitrux is a desktop Linux distribution built from Debian, but with an immutable base system, the OpenRC init system, and without any traditional Debian package management tools. It uses the Calamares system installer and includes the Hyprland window manager, Hypr utilities, the greetd+QtGreet login manager, and the Waybar Wayland bar.

Technical Specs Comparison
SolusNitrux
IndependentBaseDevuan
eopkg, flatpakPackage Managerapt / deb
systemdInit SystemOpenRC
Rolling ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
4.9Latest Version5.0.0
BeginnerDifficultyIntermediate
April 18, 2026Release DateNovember 12, 2025
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
BudgieGNOMEKDE PlasmaXfceHyprland
Desktops
BudgieGNOMEKDE PlasmaXfceHyprland