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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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OpenMandriva Lx screenshot

OpenMandriva Lx

The OpenMandriva distribution is a full-featured Linux desktop and server, sponsored by the OpenMandriva Association. It was based on ROSA, a Russian Linux distribution project which forked Mandriva Linux in 2012, incorporating many of Mandriva's original tools and utilities and adding in-house enhancements.

Technical Specs Comparison
SolusOpenMandriva Lx
IndependentBaseIndependent
eopkg, flatpakPackage Managerrpm
systemdInit Systemsystemd
Rolling ReleaseRelease ModelRolling Release
4.9Latest Version23.08
BeginnerDifficultyIntermediate
April 18, 2026Release DateAugust 30, 2023
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
BudgieGNOMEKDE PlasmaXfceCOSMICCutefishlabwcLXQtWayfire
Desktops
BudgieGNOMEKDE PlasmaXfceCOSMICCutefishlabwcLXQtWayfire