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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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Puppy Linux screenshot

Puppy Linux

Puppy Linux is yet another Linux distribution. What's different here is that Puppy is extraordinarily small, yet quite full-featured.

Technical Specs Comparison
SolusPuppy Linux
IndependentBaseIndependent
eopkg, flatpakPackage Managerppm / deb, flatpak, pet
systemdInit SystemBusyBox
Rolling ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
4.9Latest Version22.12
BeginnerDifficultyIntermediate
April 18, 2026Release DateDecember 10, 2022
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
BudgieGNOMEKDE PlasmaXfceJWMlabwcOpenbox
Desktops
BudgieGNOMEKDE PlasmaXfceJWMlabwcOpenbox