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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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SparkyLinux

SparkyLinux is a set of Debian-based desktop Linux distributions. The project provides separate editions with KDE Plasma, LXQt, MATE and Xfce desktops, as well as a lightweight flavour featuring the Openbox window manager.

Technical Specs Comparison
SolusSparkyLinux
IndependentBaseDebian (Stable), Debian (Testing)
eopkg, flatpakPackage Managerapt / deb
systemdInit Systemsystemd
Rolling ReleaseRelease ModelSemi-Rolling
4.9Latest Version2026.03
BeginnerDifficultyIntermediate
April 18, 2026Release DateMarch 15, 2026
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
BudgieGNOMEKDE PlasmaXfceLXQtMATEOpenbox
Desktops
BudgieGNOMEKDE PlasmaXfceLXQtMATEOpenbox