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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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Synex screenshot

Synex

Synex is a GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian's "Stable" branch, developed with the official Debian Live Build tool. It offers four separate desktop options with GNOME, LXDE, KDE Plasma and Xfce, all of which are composed of a rather frugal set of applications in its default state, without any development tools or offices suites.

Technical Specs Comparison
SolusSynex
IndependentBaseDebian (Stable), Debian (Testing)
eopkg, flatpakPackage Managerapt / deb, flatpak
systemdInit Systemsystemd
Rolling ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
4.9Latest Version13
BeginnerDifficultyIntermediate
April 18, 2026Release DateDecember 21, 2025
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
BudgieGNOMEKDE PlasmaXfceIceWMLXDEMATE
Desktops
BudgieGNOMEKDE PlasmaXfceIceWMLXDEMATE