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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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Ultimate Edition

Ultimate Edition, first released in December 2006, was a fork of Ubuntu and Linux Mint though recent versions (starting in 2024) have been based on Arch Linux. The goal of the project is to create a complete, seamlessly integrated, visually stimulating, and easy-to-install operating system.

Technical Specs Comparison
SolusUltimate Edition
IndependentBaseArch
eopkg, flatpakPackage Managerpacman / flatpak, pkg
systemdInit Systemsystemd
Rolling ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
4.9Latest Version5.5
BeginnerDifficultyIntermediate
April 18, 2026Release DateJune 25, 2017
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
BudgieGNOMEKDE PlasmaXfceCinnamonMATE
Desktops
BudgieGNOMEKDE PlasmaXfceCinnamonMATE