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Ubuntu

Ubuntu is a complete desktop Linux operating system, freely available with both community and professional support. The Ubuntu community is built on the ideas enshrined in the Ubuntu Manifesto: that software should be available free of charge, that software tools should be usable by people in their local language and despite any disabilities, and that people should have the freedom to customise and alter their software in whatever way they see fit.

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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.

Technical Specs Comparison
UbuntuSolus
DebianBaseIndependent
apt / deb, snapPackage Managereopkg, flatpak
systemdInit Systemsystemd
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelRolling Release
26.04Latest Version4.9
BeginnerDifficultyBeginner
April 23, 2026Release DateApril 18, 2026
ARM64ARMhfppc64elRISC-Vs390xx86_64
Architecture
ARM64ARMhfppc64elRISC-Vs390xx86_64
GNOMEUnityBudgieKDE PlasmaXfce
Desktops
GNOMEUnityBudgieKDE PlasmaXfce