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Vanilla OS

Vanilla OS, a fixed-release distribution based on Debian (formerly Ubuntu, prior to version 2) with the GNOME desktop, is an immutable operating system. The core parts of the system are locked down to prevent unwanted changes and corruption from third-party applications or a faulty update.

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SmartOS

SmartOS is an open-source UNIX-like operating system based on illumos, a community fork of OpenSolaris. It features four technologies - ZFS (a combined file system and logical volume manager), DTrace (a dynamic tracing framework for troubleshooting kernel and application problems), Zones (a lightweight virtualisation solution), KVM and bhyve (two full virtualisation solutions for running a variety of guest operating systems, including Linux, Windows, BSD and Plan9).

Technical Specs Comparison
Vanilla OSSmartOS
DebianBaseSolaris
deb (APT)Package Managerpkgsrc
systemdInit Systemother
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
22.10Latest Version
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
July 28, 2024Release DateJune 11, 2026
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
GNOMENo Desktop
Desktops
GNOMENo Desktop