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Void

Void is an independently-developed, general-purpose operating system based on the monolithic Linux kernel. It features a hybrid binary/source package management system which allows users to quickly install, update and remove software, or to build software directly from sources with the help of the XBPS source packages collection.

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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
VoidSmartOS
IndependentBaseSolaris
xbpsPackage Managerpkgsrc
runitInit Systemother
Rolling ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
20250202Latest Version
AdvancedDifficultyIntermediate
February 2, 2025Release DateJune 11, 2026
ARM64armv6larmv7li686x86_64
Architecture
ARM64armv6larmv7li686x86_64
XfceNo Desktop
Desktops
XfceNo Desktop