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Xubuntu screenshot

Xubuntu

Xubuntu is a community-developed operating system based on Ubuntu. It comes with Xfce, which is a stable, light and configurable desktop environment.

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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
XubuntuSmartOS
Debian, UbuntuBaseSolaris
apt / deb, snapPackage Managerpkgsrc
systemdInit Systemother
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
26.04Latest Version
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
April 24, 2026Release DateJune 11, 2026
x86_64
Architecture
x86_64
XfceNo Desktop
Desktops
XfceNo Desktop