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Solus

Solus is an indepedent rolling distribution that is focused on improving the experience of desktop GNU/Linux users. It features its own package management system -- forked from Pardus Linux's PiSi package manager, and its in house developed GNOME stack based Budgie desktop environment.

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Estimated Usage Unknown
Inception Year Dec. 27, 2015, 9 p.m.
Country Ireland
Website https://getsol.us
Download Portal https://getsol.us/download/
Documentation Portal None
Development Portal https://dev.getsol.us/
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Distribution Base
Base of Distributinos
Architectures 64-bit PC (AMD64, Intel 64, x86_64)
Init System systemd
C Standard Library GNU C Standard Library (glibc)
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Distribution Default Package Format .eopkg
Distribution Default Low Level Package Manager
Distribution Default Package Manager Database
Distribution Default CLI Binary Package Manager eopkg
Distribution Default GUI Binary Package Manager Software Center
Distribution Default CLI Source Package Manager
Distribution Default GUI Source Package Manager
Distribution Default Build System

Editions/Variants/Spins

Logo Distribution Edition Screenshot Edition Release Type Release Frequency Distribution Base Desktop Environment
Budgie Rolling None Independent/Original Budgie
Solus Plasma Edition None None Independent/Original Plasma

Reviewed Releases

Logo Release Screenshot Release Name Release Version Release Distribution Edition Release Date Review Publication Date Review Title
None 3.9999 Budgie Sept. 20, 2018 Oct. 11, 2018, midnight Solus 3.9999 Review
Fortitude 4.1 Solus Plasma Edition Jan. 25, 2020 Feb. 28, 2020, 6 p.m. Solus 4.1 Fortitude Review [Plasma Edition]