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Solus (operating system)

Solus (formerly named Evolve OS) is an independently developed operating system for the x86-64 architecture based on the Linux kernel and a choice of Budgie, GNOME, KDE Plasma or Xfce as the desktop environment. Its package manager, eopkg, is based on the PiSi package management system from Pardus Linux, and it has a semi-rolling release model, with new…

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Available in
multilingual
Default user interface
Budgie, GNOME, Plasma, Xfce
Developer
Ikey Doherty, Joshua Strobl, Joey Riches, Reilly Brogan and Rune Morling et al
Initial release
December 27, 2015; 10 years ago (2015-12-27)
Kernel type
Monolithic (Linux)
Latest release
4.9 / 18 April 2026; 4 months ago (18 April 2026)

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Solus (operating system)

Nodes55
Edges54
Triples25
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.036364
Components1

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Solus (operating system)

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related to External links · 2
Solus (operating system) → DistroWatch Free, Official
Available in · 1
Solus (operating system) → multilingual
Default user interface · 1
Solus (operating system) → Budgie, GNOME, Plasma, Xfce
Developer · 1
Solus (operating system) → Ikey Doherty, Joshua Strobl, Joey Riches, Reilly Brogan and Rune Morling et al
Initial release · 1
Solus (operating system) → December 27, 2015; 10 years ago (2015-12-27)
Kernel type · 1
Solus (operating system) → Monolithic (Linux)
Latest release · 1
Solus (operating system) → 4.9 / 18 April 2026; 4 months ago (18 April 2026)
License · 1
Solus (operating system) → Free software: mainly GPLv2, Apache
Marketing target · 1
Solus (operating system) → Desktop
Official website · 1
Solus (operating system) → getsol.us

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solus release software released linux rolling budgie operating system announced doherty desktop package manager model january project updates gnome ikey

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Solus (operating system)Available inmultilingual1.00infobox
Solus (operating system)Default user interfaceBudgie, GNOME, Plasma, Xfce1.00infobox
Solus (operating system)DeveloperIkey Doherty, Joshua Strobl, Joey Riches, Reilly Brogan and Rune Morling et al1.00infobox
Solus (operating system)Initial releaseDecember 27, 2015; 10 years ago (2015-12-27)1.00infobox
Solus (operating system)Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux)1.00infobox
Solus (operating system)Latest release4.9 / 18 April 2026; 4 months ago (18 April 2026)1.00infobox
Solus (operating system)LicenseFree software: mainly GPLv2, Apache1.00infobox
Solus (operating system)Marketing targetDesktop1.00infobox
Solus (operating system)Official websitegetsol.us1.00infobox
Solus (operating system)OS familyLinux (Unix-like)1.00infobox
Solus (operating system)Package managereopkg1.00infobox
Solus (operating system)Source modelOpen source1.00infobox
Solus (operating system)Supported platformsAMD641.00infobox
Solus (operating system)Update methodRolling release1.00infobox
Solus (operating system)UserlandGNU1.00infobox

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