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Last Update: 2024-02-02 02:44 UTC

Solus is a Linux distribution built from scratch. It uses a forked version of the PiSi package manager, maintained as "eopkg" within Solus, and a custom desktop environment called "Budgie", developed in-house. The Budgie desktop, which can be set to emulate the look and feel of the GNOME 2 desktop, is tightly integrated with the GNOME stack. The distribution is available for 64-bit computers only.

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Solus Summary
Distribution Solus
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2024-01-09: Distribution Release: Solus 4.5
 • 2023-07-08: Distribution Release: Solus 4.4
 • 2021-07-11: Distribution Release: Solus 4.3
 • 2021-02-03: Distribution Release: Solus 4.2
 • 2020-01-25: Distribution Release: Solus 4.1
 • 2019-03-18: Distribution Release: Solus 4.0
 • 2017-08-15: Distribution Release: Solus 3
 • 2017-04-18: Distribution Release: Solus 2017.04.18.0
 • 2017-01-02: Distribution Release: Solus 2017.01.01.0
 • 2016-10-19: Distribution Release: Solus 1.2.1
 • 2016-09-07: Distribution Release: Solus 1.2.0.5
 • 2016-06-20: Distribution Release: Solus 1.2
 • More Solus releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2024-07-15 Solus dropping AppArmor and Snap support
 • 2023-04-18 Solus team planning a come-back
 • 2023-02-13 Solus project status updates
 • 2021-09-14 Solus to replace GTK in Budgie desktop
 • 2019-10-03 Solus updates supported desktops
 • 2019-03-21 Budgie 10.5 shipped with Solus 4.0
 • 2019-01-15 Solus roadmap for 2019
 • 2018-11-02 Solus team regaining account access
 • 2018-10-27 Solus founder out of contact
 • 2018-09-21 Solus updates install media
 • More Solus headlines...

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Feature 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.9999 3 2017.04.18.0 1.2.1 Feature
Release Date 2024-01-09 2023-07-08 2021-07-11 2020-01-25 2019-03-17 2018-09-20 2017-08-15 2017-04-18 2016-10-19 Release Date
End Of Life                   End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 2200-2600 2200-2600 1800-2100 1600-1900 1400-1500 1400-1500 1100-1200     Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Installation
Default Desktop Budgie, GNOME, KDE Plasma, Xfce Budgie, GNOME, KDE Plasma, MATE Budgie, GNOME, KDE Plasma, MATE Budgie, GNOME, KDE Plasma, MATE Budgie, GNOME, MATE Budgie, GNOME, MATE Budgie, GNOME, MATE Budgie, GNOME, MATE Budgie, MATE Default Desktop
Package Management Flatpak, eopkg (pisi fork), Snap Flatpak, eopkg (pisi fork), Snap Flatpak, eopkg (pisi fork), Snap Flatpak, eopkg (pisi fork), Snap Flatpak, eopkg (pisi fork), Snap Flatpak, eopkg (pisi fork), Snap Flatpak, eopkg (pisi fork), Snap Flatpak, eopkg (pisi fork) eopkg (pisi fork) Package Management
Release Model Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Release Model
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice -- Office Suite
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd Init Software
Journaled File Systems                   Journaled File Systems
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes         Multilingual
Asian Language Support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes         Asian Language Support
Full Package List 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.9999 3 2017.04.18.0 1.2.1 Full Package List

Full Package List:   Solus 3
  Number of packages: 660 (download as TXT)
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  •  accountsservice 0.6.43
  •  acl 2.2.52
  •  adapta-gtk-theme 3.91.2.20
  •  adwaita-icon-theme 3.24.0
  •  alsa-firmware 1.0.29
  •  alsa-lib 1.1.4.1
  •  alsa-plugins 1.1.4
  •  alsa-utils 1.1.4
  •  apparmor 2.11.0
  •  appstream-data 8
  •  appstream-glib 0.6.12
  •  arc-gtk-theme 20170302
  •  arc-icon-theme 20160605
  •  atkmm 2.24.2
  •  atril 1.18.0
  •  at-spi2 2.22.0
  •  at-spi2-atk 2.22.0
  •  attr 2.4.47
  •  avahi 0.6.32
  •  baobab 3.24.0
  •  baselayout 1.8.0
  •  bash 4.3.042
  •  bash-completion 2.7
  •  bc 1.06.95
  •  bind-utils 9.11.1_p2
  •  binutils-libs 2.28
  •  blueman 2.0.4
  •  bluez 5.45
  •  breeze-cursor-theme 5.6.1
  •  brisk-menu 0.4.5
  •  budgie-desktop 10.4
  •  budgie-desktop-branding 17
  •  budgie-desktop-branding-livecd 17
  •  budgie-desktop-branding-material 17
  •  bzip2 1.0.6
  •  ca-certs 20170803
  •  cairomm 1.12.2
  •  caja 1.18.3
  •  canon-ufriilt-common 3.71
  •  caribou 0.4.21
  •  chrome-gnome-shell 9.0
  •  clr-boot-manager 1.5.4
  •  clutter 1.26.0
  •  clutter-gtk 1.8.2
  •  cogl 1.22.0
  •  coinmp 1.8.3
  •  colord 1.3.4
  •  comar 3.0.3
  •  comar-api 2.4.7
  •  compiz 0.9.13.1
  •  coreutils 8.27
  •  cpio 2.12
  •  cracklib 2.8.22
  •  cryptsetup 1.7.5
  •  cups 2.2.3
  •  cups-filters 1.16.1
  •  cups-pk-helper 0.2.6
  •  curl 7.55.1
  •  cyrus-sasl 2.1.26
  •  db5 5.3.21
  •  dbus 1.10.18
  •  dbus-glib 0.108
  •  dbus-launch 1.10.18
  •  dconf 0.26.0
  •  dconf-editor 3.22.3
  •  dejavu-fonts-ttf 2.37
  •  desktop-file-utils 0.23
  •  dhclient 4.3.2
  •  disktype 9
  •  djvulibre 3.5.27
  •  dmidecode 3.0
  •  docbook-xml 4.5
  •  doflicky 6
  •  dosfstools 4.0
  •  dotconf 1.3
  •  dracut 045
  •  e2fsprogs 1.43.4
  •  enchant 1.6.0
  •  engrampa 1.18.2
  •  eog 3.24.1
  •  eom 1.18.2
  •  espeak-ng 1.49.1
  •  evince 3.24.1
  •  evolution-data-server 3.24.5
  •  exfat-utils 1.2.3
  •  exiv2 0.25
  •  expat 2.2.3
  •  faad 2.7
  •  faba-icon-theme 4.1.2
  •  faba-icon-theme-mono 4.3
  •  fdk-aac 0.1.5
  •  ffmpeg 3.3.3
  •  ffmpegthumbnailer 2.2.0
  •  fftw 3.3.6
  •  file 5.30
  •  file-roller 3.24.1
  •  findutils 4.6.0
  •  firefox 55.0.1
  •  font-clear-sans-ttf 1.00
  •  fontconfig 2.12.1
  •  font-droid-ttf 1.00
  •  font-hack-ttf 2.020
  •  font-indic-ttf 0.5.14
  •  font-lateef-ttf 1
  •  font-roboto-ttf 2.136
  •  font-symbola-ttf 9.0
  •  font-tlwg-ttf 0.6.3
  •  foomatic-db 4.0.20170420
  •  foomatic-db-engine 4.0.12
  •  freetype2 2.8
  •  freetype2-subpixel 2.8
  •  fribidi 0.19.7
  •  fuse 2.9.5
  •  fuse-exfat 1.2.0
  •  gawk 4.1.4
  •  gcab 0.7
  •  gcr 3.20.0
  •  gd 2.2.4
  •  gdbm 1.13
  •  gdk-pixbuf 2.36.8
  •  gdm 3.20.1
  •  gedit 3.22.1
  •  geoclue 2.4.7
  •  gettext 0.19.8.1
  •  ghostscript 9.21
  •  giflib 4.1.6
  •  gjs 1.48.6
  •  glib2 2.52.3
  •  glibc 2.25
  •  glibmm 2.51.7
  •  glib-networking 2.50.0
  •  gmime 2.6.23
  •  gmp 6.1.2
  •  gnome-autoar 0.2.2
  •  gnome-backgrounds 3.24.0
  •  gnome-bluetooth 3.20.1
  •  gnome-calculator 3.24.0
  •  gnome-calendar 3.24.3
  •  gnome-color-manager 3.24.0
  •  gnome-control-center 3.24.3
  •  gnome-desktop-branding 9
  •  gnome-desktop-branding-livecd 9
  •  gnome-desktop-branding-material 9
  •  gnome-disk-utility 3.24.1
  •  gnome-doc-utils 0.20.10
  •  gnome-icon-theme 3.12.0
  •  gnome-keyring 3.20.1
  •  gnome-mpv 0.12
  •  gnome-online-accounts 3.24.2
  •  gnome-screensaver 3.6.1
  •  gnome-screenshot 3.22.0
  •  gnome-session 3.24.1
  •  gnome-session-shell 3.24.1
  •  gnome-settings-daemon 3.24.3
  •  gnome-shell 3.24.3
  •  gnome-shell-extension-dash-to-dock 60
  •  gnome-shell-extension-impatience 0.4.5
  •  gnome-shell-extensions 3.24.3
  •  gnome-shell-extension-topicons-plus 20
  •  gnome-system-monitor 3.24.0
  •  gnome-system-tools 3.0.0
  •  gnome-terminal 3.24.2
  •  gnome-themes-standard 3.22.3
  •  gnome-tweak-tool 3.24.1
  •  gnome-user-docs 3.24.2
  •  gnupg 2.1.21
  •  gobject-introspection 1.52.1
  •  goofiboot 51
  •  gpart 0.3
  •  gparted 0.28.1
  •  gpgme 1.9.0
  •  gpm 1.20.7
  •  graphite2 1.3.10
  •  grep 3.1
  •  grilo 0.3.3
  •  groff 1.22.2
  •  grub2 2.0.2_beta2
  •  gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.24.0
  •  gspell 1.4.1
  •  gstreamer-1.0 1.10.4
  •  gstreamer-1.0-libav 1.10.4
  •  gstreamer-1.0-plugins-bad 1.10.4
  •  gstreamer-1.0-plugins-base 1.10.4
  •  gstreamer-1.0-plugins-good 1.10.4
  •  gstreamer-1.0-plugins-ugly 1.10.4
  •  gtk2-engine-murrine 0.98.2
  •  gutenprint 5.2.12
  •  gvfs 1.32.1
  •  gvfs-goa 1.32.1
  •  gzip 1.8
  •  harfbuzz 1.4.5
  •  hexchat 2.12.4
  •  hicolor-icon-theme 0.15
  •  hplip-drivers 3.17.7
  •  hunspell-en 2016.06.26
  •  hwdata 0.302
  •  hyphen 2.8.8
  •  ibus 1.5.14
  •  ijs 0.35
  •  imlib2 1.4.9
  •  indicator-application 17.04.20161201
  •  inetutils 1.9.4
  •  inotify-tools 3.14
  •  inxi 2.3.23
  •  iproute2 4.9.0
  •  iptables 1.6.0
  •  isl 0.16.1
  •  iso-codes 3.75
  •  jansson 2.10
  •  kbd 2.0.4
  •  kerberos 5.1.15.1
  •  kernel-glue 4
  •  kmod 24
  •  lame 3.99.5
  •  less 487
  •  liba52dec 0.7.4
  •  libabw 0.1.1
  •  libaio 0.3.11
  •  libao 1.2.0
  •  libappindicator 12.10.0
  •  libarchive 3.3.2
  •  libass 0.13.4
  •  libassuan 2.4.3
  •  libatasmart 0.19
  •  libatk 2.22.0
  •  libbluray 1.0.1
  •  libboost 1.62.0
  •  libcaca 0.99.19
  •  libcairo 1.14.10
  •  libcanberra 0.3
  •  libcap2 2.25
  •  libcddb 1.3.2
  •  libcdio 0.92
  •  libcdio-paranoia 10.2.0.93.1
  •  libcdr 0.1.3
  •  libcmis 0.5.1
  •  libcolord-gtk 0.1.26
  •  libcroco 0.6.12
  •  libdaemon 0.14
  •  libdbusmenu 16.04.0
  •  libdc1394 2.2.3
  •  libdmapsharing 2.9.39
  •  libdmx 1.1.3
  •  libdrm 2.4.82
  •  libdv 1.0.0
  •  libdvbpsi 1.3.0
  •  libdvdcss 1.4.0
  •  libdvdnav 5.0.1
  •  libdvdread 5.0.0
  •  libebml 1.3.4
  •  libe-book 0.1.2
  •  libedit 20160618.3.1
  •  libelf 0.168
  •  libepoxy 1.3.1
  •  libetonyek 0.1.6
  •  libevdev 1.5.6
  •  libevent 2.0.22
  •  libexempi 2.4.0
  •  libexif 0.6.21
  •  libexttextcat 3.4.4
  •  libffi 3.2.1
  •  libflac 1.3.2
  •  libfontenc 1.1.3
  •  libfreehand 0.1.1
  •  libgcc 6.4.0
  •  libgcrypt 1.8.0
  •  libgdata 0.17.8
  •  libgee 0.20.0
  •  libgeocode-glib 3.20.1
  •  libglade 2.6.4
  •  libglu 9.0.0
  •  libgnome-desktop 3.24.1
  •  libgnomekbd 3.22.0.1
  •  libgnome-keyring 3.12.0
  •  libgnome-menus 3.13.3
  •  libgnutls 3.5.14
  •  libgomp 6.4.0
  •  libgpg-error 1.27
  •  libgphoto2 2.5.8
  •  libgpod 0.8.3
  •  libgtk-2 2.24.28
  •  libgtk-3 3.22.18
  •  libgtkmm-2 2.24.5
  •  libgtkmm-3 3.22.0
  •  libgtksourceview 3.24.2
  •  libgtop 2.36.0
  •  libgusb 0.2.10
  •  libgweather 3.24.1
  •  libgxps 0.2.5
  •  libhunspell 1.3.3
  •  libical 2.0.0
  •  libice 1.0.9
  •  libicu 58.2
  •  libidn2 2.02
  •  libieee1284 0.2.11
  •  libimobiledevice 1.2.0
  •  libindicator 12.10.1
  •  libinput 1.7.3
  •  libixion 0.12.2
  •  libjpeg-turbo 1.5.1
  •  libjson-glib 1.2.8
  •  libkate 0.4.1
  •  libksba 1.3.5
  •  liblangtag 0.6.2
  •  liblcms2 2.8
  •  libmad 0.15.1b
  •  libmatekbd 1.18.2
  •  libmatemixer 1.18.0
  •  libmateweather 1.18.1
  •  libmatroska 1.4.7
  •  libmbim 1.14.0
  •  libmodplug 0.8.8.5
  •  libmpeg2 0.5.1
  •  libmspub 0.1.2
  •  libmtp 1.1.13
  •  libmwaw 0.3.11
  •  libndp 1.6
  •  libnettle 3.3
  •  libnl 3.2.21
  •  libnotify 0.7.7
  •  libnspr 4.15
  •  libnss 3.31
  •  liboauth 1.0.3
  •  libodfgen 0.1.6
  •  libogg 1.3.2
  •  liboobs 3.0.0
  •  liborcus 0.12.1
  •  libp11-kit 0.23.2
  •  libpagemaker 0.0.3
  •  libpaper 1.1.24
  •  libparted 3.2
  •  libpciaccess 0.13.5
  •  libpcre 8.41
  •  libpeas 1.20.0
  •  libpipeline 1.4.1
  •  libplist 2.0.0
  •  libpng 1.5.28
  •  libproxy 0.4.14
  •  libpwquality 1.3.0
  •  libqmi 1.18.0
  •  libquvi 0.9.4
  •  libraw1394 2.0.5
  •  libreoffice-calc 5.4.0.3
  •  libreoffice-common 5.4.0.3
  •  libreoffice-draw 5.4.0.3
  •  libreoffice-impress 5.4.0.3
  •  libreoffice-writer 5.4.0.3
  •  librest 0.8.0
  •  librevenge 0.0.4
  •  librsvg 2.40.18
  •  libsamplerate 0.1.9
  •  libsecret 0.18.5
  •  libselinux 20170804
  •  libshout 2.4.1
  •  libsigc++ 2.10.0
  •  libsm 1.2.2
  •  libsndfile 1.0.28
  •  libsoup 2.58.2
  •  libspectre 0.2.8
  •  libspeex 1.2.1
  •  libssh 0.7.5
  •  libssh2 1.8.0
  •  libstartup-notification 0.12
  •  libstdc++ 6.4.0
  •  libtasn1 4.12
  •  libtelepathy-glib 0.24.1
  •  libtheora 1.1.1
  •  libtiff 4.0.8
  •  libtimezonemap 0.4.5
  •  libtool 2.4.6
  •  libunistring 0.9.4
  •  libunwind 1.1
  •  libupnp 1.6.21
  •  libusb 1.0.21
  •  libusbmuxd 1.0.10
  •  libva 1.8.1
  •  libvdpau 1.1.1
  •  libvisio 0.1.5
  •  libvorbis 1.3.5
  •  libvpx 1.6.1
  •  libvte 0.49.1
  •  libwacom 0.24
  •  libwebkit-gtk 2.16.6
  •  libwebp 0.6.0
  •  libwnck 3.20.1
  •  libwpd 0.10.1
  •  libwpg 0.3.1
  •  libwps 0.4.6
  •  libx11 1.6.5
  •  libxau 1.0.8
  •  libxcb 1.12
  •  libxcomposite 0.4.4
  •  libxcursor 1.1.14
  •  libxdamage 1.1.4
  •  libxdmcp 1.1.2
  •  libxext 1.3.3
  •  libxfixes 5.0.3
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Version: 4.5
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-09-18
Votes: 39


 Solus stands out to me as a unique and thoughtfully crafted operating system. It was seamless to install. No hardware compatibility issues. The Budgie desktop environment is clean and modern looking. Solus performance on my slightly older Lenovo laptop from 2019 operates very smoothly and efficiently. Their package repo is limited, but combined with Flatpaks there wasn't anything I needed that I couldn't find. Solus is a rolling release, and while it took some time for me to grasp the benefits of rolling releases, it has been very stable with no issues during updates over the past several months. The Solus community has decent documentation and a helpful online forum. Overall, I don't see a need to leave Solus having come from a Debian (Linux Mint) background. Very happy with Solus!


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Version: 4.5
Rating: 5
Date: 2024-08-07
Votes: 0


 I've installed the XFCE version in VirtualBox. The installation process was fast, and the interface is clean and aesthetic.

However, when I opened the Software Manager to install Inkscape, downloading the dependencies and installing them took about seven minutes. Additionally, Google Chrome isn't in the repository, so you have to manually install and periodically upgrade it.

Sorry, but I'll stick to Debian-based distros with large repositories and a simple "click-on-DEB-file-enter-the-password" process for external software.


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Version: 4.5
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-07-15
Votes: 43


 It went through a bit of a tumultuous journey there, but now we're on the other side of it and things have stabilized. Solus is still the only distro that feels like home to me. The combination of a carefully curated rolling release, built exclusively for the best desktop experience, and being an independent distro with its own desktop environment is unmatched. Budgie is perfect because it's got the simplicity of GNOME while still allowing for some easy customization and personalization.

Sure, if you demand a huge selection of software available in the repos, you might end up looking elsewhere. I think they've got the average user pretty well covered and then some though, plus there's always Flathub. So while Solus may not have the biggest library of software, here's an example of what it does have: apps for some of the best VPN providers out there. To be safe I won't name them, don't want my review getting flagged, but it's the ones located in Sweden and Switzerland.

If you're on Arch Linux you'd need to dive into the AUR to find those particular apps, but on Solus they're right there in the software manager GUI. So you may be surprised by all that you'll find here. Been using Solus for about five years and despite a little bump in the road it's better than ever now, being run by great people, and it's got a bright future.


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