Solus Linux Distribution Review

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Looking for a new Linux desktop distribution? You are definitely spoilt for choice. The market is well saturated with quality desktop distributions, featuring different desktop environments.

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Between Ubuntu, Fedora and OpenSUSE, you have a choice of well-supported distributions with lots of up-to-date software and commercial backing, as well as a choice of almost any desktop environment like GNOME, Unity or KDE.

There are many others, however. Linux Mint brings the stability of Ubuntu with a more familiar desktop for ex-Windows users, while Elementary OS gives a more simplified, streamlined desktop which may fare well with ex-Mac users.

There is a rising underdog, however, and it is awesome: Solus.

What Is Solus?
If you haven’t heard of Solus yet, allow me to bring you up to speed.

It was started in 2011, as “Solus OS” initially as a spin-off of Debian, featuring the GNOME 2 desktop. Development continued on this operating system, including on a new desktop environment, and it went through a couple of name changes, finally landing on just “Solus”.