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by dijit 3374 days ago
I dug around the site, I have no idea what this is. A linux distro? a solaris one? why is their barely any info except a download link?
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It's such an absurdly awful website. "Solus is an operating system that is designed for modern personal computing devices, every tweak enabling us to deliver a singular, cohesive desktop experience." Um, okay. It's an operating system. Where do I find Solus programs?

Oh, so you're a Linux distribution with a custom DE. But you won't acknowledge that. The only mention of Linux I can find on the website is instructions on how to use Linux to make a bootable media from the ISO installer to install it. Why? Who does this subterfuge serve?

Solus is a rolling release linux distribution aimed at desktops. Its really very impressive. Its starting to feel a bit like a game-changer for linux desktops. Its run by Ikey Doherty who works for Intel's Clear Linux.
What makes it a game changer? The website is very sparse -- couldn't even find screenshots for budgie!
Solus is an interesting recent distro in that it's written entirely from scratch, not built on top of Debian/Ubuntu/Arch, etc. It also made its own DE, Budgie, which has since been ported to Ubuntu. It's also become the go-to distro for Linux Steam enthusiasts, because the developers put a huge amount of work into making their own package of Steam that seems to work better than many of the existing ones.

You can check out a DistroWatch review of it here: https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20170206#solus

Also, you may wish to listen to an episode or two of Late Night Linux, on which Ikey is one of the hosts. It's not solely about Solus, but it does get quite a bit of screentime by virtue of his connection to it: https://latenightlinux.com/about/