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.

Quick facts

What is the latest version of Solus?

The latest tracked version of Solus is 4.9, released April 18, 2026.

How many Solus releases does OS.watch track?

OS.watch tracks 6 Solus releases, the earliest from 2023.

Release history

6 releases
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