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Solus is a stable rolling distro, making it somewhat special in the world of Linux. A new ISO just dropped.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm sure I'm missing something, but what is unique about this distro?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

As far as I know, there are only two independent rolling distros that are stable: Void & Solus. Solus comes out of the box ready-to-go with little-to-no tinkering, with a good aesthetic appeal. I like rolling distros because there's no retiring my version. I keep it updated and it keeps getting updates. Support for life.

[–] mhm 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Open SUSE Tumbleweed too right?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Does anyone consider Tumbleweed stable?

[–] mhm 3 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Don't you do it? Been using TW for almost two years now and had close to no issues.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Chimera Linux is also a pretty cool independent distro...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So, solas isn't based on debian or some other core base? It's its own thing? Did I understand correctly?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Sweet! I'll give it a try on my next install. Thanks!