Solus 4.7 has recently been released, with linux-display budgie being developed as part of the distribution. The decision has been made to base the next Solus 5 branch on the technology of the Serpentos distribution. The project’s code is distributed under the GPLV2 license, and development is carried out using the languages SI and VALA. The distribution offers builds with BUDGIE, GNOME, KDE Plasma, and XFCE, with ISO image sizes ranging from 2.6-2.9 GB (x86_64). You can find more information about the releases here.
The package manager eopkg (a Fork of pisi from Pardus Linux) provides familiar installation and repository management tools. The repository contains over 2000 packages categorized into thematic components, offering a wide range of software for users to install. You can find more information about the package management system here.
The distribution follows a hybrid development model, with periodic significant releases introducing new technologies and improvements, while the Rolling package update model is used for ongoing development between major releases.
The environment budgie is based on the Gnome Shell shell, with plans to separate desktop functionality from visualization in the Budgie 11 branch. The Budgie Window Manager (BWM), an extended modification of Mutter, controls window management. The panel in Budgie resembles classic desktop panels, with applets allowing flexible customization. Popular applets include an application menu, task switcher, open windows area, virtual desktop viewer, power control indicator, volume control, system status indicator, and clock. Media players like Rhythmbox with the alternate toolbar extension and Celluloid for video playback are commonly used in the