Solus 4.1 Fortitude (opens in new tab)

As a very long time Linux on the desktop user, I absolutely love Solus. I've used about everything, but anymore, I just want something nice and easy for me out of the box. After the Antergos project ended, I decided I wanted something non Arch based, and tried Solus for the heck of it. I liked the default wallpaper, theme, and despite lacking advanced setups, the installer was perfect for my needs. Updates are done once a week, and despite the small team, they really mostly stay on top of things. If you're a distro hopper, or tired of your current one, give it a go.

Lots of cool stuff has come from this small team. I tried solus a couple years back and liked it but didn't get too deep. I'd like to hear more about why I should use Solus over Debian/arch/whatever. It looks like they have a new kernel and lots of up-to-date packages, but what sets it apart? The package manager? The desktop environment (budgie) is available on other distributions so thats probably not the killer feature.

Who can fill me in?

I know this is opensource, but... What if I want to contribute financially to the project ???

I didn't found any 'donate' or 'buy' button.

Hardware costs money, there will be hosting bills to pay, and developers sometimes want to eat.

Will Ubuntu Budgie be receiving an update too? Or do users have to wait until the next release?

https://ubuntubudgie.org/

If I didn't have the "Ikea effect" with my current Void install I'd be using Solus. Straightforward, sensible and clean. Plenty of useful and interesting software in the repos. Good enough UX for developers and your nan.

I encourage everyone to try it, but before you do, remind yourself that it isn't Arch or Debian-based, so if you use some unusual software you may well need to build from source.

Amazing work! I'm excited to try out the Plasma variant. So far have been using Budgie, and quite happy with it.

The main annoyance is package repository. Not only it's humble, but the maintainers have really strong views on what shouldn't be there. Faced the problem when tried to install/build Fractal client.

Big fan of Solus. It's one of the nicest options off the beaten path of arch and Debian-based distros. Great gaming support, and Budgie is very nice too.