14 DAY TRIAL // If you've been waiting impatiently to get your hands on the Solus 4 operating system, which should have arrived last month, you'll have to wait a little longer to download and install it on your PC.
Solus Project's Joshua Strobl posted today more details about the upcoming Solus 4 desktop operating system and some of the new features that will be integrated. These include a revamped Software Center with the latest Linux Driver Management for better hardware driver support, Hotspot support, Budgie 10.4.1, MATE 1.20, and an experimental Wayland session for the GNOME edition.
"Wayland will not be the default for Solus Budgie or Solus GNOME, however GNOME users will be able to install a separate session package if they wish to test and experiment with Wayland support," says Joshua Strobl. "During my testing, I have not found the quality of the GNOME + Wayland to be sufficient enough to be provided as a default experience for our users."
Snapd integration delayed
It would appear that the release of the Solus 4 snapshot depended on the integration of Canonical's snapd Snappy daemon for enabling users to install and run Snap apps on the distribution. Apparently, more work needs to be done this area, so the Solus devs decided to delay the snapd integration to unblock Solus 4, yet no release date was set in stone at the moment of writing.
Solus 4 promises to be an up-to-date snapshot of the popular GNU/Linux distribution, sporting updated kernel and graphics stacks powered by the long-term supported Linux 4.9 and latest Linux 4.15 kernel, as well as the upcoming Mesa 18.0 graphics stack for a better Intel and AMD Radeon experience, especially for gamers. In the meanwhile, work on the Solus Plasma edition continues in the background.