14 DAY TRIAL // The Solus operating system has just received its first daily ISO, and it looks like the team is well on its way to promote the first RC. The developers are moving closer to a stable version, and things seem to be on the right track.
Solus is a new operating system made from scratch, which means it's not like most of the other Linux distros out there. It is not using Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Arch, or whatever other OS. The devs are doing their own thing, and from the looks of it, they've already done a great job.
They also didn't want to have one of the regular desktop environments that are already widely available, so they used Budgie, which is built by the same team.
In terms of overall design, you could say that Solus has a more traditional approach, with a launcher on the left side and apps that show up at the bottom of the screen when they are opened, but that is pretty much it. The rest of the system is modern and feels incredibly polished. And we don't even have a stable edition yet.
A daily build is important for development purposes
As you can imagine, if you are doing any kind of work on your PC, the new Solus daily build is not for you. Until this becomes stable, it would be a good idea to not use a production machine. The "daily" part means that updates and modifications will be pushed on a regular basis, so it's easy to understand why it's not safe, but if you want to provide valuable feedback, then you should get cracking.
"We're enormously happy to be shipping our very first daily ISO today! In a nutshell, it's built directly from our latest unstable development material, meaning its brand spanking new, and all yours for the humble price of $0.00! This ISO is configured to continue using our unstable software sources, and as such is not meant for production usage. However, we’ll be uploading ISOs every day now, in a fully transparent development process," said Ikey Doherty, the leader of the Solus project.
The new build also comes with some exciting new upgrades, like Linux kernel 4.1.0, the latest Budgie desktop, and all the latest apps from the GNOME stack. Who knows what updates we'll get tomorrow.
You can download the Solus daily build from Softpedia.