14 DAY TRIAL // The Solus operating system is getting closer to a stable release and its developers are showing off some of the capabilities of the distro, including the boot time, which has got to be the most impressive result out there.
It's been a while since we really cared about boot times for Linux distros. Ever since the appearance of SSD drives, boot times for operating systems no longer matter all that much. Many users also have copious amounts of RAM, so it doesn't take a long time to boot. Well, from the looks of it, Solus is capable of booting up in 1.2 seconds, and that is an incredible feat.
In fact, just a couple of weeks ago, Solus developers were working to bring the boot time down to 3 seconds and that was a real accomplishment, but the fact that they were able to bring that even lower shows just how much work is being done.
What's this Solus distro?
Solus is a Linux distribution built from scratch that uses a new desktop environment called Budgie. If you think that the name sounds a lot like an older distro called Solus OS, then you would be right. This is done by the same devs who worked on Solus OS, but they dropped the OS from the name.
The development cycle for Solus is almost over and they are only months away from a stable release. Its makers are still performing adjustments to the operating system, and they are trying to keep everything up to date before the stable launch. For example, Solus is one of the few distros out there that adopt the latest Linux kernel almost immediately after its release.
You can download the Solus daily build and give it a spin. It's not stable yet, so don't use any production machines if you plan to also install it.