Solara is an Arch-based rolling release Linux distribution that focuses on offering a polished desktop experience out of the box.
The project is built around KDE Plasma as its main edition, while also offering Cinnamon, LXQt, and Pantheon flavors. It uses standard Arch foundations, including pacman and AUR compatibility, and avoids immutable or atomic design choices.
Key Features
- KDE Plasma is the flagship desktop environment.
- Additional flavors are available with Cinnamon, LXQt, and Pantheon.
- Uses standard Arch tooling, including pacman and AUR support.
- Includes a custom Solara kernel in its ISO images.
| Working state: | Active |
| Desktop: | KDE Plasma, Cinnamon, LXQt, Pantheon |
| Init Software: | systemd |
| Package Management: | Pacman |
| Release Model: | Rolling |
| Platforms: | x86_64 |
| Home Page: | celestia-foundation.github.io/solara |
| Developer: | Celestia Foundation |
| This article is part of our Big List of Active Linux Distributions. |
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