Solus 4.6 Plasma
Review exact release details and current availability for Solus 4.6 Plasma.
About this target
- Release
- 4.6
- Desktop
- Plasma
- Architecture
- x86_64
- Availability
- Ready to launch
About Solus
Solus is an independent desktop distribution, built from scratch rather than derived from another project, and it is the birthplace of the Budgie desktop environment, which has since spread to other distributions. Development follows a curated rolling model: updates land continuously but are grouped and tested, with a weekly cadence for the stable channel, aiming at current software without daily surprises. Packages use the eopkg format and tooling, descended from the PiSi package manager, and the project maintains its own repositories with a deliberately tidy selection. Official editions cover Budgie, KDE Plasma, GNOME, and Xfce, each configured with care. Solus is explicit about being a home-computing desktop first rather than a server platform. It appeals to people who want a polished, self-contained system outside the Debian, Fedora, and Arch families. OpenFactory offers a browser session of Solus for an unhurried first look.
All Solus releases and desktopsWhat happens when you press Try now
The button opens the OpenFactory console in a new tab and boots a fresh Solus virtual machine from OpenFactory's verified source media. The session renders directly in the browser, so there is nothing to download and nothing to install on your computer.
Each visit gets its own machine with a fresh overlay over an immutable base image. Files, settings, and desktop changes behave normally inside the session and are discarded when it ends, so every visitor starts from the same clean Solus 4.6 Plasma.
Questions about this target
Is this an official Solus image?
Yes. Launches boot from OpenFactory's verified copy of official Solus media with the Plasma desktop. The catalog records where each source came from and when it was verified, and visitor sessions never modify the stored image.
Do changes persist between sessions?
No. Every launch runs on a fresh overlay over an immutable base image, and the machine state is discarded when the session ends. No visitor sees another visitor's changes, and every session starts from the same clean Solus 4.6 Plasma.
Can I get a customized Solus instead of the stock demo?
Yes. The OpenFactory builder turns this release into your own image: pick packages, services, users, and hardening, then build it, test it in a browser VM, and download the result for real hardware.