Solus Project: A New Linux OS

Software, Bugs, and CLI

Firstly, Solus Project is a Beta OS, which means that there is not that much software to be had. You can get a number of coding applications, like new versions of Vi, Emacs, and others, as well as productivity software like the LibreOffice suite of applications. You can also get Google Chrome, which I would highly recommend installing as the built-in Firefox browser has a habit of randomly crashing. Other than that, as of 4/18/2015 there is not a lot more, but if you are interested you can browse the documentation for all the repositories here: http://solus-project.github.io/docs/index.html

Secondly, despite the OS being a Beta OS, there is nearly zero bugs in everyday usage like web browsing, content creation via LibreOffice, or using any of the other software that you can find in the Software Center or EvoAssist programs. With the exception of Firefox intermittently crashing, and the random YouTube video crash, everything else is stable as can be for everyday use.

The Command Line Interface is accessible, as in many other Linux distros, by opening the Terminal application. Using the CLI is fairly straightforward, if you have had experience with other versions of Linux that use apt-get. The major differences are in the way you do the same functions. The commands are different from in Ubuntu, but will achieve many of the same effects. I will run through a rather simple example here, to show exactly what the differences are.
I will show you the two ways to install LibreOffice, once on Ubuntu, and once on Solus project OS.

In Ubuntu, this is what you would do: sudo apt-get install libreoffice

And in Solus Project Os: sudo pisi it libreoffice-writer

So as you can see, the way to do the same things is different but is also very similar, the main difference being the commands you will use.

• 1. Intro
• 2. Software, Bugs, and CLI
• 3. Conclusion and thoughts