Solus是从无到有创建的Linux发行。它使用PiSi包管理器的一个分支版本，在Solus中以eopkg的名字来维护；它还使用一份自身开发的叫作Budgie的定制桌面环境。Budgie桌面可被配置为能模仿GNOME 2桌面的观感，并被紧密集成到GNOME栈中。该发行只面向64比特计算机提供。这个版本使我们能够解决众多的1.2版本发行后的问题，如:
Budgie:
Battery icon refresh issues were solved
We resolved an issue where the keyboard layout would revert to the default guessed layout for the locale on login
We switched to gnome-screensaver for screen locking and power management
Installation:
Issues using Solus and the installation media on some hardware configurations, such as NVIDIA Maxwell cards and Intel Skylake processors.
We solved an issue whereby the installer might hang scanning disks.
Software:
We delivered an updated GNOME 3.20 Stack, Pulseaudio 9, as well as Mesa 12. Additionally, we shipped with GCC 6.1.0, glibc 2.24, and the latest stable kernel 4.7.2.