14 DAY TRIAL // The Solus developers have had a very busy week, and they've pushed quite a few updates out the door, not to mention the first Release Candidate for the project.
Solus seems to be coming along, and the developers have made significant progress. They have finally managed to fix some of the issues they had been dealing with, and their new driver manager is also ready to be deployed. All in all, it's been a good week, and it means that we are definitely getting closer to a stable version.
The new Release Candidate that has been made available has replaced the previous Beta, and users finally have something newer and more stable to test. It's a lot closer to what they will get once the stable edition is ready for a proper launch. With a bit of luck, that will happen by the end of the year, and it's probably what developers are aiming for.
More improvements have landed for Solus
Solus is still getting quite a few updated packages, and it's likely that we'll see many more others in the weeks to come.
"We were happy to announce Solus 1.0 Release Candidate 1 last Thursday. We have gotten an immense amount of feedback since then, bug reports to tackle, and lots of new package requests! We also can confidently say that we reached over 2000 downloads of the RC1 ISO, across reported mirrors and BitTorrent, which is fantastic for a Release Candidate!" writes developer Josh Strobl.
The team has also managed to tame Firefox, which caused quite a few problems. You can download the latest Solus release candidate from Softpedia if you want to take it for a spin. It works just fine in a virtual environment, and make sure that you don't use a production machine. Also, don't forget to update the system regularly, even if it's just an RC.