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The desktop-oriented Solus distribution
has been through a difficult period; this post describes
the extensive changes that have been made in response.

Notably, innovation in the Linux ecosystem is presently centered
around the use of application sandboxing, containers and the
development of immutable operating systems with a well understood
Software Bill of Materials. Each of these concepts allow for a
degree of separation and stability when developing, testing and
certifying software and products.

The current Solus tooling, as well as the resulting packaging and
development experience, is somewhat ill-suited to this objective
and would most likely need a wholesale re-engineering of the tools
before this becomes feasible.

However, there is a more straightforward path for Solus: Rebasing
onto Serpent OS.