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First time I hear of it, always give the same kind of thoughts :
... then I move on to my day.
solus has been around for quite a long time, even if you haven't heard of it
Hmmm... I wonder if literally the first words of my post could have been a hint. /s
Also FWIW I'm using Debian (1993) so relatively speaking, it (2015) is quite new.
It’s actually a pretty fantastic distribution and soothes my FreeBSD-based snobby notions of a clean, organized OS.
No doubt, apparently seeing the downvotes I came across as negative about the distribution. It wasn't my point, just sharing my perspective. Thanks for clarifying what makes it actually interesting to you!