The COSMIC desktop runs on solnix — the graphical stack works on illumos
System76's COSMIC desktop now runs on solnix, proving the full graphical stack works on illumos: Rust, Wayland, GTK4, and GPU acceleration via Mesa RADV + Vulkan.
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First bootable image: v2026.08.07 (unstable preview)
solnix now has a bootable x86_64 ISO and a raw disk image — an early, unstable-edition preview for testing in a VM.
aarch64 and sparcv9 cross-build artifacts in the cache
The binary cache now carries cross-built store paths for non-primary architectures alongside x86_64.
Binary cache online, distributed on B2 + Cloudflare
Add cache.solnix.io as a substituter and skip the recompilation tax. Objects are served from Backblaze B2 fronted by Cloudflare.
Package search is live
Browse the solnix package registry with full-text search at search.solnix.io.