Arch
Arch Linux is an independent lightweight i686-optimized community distribution for intermediate and advanced GNU/Linux users who aren't afraid of the command line. It offers great flexibility and control over what software you want to have on your system and how you want it configured. Like Slackware, it follows the "keep it simple" philosophy and is very fast to boot and run.
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Pic 1. Arch - random desktop
The distro bases on the best practices used in Crux (and partly Slackware) of creating a tightly-integrated, sleek and elegant Linux systems. The added value is the mentioned before package manager, pacman, which supports dependency checking and automatic download of the dependencies.
Arch is always up-to-date. The releases are rare, as in Debian or Gentoo. In order to stay fresh, users need to update their systems through Internet. It's not a distro for everyone, that's obvious. It requires work to adjust the defaults and configure the system according to personal preferences (just like in Slackware). After being configured however, Arch works very well. And update of the whole system is no pain - this is the main reason why lots of former Slack users choose Arch as their next distro, on the way to Gentoo or LFS :)
External Arch resources
- Official Arch Linux website
- Description on Wikipedia
- Arch@DistroWatch
News
Documentation, guides and tips
Software
Help, forums, community
Derivative works and LiveCD
- HDD: Underground Desktop, Frugalware
- LiveCD: Archie
Reviews
- 2007.08: distrogue.blogspot.com, simplyjat.blogspot.com, www.dvd-guides.com
- 0.8 Voodoo: www.triedit.org, tuxmachines.org
- USALUG Linux Tech Daily Open Addict myself and my computer OSNews NewsForge Linux Magazine (PDF) OSNews NewsForge LWN
- Arch Compared To Other Distros
- From Arch to Ubuntu
- Ubuntu vs Arch
- Arch Linux Vs Slackware: The Best of All Worlds
- Ten Things I Love About ArchLinux
Interviews
- Judd Vinet: DistroWatch, OSSBlog, OSNews, Linux Link Tech Show interview (audio), 2006
- Aaron Griffin
Download
- i686: core, ftp install and MD5 control sums
- x86_64: core, ftp install and MD5 control sums
- Download
Screenshots
- 0.7.2: OSDir.com
- mainly 2009.02: Archlinux Gallery
- Arch Linux with KDEMod: Chakra project
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“Info: Desktop: XFCE” ???
Fixed to ‘none’. Thanks.
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Thank You. Corrected.
The community repository (AUR) has vast numbers of packages. I’ve never seen anything in Ubuntu that wasn’t in Arch, but there are Arch packages which are not in Ubuntu.
Like which ones?
OSMO isnt in ubuntu. But not all debian/ubuntu packages can be found in arch repos, but most can.
Here are a few.
jUploadr
kdedecor-crystal
KDEmod
d3lphin
I’m sure there are some in Ubuntu which aren’t in Arch, but I’m just telling you my experiences. Ubuntu is very complete, so I meant this more as a complement to Arch than a complaint about Ubuntu.
I switched to Arch Linux because I could not take anymore the Gentoo community (or alternatively: I did not want to be part of anything that resembles that community). I have been happy ever since.
The pros are laid down quite well: rolling updates and minimalism together with configuration appeals to a BSD-user like me. While I consider the lack of a graphical installer to be a good thing, one con I have noticed is that the distribution lacks proper information channels for security bug fixes; wouldn’t recommend for a mission-critical system.
You should add the link http://www.archux.com
It has a lot of tutorials etc… for Arch Linux