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archbang-linux

Arch Bang Linux is a simple lightweight rolling release Linux distribution based on a minimal Arch Linux operating system with the i3 tiling window manager, previously using the Openbox stacking window manager.

Arch Bang Linux is especially suitable for high performance on old or low-end hardware with limited resources. ArchBang's aim is to provide a simple out-of-the-box Arch-based Linux distribution with a pre-configured i3 desktop suite, adhering to Arch principles.


Arch Bang Linux Comparison Table

Feature 0802 2626 1025 2412 2401 2201
Release Date 2026-02-08 2025-10-26 2024-12-24 2022-01-24 2021-01-01 2020-11-07
End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 1200-1300 1500-1600 1000-1100 900-1000 900-1000 900-1000
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
Installation Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode
Default Desktop labwc Openbox Openbox Openbox Openbox i3
Default Browser Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox
Package Format pkg pkg pkg pkg pkg pkg
Package Management pacman pacman pacman pacman pacman pacman
Release Model Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling
Office Suite - - - - - -
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext4 Btrfs, ext4, JFS, XFS ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS
Multilingual - - - - - -

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RELEASE DATE: Tuesday, April 23, 2024

For Intel and AMD x86_64 systems

Archbang Linux Live ISOiso4.3 GiB

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Once you have downloaded an image, be sure to verify it for both security and integrity.

By calculating the image’s checksum on your own computer and comparing it to the original checksum, you can verify the image has not been tampered with or corrupted. Images are also gpg signed with Fedora keys to demonstrate their integrity.

  • Click the verify button to download the checksum file for your downloaded image.

  • Import Linuxrpms's GPG key(s)

                    curl -O https://linuxrpms.com/linuxrpms-gpg.pub
                  

    You can verify the details of the GPG key(s) here.

  • Verify the checksum file is valid

                    gpgv --keyring ./linuxrpms-gpg.pub archbanglinux-*-CHECKSUM
                  
  • Verify the checksum matches

                    sha256sum -c archbanglinux-*-CHECKSUM
                  

If the output states that the file is valid, then it's ready to use!

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