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Arco Linux

Arch Linux is an open source, rolling release Linux distribution. Arch Linux is kept up-to-date by regularly updating the individual pieces of software that it comprises. Arch Linux is intentionally minimal, and is meant to be configured by the user during installation so they may add only what they require.

Arch Linux provides monthly "snapshots" which are used as installation media.

Pacman, a package manager written specifically for Arch Linux, is used to install, remove and update software packages. Additionally, the Arch User Repository (AUR), which is the community-driven repository for Arch Linux provides packages not included in the official repositories and alternative versions of packages; AUR packages can be downloaded and built manually, or installed through an AUR 'helper'.

Arch Linux has comprehensive documentation in the form of a community-run wiki known as the ArcoLinux documentation.

Inspired by CRUX, another minimalist distribution, Judd Vinet started the Arch Linux project in March 2002. The name was chosen because Vinet liked the word's meaning of "the principal," as in "arch-enemy".

Originally only for 32-bit x86 CPUs, the first x86 64 installation ISO was released in April 2006.

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Arch Linux Comparison Table

Feature current 2011.08.19 2010.05 2009.08 2009.02
Release Date 2026-02-09 2011-08-19 2010-05-17 2009-08-09 2009-02-17
End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 1400-1500 600-700
Free Download PKG ISO ISO ISO ISO
Installation Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode
Default Desktop
Default Browser
Package Format pkg pkg pkg pkg pkg
Package Management
Release Model Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling
Office Suite GOffice, Calligra, LibreOffice -- -- -- --
Processor Architecture x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64
Init Software systemd SysV SysV SysV SysV
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS
Multilingual
Full Package List current 2011.08.19 2010.05 2009.08 2009.02

Buy a Bootable USB or Download Arch Linux 12.01

RELEASE DATE: Tuesday, April 23, 2024

For Intel and AMD x86_64 systems

Arch Linux 12.01 Live ISO iso 4.3 GiB

No files available for this version.

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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 arcolinux-2024.12.01-*-CHECKSUM

  • Verify the checksum matches

                    sha256sum -c arcolinux-2024.12.01-*-CHECKSUM

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

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