Arch Linux
Arch Linux is an i686-optimized Linux distribution. It is lightweight and contains the latest stable versions of software. Packages are in .tar.gz format and are tracked by a package manager that is designed to allow easy package upgrades. Arch is quite streamlined compared to some other distributions. Things that are relatively unused are not kept (info pages, for example). A default Arch install leaves you with a solid base; from there, you can add packages to create the custom installation you're looking for. Arch has a package build system that allows you to easily create your own packages, which makes it very easy to rebuild a package with your own custom configuration. Arch also aims to use the newer features available to Linux users, such as reiserfs/ext3 and devfs.
| Tags | Operating Systems Systems Administration |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux |
Recent releases
- 29 May 2006 13:48
Changes: Updated packages. Minor bugs in the installer have been fixed. Hardware auto-detection has been improved.
- 24 Jan 2005 11:42
No changes have been submitted for this release.
- 02 Mar 2004 00:21
No changes have been submitted for this release.
- 21 Jul 2003 15:20
Changes: MD5 password support, PAM support, and a new drop-in /etc/conf.d daemon config area have been added. There are two stock kernels now (ide and scsi), and there is LVM support in the initscripts. The installer has also been improved: it has the option to build a kernel from source, better package selection, grub support (now default), and a better package install screen. A ton of package updates were also made.
- 18 Dec 2002 08:51
Changes: NFS mounts were added to the init scripts. The install script was improved. The install CD layout was modified to run from an initrd. The rc.d scripts were modified to kill with .pid files or pidof. rc.sysinit now handles UTC times (user patch). Module depenencies are only updated if required. All packages were rebuilt with gcc 3.2. pacman now supports multiple servers and respositories.
