Arch Linux Description

Arch Linux is an independent, x86 64 general-purpose GNU/Linux distribution. It strives to provide stable versions of most software through a rolling-release approach. The default installation is a minimal system that can be configured by the user to add only what is needed. Arch Linux is simple. It doesn't allow for unnecessary modifications or additions. It ships software as released by the original developers (upstream) with minimal distribution-specific (downstream) changes, patches not accepted by upstream are avoided, and Arch's downstream patches consist almost entirely of backported bug fixes that are obsoleted by the project's next release. Arch ships the configuration files provided by upstream with changes limited to distribution-specific issues like adjusting the system file paths. It does not add automation features, such as enabling a service just because the package has been installed.

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Arch Linux
Year Founded:
2002
Website:
archlinux.org

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  • Name: King M.
    Job Title: Pentester
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
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    This is God

    Edited: Oct 31 2022

    Summary: Never going back once you experience Arch and become an expert at it you're never going to want to lessen yourself to other distributions or operating systems ever again you truly have unlimited power no one's telling you what to do.

    Positive: -Gentoo & LFS take hours/days to install, Arch gets it done in 15 min while being superior to Linux, the BSD family, Windows & Mac in every way.
    -often imitated, but never duplicate, Arch Linux is so influential it spawned so many forks (spinoffs) Artix, Manjaro, Arco, Blackarch, ArchLabs etc.
    -Arch User Repository, the most & largest collection of software available ANYWHERE.
    -pacman, Yay, Paru, Trizen packages managers, no Crapbook app store needed, all free.
    -If you can think of a program & you can code, anything is possible, no hardware incompatibility errors AT ALL
    - Linux isn't Mac or Windows but it's fully capable of using their software, with no unfixable error
    -You are in 100% control nothing is restricted, it's yours to make or delete as you see fit

    Negative: -System D primary init (Runit, S6, Suite66, DInit are faster and superior)
    -All Glibc no Musl replacement exclusive option.
    -bbs.archlinux.org forum community is TOXIC.

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  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: Student
    Length of product use: Less than 6 months
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
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    Advanced Linux Distro

    Date: Feb 25 2022

    Summary: Overall, if you want to go deeper into the Linux world, Arch Linux is the first distro that you should try.

    Positive: You can customize everything: Arch Linux is based on the "Keep it Simple, Stupid" philosophy, so, if you want a DE, you can install a DE.
    AUR: The AUR is full of software, so you won't have to compile everything from source.

    Negative: None at all, for the time I used Arch, I haven't found any issues.

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