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About Arch Linux

Posted: 13 Nov 2019, 13:11
by hepek
Arch Linux is a Linux distribution for i686 and x86-64 computers. It is composed predominantly of free and open-source software, and supports community involvement. The design approach of the development team focuses on elegance, code correctness, minimalism, and simplicity, and expects the user to be willing to make some effort to understand the system's operation. A package manager written specifically for Arch Linux, pacman, is used to install, remove and update software packages. Arch Linux uses a rolling release model, such that a regular system update is all that is needed to obtain the latest Arch software; the installation images released by the Arch team are simply up-to-date... more on Wikipedia