Arch Linux (nonfiction)

Arch Linux is a Linux distribution for computers based on x86-64 architectures.

Arch Linux is composed of free, open-source and nonfree software, and supports community involvement.

The design approach of the development team follows the KISS principle ("keep it simple, stupid") as the general guideline; it 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, meaning there are no "major release" of completely new versions of the system; 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 snapshots of the main system components.

Arch Linux has comprehensive documentation, which consists of a community wiki known as the ArchWiki.

I first encountered Arch Linux in a Slashdot post about top Linux kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman, who said that he uses Arch Linux.

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Computation (nonfiction)
• Linux distribution (nonfiction)

External links:

• Official website
• Arch Linux @ Wikipedia
• Kroah-Hartman Reveals His New Favorite Linux Distro @ Slashdot