Arch Linux (nonfiction)

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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 on September 2, 2019.

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