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Artix Linux is a fork (or continuation as an autonomous project) of the Arch-OpenRC and Manjaro-OpenRC projects. Artix Linux offers a lightweight, rolling-release operating system featuring the OpenRC init software. (Alternative spins feature the runit and s6 init software.) Several editions of Artix Linux are available, featuring either a plain command line or one of several desktop environments.
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I'm converting friends and colleagues from windows to Linux with a Ventoy USB stick that carries the MATE and Plasma community editions of Artix (most of them choose Plasma because they're seduced by its countless desktop widgets) and the rest of the review will refer to these editions.
The Artix team has put a lot of effort in polishing their installation media and it shows: the software collection is well-balanced and offers the arguably best application in its category. There's Clementine for your music collection, mpv for video playback (I'd like a more sophisticated configuration file, though I can understand the lack of it as it's closely tied to each user's hardware), GIMP for advanced image editing, Inkscape for vector graphics, Firefox with preinstalled privacy addons, Audacity for audio editing, Kdenlive for non-linear video editing, Libre Office, Digikam for photo collection management, even Lutris for your gaming needs. The list goes on and for some categories there's even the 'second-best' alternative present.
More advanced users will delight to find out a slew of power tools pre-installed and at their disposal, they're just too many to list here. A graphical package management utility is also provided in these editions, ideal for beginners. All these are beautifully assembled and arranged in a pleasant warm dark theme, augmented by the redshift utility which takes care of your eyes after dark.
Given all these amenities, the learning curve is smooth for beginners. Advanced or guru-tier users might find the community ISOs somewhat bloated but a quick clean up with pacman can remove the clutter easily.
I started on Debian, Fedora, Parrot. Then I used OpenSUSE.
I also used Kubuntu for five months, and Manjaro for a few months.
But this kind of mess called systemd ended up exasperating me.
In 2018, I searched and tested some rare rolling distros without systemd.
Artix Linux after a year of testing has proven to be exemplary: surprisingly stable and fluid!
In 2019, many applications from Arch Linux had already been packaged for Artix.
I found a very active distribution and gratified by a great forum.
For beginners, who don't want to get too involved, I recommend Manjaro (systemd is present, but not used by default).
For experts, I recommend Artix and NixOS.
I started on Mandrake, Fedora, Mepis. Then I used Debian.
I also used Xubuntu for five years, and Manjaro for a few months.
But this kind of mess called systemd ended up exasperating me.
In 2018, I searched and tested some rare rolling distros without systemd.
Artix Linux after a year of testing has proven to be exemplary: surprisingly stable and fluid!
In 2019, many applications from Arch Linux had already been packaged for Artix.
I found a very active distribution and gratified by a great forum.
For beginners, who don't want to get too involved, I recommend MX Linux (systemd is present, but not used by default).
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