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Artix Linux


Last Update: 2023-05-02 13:31 UTC



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.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 100 (121), 6 months: 101 (128), 3 months: 89 (138), 4 weeks: 74 (141), 1 week: 73 (136)

Average visitor rating: 9.21/10 from 141 review(s).


Artix Linux Summary
Distribution Artix Linux
Home Page https://artixlinux.org/
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Feature 20230501 20220713 20210726 20200210 20181004 20170808
Release Date 2023-05-02 2022-07-17 2021-07-28 2020-02-10 2018-10-04 2017-08-08
End Of Life            
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 700-1700 700-1700 600-1400 600-1200 400-900 300-700
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop Cinnamon, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, KDE Plasma, Xfce Cinnamon, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, KDE Plasma, Xfce Cinnamon, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, KDE Plasma, Xfce Cinnamon, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, KDE Plasma LXQt i3, LXQt
Package Management Pacman Pacman Pacman Pacman Pacman Pacman
Release Model Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling
Office Suite -- -- -- -- -- --
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
Init Software Dinit, OpenRC, runit, S6 Dinit, OpenRC, runit, S6 OpenRC, runit, S6, Suite66 OpenRC, runit, S6 OpenRC, runit OpenRC
Journaled File Systems ext3, ext4 ext3, ext4 ext3, ext4 ext3, ext4 ext3, ext4 ext3, ext4
Multilingual            
Asian Language Support            
Full Package List 20230501 20220713 20210726 20200210 20181004 20170808
Package 20230501 20220713 20210726 20200210 20181004 20170808
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- -- -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.2.9) 1.2.8 1.2.7.1 1.2.5.1 1.2.1.2 1.1.6 1.1.4.1
amdgpu (23.0.0) 23.0.0 22.0.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 -- --
bash (5.2.15) 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.4 4.4
bind (9.18.15) -- -- -- -- -- --
chromium (114.0.5735.90) -- -- -- -- -- --
cups (2.4.3) 2.4.2 2.4.2 2.3.3 -- -- --
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3-P1 4.4.3 4.4.2 4.4.2 4.4.1 4.3.5
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.47.0 1.46.5 1.46.2 1.45.5 1.44.4 1.43.4
firefox (113.0.2) -- -- -- -- -- --
freetype (2.13.0) 2.13.0 2.12.1 2.10.4 2.10.1 2.9.1 --
gcc (13.1.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
gimp (2.10.34) -- -- -- -- -- --
glibc (2.37) 2.37 2.35 2.33 2.30 2.28 2.25
gnome-shell (44.2) -- -- -- -- -- --
gnucash (5.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.55) -- -- -- -- -- --
grub (2.06) 2.06 2.06 2.04 2.02 2.02 2.02
gtk (4.10.3) 4.10.3 4.6.6 3.24.24 3.24.13 3.24.1 3.22.18
httpd (2.4.57) -- -- -- -- -- --
inkscape (1.2.2) -- -- -- -- -- --
k3b (23.04.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
kmod (30) 30 30 28 26 25 24
krita (5.1.5) -- -- -- -- -- --
libreoffice (7.5.3) -- -- -- -- -- --
linux (6.3.5) 6.2.13 5.18.10 5.13.4 5.5.2 4.18.10 4.9.41
Package 20230501 20220713 20210726 20200210 20181004 20170808
lxpanel (0.10.1) 0.10.1 0.10.1 0.10.0 0.10.0 -- --
mariadb (10.11.3) -- -- -- -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.26.1) 1.27.0 1.26.0 1.24.1 1.22.2 -- --
mesa (23.1.1) 23.0.3 22.1.3 21.1.5 19.3.3 18.2.1 17.1.5
mysql (8.0.33) -- -- -- -- -- --
nautilus (44.2) -- -- -- -- -- --
NVIDIA (530.41.03) 530.41.03 -- -- -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1
openjdk (20.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
openssh (9.3p1) 9.3p1 9.0p1 8.6p1 8.1p1 7.8p1 7.5p1
openssl (3.1.1) 3.0.8 1.1.1q 1.1.1k 1.1.1d 1.1.1 1.1.0f
perl (5.36.1) 5.36.0 5.36.0 5.32.1 5.30.1 5.28.0 5.26.0
php (8.2.6) -- -- -- -- -- --
plasma-desktop (5.27.5) 5.27.4 5.25.3 5.22.4 5.17.5 -- --
postfix (3.8.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
postgresql (15.3) -- -- -- -- -- --
Python (3.11.3) 3.10.9 3.10.5 3.9.4 3.8.1 3.7.0 3.6.2
qt (6.5.1) 5.15.9 5.15.5 5.15.2 5.14.1 5.11.2 2.0.0
samba (4.18.3) 4.18.1 4.16.2 4.14.6 4.10.10 -- --
systemd (253.5) -- -- -- -- -- --
thunderbird (102.11.2) -- -- -- -- -- --
vim (9.0) -- -- -- -- -- 8.0
vlc (3.0.18) -- -- -- -- -- --
wayland (1.22.0) 1.22.0 1.21.0 1.19.0 1.17.0 1.16.0 1.13.0
xfdesktop (4.18.1) 4.18.1 4.16.0 4.16.0 -- -- --
xorg-server (21.1.8) 21.1.8 21.1.4 1.20.12 1.20.7 1.20.1 1.19.3

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Version: 20230501
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-05-31
Votes: 5


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.


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Version: 20230501
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-05-16
Votes: 11


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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Version: 20230501
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-05-13
Votes: 4


This distro is underrated.
I compare this distro to , Manjaro(Arch) without Systemd , or Antix(Debian).
Boot times are fast. Memomry usage is low.
Efi bootloader install fine.
This distro just misses a decend graphical package manager as "octopi" is basic.
This distro takes openness of init system serious. As systemd is the de-facto default as set by large corporations.
Number of available packages in the different repositories is huge. Even without AUR.
Less known packages can be compiled from source but this can be a frigile and dangerous operation to overall stability.


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