Artix Linux

Reader supplied reviews for Artix Linux Average rating 9.2 from 244 review(s) What are your thoughts on Artix Linux? Please include a few pros and a few cons, along with your overall impression of the operating system. Our FAQ page has tips on writing a good mini-review. Version: -- 202604022025040720240823202308142022071320210726202002102018100420170808 Rating:    -- 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 out of 10 Your review (minimum 250 words): Past reviews - sort by: DateVotes Version: 20260402 Rating: 10 Date: 2026-05-13 Country: Sweden Votes: 15 I've been comparing both Void Linux and Artix recently, and while I have a great deal of respect for both those distros, Artix has kept its place as my daily driver distro of choice, supplanting previous choices like CachyOS, Debian, and Pop!. -I appreciate the choice of inits. Replacing systemd is not an issue everyone cares about, I know, but my boot times are so much faster now, and I feel like there's no longer this leviathan with tendrils in everything for my system. -The Artix community is solid. No, it isn't as big as the Arch community, but it is still in the Arch world or neck of the worlds, and there is plenty of support. The wiki is pretty strong (and yes, the Arch wiki still works for plenty of knowledge topics). -Artix users retain access to the AUR, which is a big selling point for anyone who appreciates having a large selection of packages and programs. -This is a rolling release distro--some people get scared off by that sort of thing, but in my experience, there's not a lot of serious breakage (very rarely, between Cachy and Artix), and none with Artix so far. I like to have the newest and best if at all possible. -Artix has indicated they do not want any piece of the age verification legislation coming down the pike. They're one of the few distros to firmly plant themselves against that (kudos to Void, as well!). Really, if there's any criticism at all, I'd encourage them to take the next steps and make some of the initial setup and repo selection even more user-friendly. It isn't enough to bring them down from a 10 (9.8, maybe?), but it is something that could make Artix even more popular. It's a good time for Linux users and the Linux curious to really give some thought to what their distro stands for in terms of privacy, policy, and security in the world we find ourselves in. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 20260402 Rating: 10 Date: 2026-05-12 Country: Sweden Votes: 12 Prior to this I used EndeavourOS 7 months and then to Arch via Terminal for 15 months and now install Artix via the terminal the same way as Arch. I personally use Artix with the dinit init system and KDE plasma, and Wayland. I haven;t had any issues and everything works fine as it should. There are some extra steps to get dinit working as you get to pick an init system on Artix, so you need to install init specific packages for some software that require daemons but this hasn't been too difficult or a big deal. For me I moved to Artix because I wanted a change and additional options of an init system. With arch while you could customise everything, the systemd component was a barrier that you could not custom choose, with Artix you can so in theory Artix is actually closer to what Arch Linux was originally in terms for DIY and I initially went to Arch for the DIY aspect. Artix also can access the AUR so packages on there will work (although not officially supported) and I have a few AUR packages installed on my system with no trouble. The developers do a good job with this distro and are active and on top of any kernel updates that appear. They are also on the forums and reply to some posts and make announcements whenever there are any to give. Just to be clear though, this is not a protest distro as some may call it, it is there for people who want to delve in to other options, in this case it would be the init system mainly but the distro also has good support for xlibre, Options are good for everyone, in real life people get to choose between different types of car or car brand, different styles of plates, clothes, boots, furniture, tools, among other things and this is a good thing, same goes for distros and it's components freedom of choice and not locked in to anything specific especially if a distro (such as Arch) is supposed to be DIY but you cannot actually DIY everything supported by the creators. Of course if you want SystemD then Arch is the closest to Artix since Artix doesn't have SystemD. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 20220713 Rating: 10 Date: 2026-05-10 Country: France Votes: 11 I've used artix for 4 years now, and quite happy so far. Coming from ubuntu then mint, i wanted to get rid of systemd The package management is fast, the community is fantastic thTre are pretty much all the freshness and packages from arch, but no bloat You can customize it in all the ways you like, wih many init systems, desktop environnements.. Even when packages break something the fix come in fast, and you can find about it easily on the forum. Where ever you are, there are many mirrors around the world. For now i wouldn't change it for any other distros, to run my desktop every day Was this review helpful? Yes No See all 244 reader reviews of Artix Linux...