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Artix Linux


Last Update: 2026-04-03 02:33 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.

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Feature 20260402 20250407 20240823 20230814 20220713 20210726 20200210 20181004 20170808 Feature
Release Date 2026-04-02 2025-04-07 2024-08-23 2023-08-14 2022-07-17 2021-07-28 2020-02-10 2018-10-04 2017-08-08 Release Date
End Of Life                   End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 1200-2200 900-3600 700-1700 700-1700 700-1700 600-1400 600-1200 400-900 300-700 Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Calamares Calamares Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Installation
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, Xfce Cinnamon, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, KDE Plasma, Xfce Cinnamon, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, KDE Plasma, Xfce Cinnamon, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, KDE Plasma LXQt i3, LXQt Default Desktop
Default Browser Epiphany, Falkon Epiphany, Falkon Epiphany, Falkon Epiphany, Falkon Epiphany, Falkon Epiphany, Falkon       Default Browser
Package Format pkg pkg pkg pkg pkg pkg pkg pkg pkg Package Format
Package Management pacman pacman pacman pacman pacman pacman pacman pacman pacman Package Management
Release Model Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Release Model
Office Suite -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Office Suite
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 Processor Architecture
Init Software Dinit, OpenRC, runit, s6 Dinit, OpenRC, runit, s6 Dinit, OpenRC, runit, s6 Dinit, OpenRC, runit, s6 Dinit, OpenRC, runit, s6 OpenRC, runit, s6, Suite66 OpenRC, runit, s6 OpenRC, runit OpenRC Init Software
Journaled File Systems ext3, ext4 ext3, ext4 ext3, ext4 ext3, ext4 ext3, ext4 ext3, ext4 ext3, ext4 ext3, ext4 ext3, ext4 Journaled File Systems
Multilingual                   Multilingual
Full Package List 20260402 20250407 20240823 20230814 20220713 20210726 20200210 20181004 20170808 Full Package List

Full Package List:   Artix Linux 20170808
  Number of packages: 644 (download as TXT)
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  •  acl 2.2.52-3
  •  acpi 1.7-1
  •  acpid 2.0.28-2
  •  acpid-openrc 20170705-1
  •  adwaita-icon-theme 3.24.0-1
  •  alsa-firmware 1.0.29-1
  •  alsa-lib 1.1.4.1-1
  •  alsa-utils 1.1.4-1
  •  alsa-utils-openrc 20170704-1
  •  archlinux-keyring 20170611-1
  •  archlinux-mirrorlist 20170709-1
  •  artix-backgrounds 0.4.2-1
  •  artix-backgrounds 0.4.2-3
  •  artix-grub-theme 0.2.2-1
  •  artix-grub-theme-common 0.2.2-1
  •  artix-i3-presets 0.4.2-3
  •  artix-icons 0.4.2-1
  •  artix-icons 0.4.2-3
  •  artix-keyring 20170805-1
  •  artix-live-base 0.3.1-1
  •  artix-live-openrc 0.3.1-1
  •  artix-live-portable-efi 0.3.1-1
  •  artix-lxqt-presets 0.4.2-1
  •  artix-mirrorlist 20170715-1
  •  artix-sddm-theme 0.2-1
  •  artools-base 0.5-1
  •  artools-base 0.5-2
  •  atk 2.24.0-2
  •  at-spi2-atk 2.24.1-1
  •  at-spi2-core 2.24.1-1
  •  attica-qt5 5.36.0-1
  •  attr 2.4.47-2
  •  avahi 0.7-1
  •  avahi-openrc 20170704-1
  •  b43-fwcutter 019-1
  •  bash 4.4.012-3
  •  bc 1.07.1-1
  •  blueberry 1.1.15-1
  •  bluez 5.46-1
  •  bluez-libs 5.46-1
  •  bluez-tools 0.2.0-1
  •  boost-libs 1.64.0-4
  •  breeze-gtk 5.10.4-1
  •  breeze-icons 5.36.0-1
  •  btrfs-progs 4.12-1
  •  bzip2 1.0.6-6
  •  ca-certificates 20170307-1
  •  ca-certificates-cacert 20140824-4
  •  ca-certificates-mozilla 3.32-1
  •  ca-certificates-utils 20170307-1
  •  cairo 1.14.10-1
  •  calamares 3.1.1-4
  •  cantarell-fonts 1:0.0.25-3
  •  cdparanoia 10.2-5
  •  clipit 1.4.3-1
  •  compositeproto 0.4.2-3
  •  compton 0.1_beta2.5-8
  •  confuse 3.2-1
  •  coreutils 8.27-1
  •  cracklib 2.9.6-1
  •  crda 3.18-1
  •  cronie 1.5.1-1
  •  cronie-openrc 20170712-1
  •  cryptsetup 1.7.5-1
  •  cryptsetup-openrc 20170712-1
  •  curl 7.54.1-2
  •  damageproto 1.2.1-3
  •  dash 0.5.9.1-1
  •  db 5.3.28-3
  •  dbus 1.10.22-1
  •  dbus-glib 0.108-1
  •  dbus-openrc 20170712-1
  •  dconf 0.26.0+1+g701d19d-1
  •  desktop-file-utils 0.23-1
  •  device-mapper 2.02.173-1
  •  device-mapper-openrc 20170712-1
  •  dhclient 4.3.5-2
  •  dhcpcd 6.11.5-1
  •  dhcpcd-openrc 20170712-1
  •  diffutils 3.6-1
  •  ding-libs 0.6.0-1
  •  displaymanager-openrc 20170704-1
  •  dmenu 4.7-1
  •  dmidecode 3.1-2
  •  dmraid 1.0.0.rc16.3-10
  •  dmxproto 2.3.1-3
  •  dnsmasq 2.77-1
  •  dnssec-anchors 20170711-1
  •  dosfstools 4.1-1
  •  double-conversion 2.0.1-3
  •  e2fsprogs 1.43.4-1
  •  ecryptfs-utils 111-2
  •  efibootmgr 15-1
  •  efivar 31-1
  •  elogind 234.2-2
  •  elogind-openrc 20170717-1
  •  eudev 3.2.2-4
  •  eudev-openrc 32-4
  •  eventlog 0.2.12-4
  •  exfat-utils 1.2.7-1
  •  expat 2.2.2-1
  •  f2fs-tools 1.8.0-1
  •  feh 2.19.1-1
  •  fftw 3.3.6-2
  •  file 5.31-1
  •  filesystem 2017.07-4
  •  findutils 4.6.0-2
  •  fixesproto 5.0+9+g4292ec1-1
  •  flac 1.3.2-1
  •  fontconfig 2.12.4-1
  •  fontsproto 2.1.3-2
  •  freetype2 2.8-2
  •  fuse2 2.9.7-3
  •  fuse-common 3.1.0-1
  •  gawk 4.1.4-2
  •  gc 7.6.0-1
  •  gcc-libs 7.1.1-4
  •  gcr 3.20.0+45+g4708f35-1
  •  gdbm 1.13-1
  •  gdk-pixbuf2 2.36.7-1
  •  gettext 0.19.8.1-2
  •  giblib 1.2.4-6
  •  giflib 5.1.4-1
  •  girara 0.2.7-1
  •  glib2 2.52.3-1
  •  glibc 2.25-7
  •  glib-networking 2.50.0-2
  •  gmp 6.1.2-1
  •  gnome-bluetooth 3.20.1+1+ge902d1a-1
  •  gnupg 2.1.22-1
  •  gnutls 3.5.14-1
  •  gobject-introspection-runtime 1.52.1-1
  •  gpgme 1.9.0-3
  •  gpm 1.20.7-7
  •  gptfdisk 1.0.3-1
  •  graphite 1:1.3.10-1
  •  grep 3.1-1
  •  groff 1.22.3-7
  •  grub 2.02-4
  •  gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.24.0-1
  •  gsimplecal 2.1-2
  •  gssproxy 0.7.0-1
  •  gst-plugins-base 1.12.2-1
  •  gst-plugins-base-libs 1.12.2-1
  •  gstreamer 1.12.2-1
  •  gtk2 2.24.31-1
  •  gtk3 3.22.18-1
  •  gtk-update-icon-cache 3.22.18-1
  •  gvfs 1.32.1+5+gf0d758df-1
  •  gzip 1.8-2
  •  harfbuzz 1.4.7-1
  •  haveged 1.9.1-3
  •  haveged-openrc 20170705-1
  •  hicolor-icon-theme 0.15-1
  •  hwids 20170328-1
  •  hwinfo 21.38-1
  •  i3blocks 1.4-5
  •  i3lock 2.9.1-1
  •  i3lock-wrapper 2017.04.22.31ab5ac-1
  •  i3status 2.11-2
  •  i3-wm 4.13-1
  •  iana-etc 20170512-1
  •  icu 59.1-1
  •  imagemagick 6.9.9.3-1
  •  imlib2 1.4.10-1
  •  inetutils 1.9.4-5
  •  inputproto 2.3.2-1
  •  inxi 2.3.28-1
  •  iproute2 4.12.0-2
  •  iptables 1.6.1-1
  •  iputils 20161105.1f2bb12-2
  •  ipw2100-fw 1.3-8
  •  ipw2200-fw 3.1-6
  •  iso-codes 3.75-1
  •  iw 4.9-1
  •  j4-dmenu-desktop 2.15-1
  •  jansson 2.10-2
  •  jasper 2.0.13-2
  •  jfsutils 1.1.15-4
  •  js 24.2.0-4
  •  json-c 0.12.1-1
  •  json-glib 1.2.8-1
  •  kactivities 5.36.0-1
  •  karchive 5.36.0-1
  •  kauth 5.36.0-1
  •  kbd 2.0.4-1
  •  kbookmarks 5.36.0-1
  •  kbproto 1.0.7-1
  •  kcmutils 5.36.0-1
  •  kcodecs 5.36.0-1
  •  kcompletion 5.36.0-1
  •  kconfig 5.36.0-1
  •  kconfigwidgets 5.36.0-1
  •  kcoreaddons 5.36.0-1
  •  kcrash 5.36.0-1
  •  kdbusaddons 5.36.0-1
  •  kdeclarative 5.36.0-1
  •  kde-cli-tools 5.10.4-1
  •  kdesu 5.36.0-1
  •  keyutils 1.5.10-1
  •  kglobalaccel 5.36.0-1
  •  kguiaddons 5.36.0-1
  •  ki18n 5.36.0-1
  •  kiconthemes 5.36.0-1
  •  kidletime 5.36.0-1
  •  kinit 5.36.0-1
  •  kio 5.36.0-1
  •  kitemviews 5.36.0-1
  •  kjobwidgets 5.36.0-1
  •  kmod 24-1
  •  kmod-openrc 20170712-1
  •  knotifications 5.36.0-1
  •  kpackage 5.36.0-1
  •  kparts 5.36.0-1
  •  kpmcore 3.1.2-1
  •  kpty 5.36.0-1
  •  krb5 1.15.1-1
  •  kservice 5.36.0-1
  •  ktexteditor 5.36.0-2
  •  ktextwidgets 5.36.0-1
  •  kwallet 5.36.0-1
  •  kwayland 5.36.0-1
  •  kwidgetsaddons 5.36.0-1
  •  kwindowsystem 5.36.0-1
  •  kwrite 17.04.3-2
  •  kxmlgui 5.36.0-1
  •  lcms2 2.8-2
  •  ldns 1.7.0-3
  •  less 487-1
  •  libaio 0.3.110-1
  •  libappindicator-gtk2 12.10.0-12
  •  libarchive 3.3.2-1
  •  libassuan 2.4.3-1
  •  libasyncns 0.8+3+g68cd5af-1
  •  libatasmart 0.19-2
  •  libatomic_ops 7.4.6-1
  •  libblockdev 2.10-1
  •  libbluray 1.0.1-1
  •  libbytesize 0.10-1
  •  libcanberra 0.30+2+gc0620e4-1
  •  libcap 2.25-1
  •  libcap-ng 0.7.8-1
  •  libcddb 1.3.2-4
  •  libcdio 0.94-2
  •  libcdio-paranoia 10.2+0.94+1-2
  •  libconfig 1.6-2
  •  libcroco 0.6.12+4+g9ad7287-1
  •  libcups 2.2.4-1
  •  libdaemon 0.14-3
  •  libdatrie 0.2.10-2
  •  libdbi 0.9.0-2
  •  libdbusmenu-glib 16.04.0-2
  •  libdbusmenu-gtk2 16.04.0-2
  •  libdbusmenu-qt5 0.9.3+16.04.20160218-1
  •  libdmx 1.1.3-1
  •  libdnet 1.12-9
  •  libdrm 2.4.82-1
  •  libedit 20170329_3.1-1
  •  libelf 0.169-2
  •  libelogind 234.2-2
  •  libepoxy 1.4.3-1
  •  libeudev 3.2.2-4
  •  libev 4.24-1
  •  libevdev 1.5.7-1
  •  libevent 2.1.8-1
  •  libexif 0.6.21-2
  •  libffi 3.2.1-2
  •  libfm 1.2.5-1
  •  libfm-extra 1.2.5-1
  •  libfm-gtk2 1.2.5-1
  •  libfm-qt 0.11.2-2
  •  libfontenc 1.1.3-1
  •  libgcrypt 1.8.0-1
  •  libgit2 1:0.26.0-1
  •  libglvnd 0.2.999+g4ba53457-2
  •  libgpg-error 1.27-1
  •  libgudev 231+1+g0841288-1
  •  libical 2.0.0-2
  •  libice 1.0.9-1
  •  libid3tag 0.15.1b-8
  •  libidn 1.33-1
  •  libimobiledevice 1.2.0-6
  •  libindicator-gtk2 12.10.1-7
  •  libinput 1.8.1-2
  •  libjpeg-turbo 1.5.2-1
  •  libksba 1.3.4-2
  •  libkscreen 5.10.4-1
  •  libldap 2.4.44-5
  •  liblqr 0.4.2-1
  •  liblxqt 0.11.1-1
  •  libmbim 1.14.0-4
  •  libmm-glib 1.6.8-1
  •  libmnl 1.0.4-1
  •  libmspack 1.5-1
  •  libndp 1.6-1
  •  libnetfilter_conntrack 1.0.6-1
  •  libnewt 0.52.20-1
  •  libnfnetlink 1.0.1-2
  •  libnftnl 1.0.7-1
  •  libnghttp2 1.23.1-1
  •  libnl 3.3.0-1
  •  libnm 1.8.2-3
  •  libnm-glib 1.8.2-3
  •  libnotify 0.7.7-1
  •  libogg 1.3.2-1
  •  libomxil-bellagio 0.9.3-1
  •  libpcap 1.8.1-2
  •  libpciaccess 0.13.5-1
  •  libpgm 5.2.122-2
  •  libpipeline 1.4.2-1
  •  libplist 2.0.0-1
  •  libpng 1.6.31-1
  •  libproxy 0.4.15-4
  •  libpsl 0.17.0-2
  •  libpulse 10.0-3
  •  libqmi 1.18.0-1
  •  libqtxdg 2.0.0-3
  •  librsvg 2:2.40.18-1
  •  libsamplerate 0.1.9-1
  •  libsasl 2.1.26-11
  •  libsecret 0.18.5+14+g9980655-1
  •  libsigc++ 2.10.0-1
  •  libsm 1.2.2-2
  •  libsndfile 1.0.28-1
  •  libsodium 1.0.13-1
  •  libsoup 2.58.1-1
  •  libsoxr 0.1.2-1
  •  libssh2 1.8.0-2
  •  libsynctex 2017.44590-2
  •  libsystemd-dummy 233-1
  •  libtasn1 4.12-1
  •  libteam 1.26-1
  •  libthai 0.1.26-1
  •  libtheora 1.1.1-3
  •  libtiff 4.0.8-2
  •  libtirpc 1.0.2-1
  •  libtool 2.4.6-8
  •  libtxc_dxtn 1.0.1-6
  •  libunistring 0.9.7-1
  •  libunwind 1.2.1-1
  •  libusb 1.0.21-2
  •  libusbmuxd 1.0.10-2
  •  libutempter 1.1.6-2
  •  libutil-linux 2.30.1-1
  •  libvisual 0.4.0-6
  •  libvorbis 1.3.5-1
  •  libwacom 0.24-1
  •  libx11 1.6.5-1
  •  libx86emu 1.11-1
  •  libxau 1.0.8-2
  •  libxcb 1.12-1
  •  libxcomposite 0.4.4-2
  •  libxcursor 1.1.14-2
  •  libxdamage 1.1.4-2
  •  libxdmcp 1.1.2-1
  •  libxext 1.3.3-1
  •  libxfixes 5.0.3-1
  •  libxfont 1.5.2-1
  •  libxfont2 2.0.1-1
  •  libxft 2.3.2-1
  •  libxi 1.7.9-1
  •  libxinerama 1.1.3-2
  •  libxkbcommon 0.7.2-1
  •  libxkbcommon-x11 0.7.2-1
  •  libxkbfile 1.0.9-1
  •  libxml2 2.9.4+96+gfb56f80e-1
  •  libxmu 1.1.2-1
  •  libxrandr 1.5.1-1
  •  libxrender 0.9.10-1
  •  libxshmfence 1.2-1
  •  libxslt 1.1.29+42+gac341cbd-1
  •  libxss 1.2.2-2
  •  libxt 1.1.5-1
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Version: 20260402
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-04-21
Country: United States
Votes: 12


 Artix offers a couple key technologies that are appealing to a certain subset of Linux user in 2026: an alternate init to systemd (4 viable options) and Xlibre configured out of the box. You can choose from a variety of desktop environments or a base install if you prefer to set something up yourself. Being Arch-based, you can add support for Arch packages and even the AUR--but the Artix devs do not recommend this. Really, Artix functions as a true alternative to Arch, and even includes some packages that Arch doesn't have in their repos--chiefly the ungoogled-chromium and librewolf browsers. I would recommend it if you want the usage of Arch (rolling, often "bleeding edge" updates using pacman) without relying on the decisions of the Arch team (chiefly, using systemd).

Xfce + dinit seems to be the standard recommendation today. Plasma's development appears to be moving towards systemd-dependency, and the SonicDE project isn't a full replacement for those who want to stay on X11/XLibre. The other DEs and inits might float your boat better, but I Xfce + dinit was the combo that worked best for me.


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Version: 20260402
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-04-20
Country: Canada
Votes: 8


 Switched from Arch-based to this to get away from Systemd (everyone has their own opinion on that, but I was ready to make the move). Install went well from their most recent iso, and I got answers to the couple of questions I had quickly. If you enable the repos out of the gate, AUR is still accessible. Very happy with this move—I still get Arch, but can pick a different, faster init. If you’re looking for a different init, this and Devuan are your Arch and Debian bases, respectively (there’s also Gentoo and Void, but again, I wanted to stay within the Arch family). Great timing and great work on this distro—if there’s any nitpick, I’d love to see more documentation aimed at pure beginners to help that initial hurdle, but maybe that will come with time.

PS—I will say there are a lot of iterations of isos to pick from, between desktop environments and init combos. Enjoy picking out the right one for you, and don’t worry—you can try a couple flavors to see what is best for you.


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Version: 20260402
Rating: 7
Date: 2026-04-19
Country: Russia
Votes: 0


 неполохой дистрибутив, подхватил дрова на интел встройку сразу.
весьма и весьма в минималистичной поставки - что даже юсб сам подрубать не будет - надо порыскать какой пакет занимается этим.
ещё минус - онлайн установщик поломан и уходит в бесконечную загрузку. благо хото оффлайн с исошника можго поставить изи.
Главный плюс - это сама идея создателей дистра - не идти на поводу и не следовать идиотским решениям, а выбирать свой путь разумно прислушиваясь чего хочет кор аудитория.

ну и на англ- плэйсхолдер - не читайте

I downloaded the runit xfce,lxqt and mate versions.
After total install of the lxqt I out there is no way to connect my external hds or usb sticks.
Same for the xfce version. No external drives possible.
Mind I have only 1 option left, which is the Mate version.

Fortunatly the mate version works like charm,so absolutely recommend the mate version.
I do not recommend kde cause kde will go for systemd like gnome did.


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