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Artix Linux


Last Update: 2025-05-17 18:09 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 20250407 20240823 20230814 20220713 20210726 20200210 20181004 20170808 Feature
Release Date 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$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 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 Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical 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 LXQt i3, LXQt Default Desktop
Package Management Pacman Pacman Pacman Pacman Pacman Pacman Pacman Pacman Package Management
Release Model 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 Processor Architecture
Init Software 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 Journaled File Systems
Multilingual                 Multilingual
Asian Language Support                 Asian Language Support
Full Package List 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
  •  libxtst 1.2.3-1
  •  libxv 1.0.11-1
  •  libxvmc 1.0.10-1
  •  libxxf86dga 1.1.4-1
  •  libxxf86vm 1.1.4-1
  •  licenses 20140629-2
  •  linux-api-headers 4.10.1-1
  •  linux-firmware 20170622.7d2c913-1
  •  linux-lts 4.9.40-2
  •  linux-lts 4.9.41-1
  •  llvm-libs 4.0.1-5
  •  lm_sensors 3.4.0-4
  •  logrotate 3.12.3-1
  •  lsb-release 1.4-15
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Version: 20250407
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-27
Votes: 8


 I switched from Arch to Artix a few weeks ago, and dude, the difference that just removing systemd made to my system is insane. Everything feels way smoother and snappier, without those random hiccups I used to get on Arch sometimes. On top of that, I’m getting faster boot times, lower RAM and CPU usage, and none of the bloat that comes with the whole systemd suite (yeah, I know each part has its purpose, but having all of it glued together is super annoying).

Since the day I installed it, I haven’t run into a single issue, everything’s been running great, even on my “ancient” computer (we’re talking a 10+ year old Intel Celeron, lol). After it exceeded my expectations in just a few days, I decided to push it further and try KDE on this old pc, and to my surprise, it runs really well, even with Wayland!

I’m honestly super happy with my setup and with Artix itself. I totally recommend it to anyone who wants to move away from Arch without completely ditching it, and get a little performance boost as a bonus. I really hope the project keeps going strong for many years. Cheers to the Artix dev team, and of course, to Arch too, the rock solid base behind it all.


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Version: 20250407
Rating: 2
Date: 2025-10-14
Votes: 0


 I tried to install using artix-base-runit-20250407-x86_64.iso.
I was disappointed that SSH was not enabled by default. Arch Linux ISOs have SSH enabled from the start. You just set the root password, check the IP with ip a, and you can easily SSH with the following command:

ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null root@

But with Artix, having to configure it yourself is a hassle.
I configured it, but a troublesome error occurred. It was extremely annoying. I want the installation ISO to have SSH enabled from the beginning.
By the way, I was able to connect via SSH easily with Void Linux as well.

So, reluctantly I used artix-xfce-runit-20250407-x86_64.iso to install.
Then the following problem occurred: I used rankmirrors to select the fastest mirrors, but they were very, very slow. They start fast but slow down quickly. This kind of problem does not happen with Arch Linux repositories.

This is just my environment, but in my setup Artix is unusable.
Slow repositories are a very serious issue.

Overall, Arch Linux was better. (Except for systemd)

My overall judgement:

If you want the latest packages: Arch Linux
If you want to avoid systemd: Void Linux, Alpine Linux, Venom Linux, OpenBSD, Devuan
To try occasionally: Debian

I'll try Artix again in a year.




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Version: 20250407
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-10-05
Votes: 1


 just installed, i think its gonna be great! but installer was kinda annoying, had to resize the installer window every time to see the progress, but its not the installer's problem, its my graphics problem, i hope artix will be great! also ventoy saved me because it wont just straight up boot uefi fat32. but with ventoy - it booted me to the installer! I love ventoy, im also a distrohopper and i hope il stop distrohopping and stop on artix. i think its gonna be the best arch based distro im gonna try.


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