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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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Distribution Artix Linux
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 • 2026-04-03: Distribution Release: Artix Linux 20260402
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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
Package 20260402 20250407 20240823 20230814 20220713 20210726 20200210 20181004 20170808 Package
alsa-lib (1.2.15.3) 1.2.15.3 1.2.13 1.2.12 1.2.9 1.2.7.1 1.2.5.1 1.2.1.2 1.1.6 1.1.4.1 alsa-lib (1.2.15.3)
amdgpu (25.0.0) 25.0.3 23.0.0 23.0.0 23.0.0 22.0.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 -- -- amdgpu (25.0.0)
apparmor (4.1.7) -- -- -- -- -- 3.0.1 -- -- -- apparmor (4.1.7)
apt (3.2.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- apt (3.2.0)
bash (5.3) 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.4 4.4 bash (5.3)
bind (9.20.22) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.20.22)
chromium (147.0.7727.55) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (147.0.7727.55)
cinnamon (6.6.7) 6.6.7 6.4.9 6.2.9 5.8.4 5.4.2 4.8.4 4.4.8 -- -- cinnamon (6.6.7)
cups (2.4.16) 2.4.16 2.4.11 2.4.10 2.4.6 2.4.2 2.3.3 -- -- -- cups (2.4.16)
e2fsprogs (1.47.4) 1.47.4 1.47.2 1.47.1 1.47.0 1.46.5 1.46.2 1.45.5 1.44.4 1.43.4 e2fsprogs (1.47.4)
ffmpeg (8.1) 8.1 7.1 7.0.2 6.0 5.0.1 4.4 4.2.2 4.0.2 -- ffmpeg (8.1)
firefox (149.0.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- firefox (149.0.2)
flatpak (1.16.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- flatpak (1.16.6)
freetype (2.14.3) 2.14.3 2.13.3 2.13.3 2.13.1 2.12.1 2.10.4 2.10.1 2.9.1 -- freetype (2.14.3)
gcc (15.2.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gcc (15.2.0)
gimp (3.2.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gimp (3.2.2)
git (2.53.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- git (2.53.0)
glibc (2.43) 2.43 2.41 2.40 2.38 2.35 2.33 2.30 2.28 2.25 glibc (2.43)
gnome-shell (50.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (50.0)
grub (2.14) 2.14 2.12 2.12 2.12 2.06 2.04 2.02 2.02 2.02 grub (2.14)
gtk (4.22.2) 4.20.4 4.18.3 4.14.5 4.10.5 4.6.6 3.24.24 3.24.13 3.24.1 3.22.18 gtk (4.22.2)
httpd (2.4.66) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.66)
inkscape (1.4.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.4.3)
kmod (34.2) 34.2 34.2 33 30 30 28 26 25 24 kmod (34.2)
krita (6.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (6.0.1)
LibreOffice (26.2.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LibreOffice (26.2.2)
Package 20260402 20250407 20240823 20230814 20220713 20210726 20200210 20181004 20170808 Package
libselinux (3.10) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- libselinux (3.10)
linux (7.0) 6.19.10 6.13.8 6.10.6 6.4.10 5.18.10 5.13.4 5.5.2 4.18.10 4.9.41 linux (7.0)
mariadb (12.2.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (12.2.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) 1.28.2 1.28.2 1.28.2 1.27.0 1.26.0 1.24.1 1.22.2 -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (26.0.4) 26.0.3 25.0.3 24.1.6 23.1.5 22.1.3 21.1.5 19.3.3 18.2.1 17.1.5 mesa (26.0.4)
mysql (9.6.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (9.6.0)
nautilus (50.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- nautilus (50.1)
NVIDIA (595.58.03) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (595.58.03)
openjdk (26) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (26)
openssh (10.3p1) 10.2p1 9.9p2 9.8p1 9.4p1 9.0p1 8.6p1 8.1p1 7.8p1 7.5p1 openssh (10.3p1)
openssl (3.6.2) 3.6.1 3.4.1 3.3.1 3.1.2 1.1.1q 1.1.1k 1.1.1d 1.1.1 1.1.0f openssl (3.6.2)
perl (5.42.2) 5.42.1 5.40.1 5.38.2 5.38.0 5.36.0 5.32.1 5.30.1 5.28.0 5.26.0 perl (5.42.2)
php (8.5.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.5.5)
plasma-desktop (6.6.4) 6.6.3 6.3.4 6.1.4 5.27.7.1 5.25.3 5.22.4 5.17.5 -- -- plasma-desktop (6.6.4)
postfix (3.11.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.11.1)
postgresql (18.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (18.3)
Python (3.14.4) 3.14.3 3.13.2 3.12.4 3.11.3 3.10.5 3.9.4 3.8.1 3.7.0 3.6.2 Python (3.14.4)
qt (6.11.0) 6.11.0 6.9.0 6.7.2 5.15.10 5.15.5 5.15.2 5.14.1 5.11.2 2.0.0 qt (6.11.0)
samba (4.24.0) 4.24.0 4.22.0 4.20.4 4.18.5 4.16.2 4.14.6 4.10.10 -- -- samba (4.24.0)
systemd (260.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (260.1)
thunderbird (149.0.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (149.0.2)
vim (9.2) 9.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8.0 vim (9.2)
vlc (3.0.23) 3.0.22 3.0.21 3.0.21 -- -- -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.23)
wayland (1.25.0) 1.24.0 1.23.1 1.23.0 1.22.0 1.21.0 1.19.0 1.17.0 1.16.0 1.13.0 wayland (1.25.0)
xfdesktop (4.20.2) 4.20.2 4.20.1 4.18.1 4.18.1 4.16.0 4.16.0 -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.20.2)
xorg-server (21.1.21) -- 21.1.16 21.1.13 21.1.8 21.1.4 1.20.12 1.20.7 1.20.1 1.19.3 xorg-server (21.1.21)

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Version: 20260402
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-04-11
Country: United States
Votes: 5


Impressively extensive for how "niche" it is. I feel right at home using KDE + dinit, as a former KDE Arch user. The only difference is managing services, obviously. Other than that, it works pretty much identically to Arch. I was expecting to run into more issues due to the lack of systemd, but honestly not really. Even all of the AUR packages I used back on Arch work right out of the box. Perhaps most surprisingly, PipeWire worked right out of the box with no issues at all. Highly recommended for any Arch users looking to get away from systemd. You'll feel right at home.


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Version: 20260402
Rating: 9
Date: 2026-04-09
Country: Finland
Votes: 1


Installed Plasma-kde dinit

The pre-configured versions(plasma, xfce, mate, ect) have a full gui for install the same as every other distro I have used in the past, only the base version needs to be built up.

Perhaps not as beginner friendly as other arch based distros as some things needed some steps to get working(steam being the only one). As someone who has used linux for a long time without getting much into terminal useage in many years it has been refreshing to relearn things that I thought lost as I was spoiled with by guis in other distros. As I said not beginner friendly and some terminal familiarity(even long unused) is something you will need. I switched to Artix to leave behind systemd and have been impressed by the boot times with dinit as well as the documentation on it. It has been a motivation to do basic things myself like creating .desktop files, fstab configuration, ect. A couple things need to be installed after like nvidia drivers as the open ones are not so good. Dolphin did need a tweak to the environment file to generate folder icon previews(copied process from artix forum).

Setting up steam was the only hurdle but there is an Artix forum post that walks you through the process and once completed no further issues with steam or games via proton.




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Version: 20260402
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-04-07
Country: Türkiye
Votes: 5


I've been using this distro for a while now, and I can honestly say it's excellent. The team's repository maintenance is truly impressive, and everything is set up so that a regular Arch user feels right at home. Arch without systemd – that's all I need. By the way, KDE Plasma 6 runs flawlessly. On my less powerful netbook, I use LXQt – also without any issues, a real pleasure to use. The only thing is, I prefer a more vanilla Plasma look, but that's easy enough to fix. I think the distro could benefit from its own branding, and the DE presets are a good starting point for that, though I'd personally tweak them to feel a bit more modern. This distro has finally put an end to my distrohopping – I'm completely satisfied.


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