ArchLabs
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Developer | Nathaniel Maia & Matthew Dobson[1] |
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OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
Working state | Current |
Source model | Open source |
Latest release | Rolling release 2022.01.18 / 18 January 2022 |
Marketing target | General purpose |
Available in | English |
Update method | Pacman |
Package manager | Pacman |
Platforms | x86-64 |
Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
Userland | GNU |
Influenced by | BunsenLabs |
Default user interface | NA |
License | GNU General Public License |
Official website | www.archlabslinux.com |
ArchLabs Linux is a lightweight rolling release Linux distribution based on a minimal Arch Linux operating system with the Openbox window manager.[2] ArchLabs is inspired by BunsenLabs.[3][4]
Features
The ArchLabs distribution contains "AL-Installer" as its installation script,[5] as well as baph, an AUR helper.[6]
History
Initial releases used the Calamares installer. Early versions of ArchLabs started to become bloated with many unnecessary applications and programs.[citation needed] This sparked a change in direction. A slim down of the ISO size from over 2Gb in size down to approximately 580mb made download times a lot quicker.
Mínimo was the first of this minimal release with a change from the traditional Openbox panel, Tint2 to Polybar. Also introduced in this release was the original welcome script, named "AL-Hello" which was a nod to the "brother" distribution BunsenLabs.[7][8] Mínimo was also the final release to have a release name, following releases followed a numbering pattern of YYYY.MM.
2018.02 release brought a new and improved AL-Hello welcome script and many additions and refining to the ArchLabs experience.[9]
2018.07 saw more improvements to the newly written AL-Installer.[10]
With the release of 2018.12 came the removal of the live environment and the post install script "AL-Hello". Options for choosing desktops and window managers as well as a selection of apps have been added to AL-Installer (ALI).[5] Also introduced in this 2018.12 release was the in house AUR (Arch User Repository) Helper, baph (Basic AUR Package Helper).[6]
2019.10.29 was ArchLabs 3rd release for 2019 (After 2019.1.20 & 2019.10.28). Many changes were made including additional desktop environments and window managers added to the installer. Most notably, awesomewm and jwm.
Release history
The current release of ArchLabs Linux is "2020.11.04" , which was released on 4 November 2020.[11]
Color | Legend |
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Red | Old version |
Green | Latest version |
Blue | Future version |
Version | Codename | Release date | Kernel |
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idea[12][13] | Start | 1 January 2017 | — |
Alpha[12][13] | — | 24 February 2017 | — |
1.0[12][13] | — | 3 March 2017 | — |
3.0[1][12][13] | — | 6 March 2017 | — |
3.4[14] | — | 7 April 2017 | — |
4.0[15] | — | 29 April 2017 | — |
4.1[12] | Yoda | 4 June 2017 | — |
5.0[13] | R2-D2 | 7 July 2017 | 4.11.9[2] |
2017.09[16][17] | Mínimo[3] | 17 September 2017 | 4.12.13[2] |
2017.10[18] | 2017.10 | 24 October 2017 | 4.13.19 |
2017.10[18] | LTS | 24 October 2017 | 4.9.56[2] |
2017.12[19] | 2017.12 | 23 December 2017 | 4.13.3 |
2018.02[9] | 2018.02 | 26 February 2018 | 4.15.5 |
2018.03[20] | 2018.03 | 4 March 2018 | 4.15.6 |
2018.05[21] | 2018.05 | 11 May 2018 | 4.16.8 |
2018.07[22] | 2018.07 | 29 July 2018 | 4.17.10 |
2018.12[5] | 2018.12 | 18 December 2018 | 4.19.9 |
2019.01[11] | 2019.01 | 20 January 2019 | 4.20.3 |
2019.10.28[11] | 2019.10.28 | 28 October 2019 | 5.3.7 |
2019.10.29[11] | 2019.10.29 | 29 October 2019 | 5.3.7 |
2020.05.04[11] | 2020.05.04 | 4 May 2020 | 5.6.8 |
2020.11.04[11] | 2020.11.04 | 4 November 2020 | 5.9.3 |
2021.05.02[11] | 2021.05.02 | 2 May 2021 | 5.11.16 |
2021.05.02[11] | 2022.01.18 | 18 January 2022 | — |
References
- ^ a b Brett & Matt (6 March 2017). "Release of ArchLabs +3". www.ArchLabs.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ a b c d DistroWatch. "ArchLabs Linux". www.distrowatch.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) (in English) - ^ a b "ArchLabs Linux". SourceForge.
- ^ "ArchLabs Review: A Quick Look At The Rising Arch Based Linux Distribution - It's FOSS". itsfoss.com. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ a b c "Distribution Release: ArchLabs Linux 2018.12.17 (DistroWatch.com News)". distrowatch.com. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ a b "baph". bitbucket.org. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ "DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD". distrowatch.com. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ "ArchLabs Makes Up for Parabola's Curve Balls | Reviews | LinuxInsider". www.linuxinsider.com. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ a b "ArchLabs First Release for 2018 – ArchLabs Linux". Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ "ArchLabs Linux 2018.07 – ArchLabs Linux". Archived from the original on 5 August 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Change Log". ARCHLabs.github.io. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Erik, Matt, Brett and Hari (4 June 2017). "The release of Yoda or ArchLabs 4.1". www.ArchLabs.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (in English) - ^ a b c d e The Development Team (7 July 2017). "The release of R2-D2 or ArchLabs 5.0". www.ArchLabs.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) (in English) - ^ The Development Team (7 April 2017). "The release of ArchLabs 3.4". www.ArchLabs.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) (in English) - ^ The Development Team (29 April 2017). "The release of ArchLabs 4.0". www.ArchLabs.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) (in English) - ^ "ArchLabs Are Proud To Present….. – ArchLabs Linux". Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ DistroWatch (17 September 2017). "Distribution Release: ArchLabs 2017.09". www.distrowatch.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) (in English) - ^ a b Matt, Nate, Brett, Rajat and Hari (24 October 2017). "ArchLabs 2017.10 Release". «www.ArchLabsLinux.com». Archived from the original on 5 November 2017.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)(in English) - ^ "Rounding Out 2017 With a Final Release – ArchLabs Linux". Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ "2018.03 Release Now With Hotfixes – ArchLabs Linux". Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ "The Release of ArchLabs 2018.05 – ArchLabs Linux". Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ "ArchLabs Linux 2018.07 – ArchLabs Linux". Archived from the original on 5 August 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
External links
- Official website
- ArchLabs at DistroWatch
- ArchLabs on SourceForge
- Community Forum
- ArchLabs on OpenSourceFeed Gallery
- Reviews:
- DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 735, 23 October 2017
- ArchLabs Review: A Quick Look At The Rising Arch Based Linux Distribution | It's FOSS
- ArchLabs 2018.02: Schlankes Linux mit topaktueller Software | heise online (in German)
- ArchLabs Makes Up for Parabola's Curve Balls | Reviews | LinuxInsider
- ArchLabs 5.0: One of the Best, Gets Even Better | Tux Machines