You've reached the website for Arch Linux, a lightweight and flexible Linux® distribution that tries to Keep It Simple. Currently we have official packages optimized for the x86-64 architecture.

Unlike regular arches, the flat arch (also known as jack arch, lintel arch, straight arch, plate-bande[89]) is not curved. Instead, the arch is flat in profile and can be used under the same …

As a prefix, arch- appears in a number of titles referring to positions of superiority, such as archduke and archbishop; it can also mean "chief" (as in archnemesis) or "extreme" …

Two rows of arches support the roof of the building. The arch of your foot is the higher, curved part on the bottom.

The Arch build system provides a directory tree of shell scripts, called PKGBUILDs, that enable any and all official Arch packages to be customized and compiled.

It is intended for new installations only; an existing Arch Linux system can always be updated with pacman -Syu. Images for installing Arch can be downloaded via BitTorrent or right here in your …

The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot-tall (192 m) monument in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Clad in stainless steel and built in the form of a weighted catenary arch, [5] it is the world's tallest …

Arch Linux strives to maintain the latest stable release versions of its software as long as systemic package breakage can be reasonably avoided. It is based on a rolling-release system, which …

Arch strives to stay bleeding edge, and typically offers the latest stable versions of most software. Arch Linux uses its own Pacman package manager, which couples simple binary packages …

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