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Add to SafariWhen comparing Arch Linux ARM vs Artix Linux, the Slant community recommends Arch Linux ARM for most people. In the question“What are the best AArch64/Arm64 Linux distributions?” Arch Linux ARM is ranked 2nd while Artix Linux is ranked 9th.
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Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Simple to use
Pro Easy to use
Pro Configure how you want it
Pro No systemd
Pro Runit
Artix actively supports the runit init system known from Void Linux. (Equally besides the OpenRC init system known from Gentoo).
Pro Close to bare Arch Linux
No learning curve if you're coming from Arch or any of its derivatives.
Pro Lightweight
Only the software you would need like Terminal emulator, file manager, media player and a browser.
Pro Compatible with Arch Repositories
It is fully compatible with almost all packages from community, extra, multilib and AUR.
Pro Rolling distro
Pro Flexibility
You can have a functional system in less than 10 mins using GUI installer OR you can do it "the Arch way".
Cons
Con Restrict required packages to x86_64
Debian can install wine on ARM and qemu but Arch cannot.
Con Hard to use
Con Unstable
Arch's port is fairly immature and suffers some stability issues on many ARM platforms.
Con It does take about 30 min tops to know how to use if new to Linux
Con Spotty package ports
Some packages are updated regularly, but many get well out of sync with upstream and upstream Arch, leading to stability problems.
Con No systemd
Some packages flat out won't work because systemd is non existent, sadly pipewire needs systemd to run. Hopefully Pipewire becomes usable soon. Edit: Pipewire does work but you will have to make a startup script.
Con Few Arch packages might not be available yet
Developers are working migrating all packages into their own repositories while ensuring there's no systemd malware.
Con No tiling WM (i3/sway) out of the box
