[Arch](https://archlinux.org/) Linux is an independent rolling-release distro with an extremely minimal base image and no installer. It is a binary distro, but in many ways is the modern equivalent of [[Gentoo]]. Parent:: N/A # Notablity Arch is a popular distro and its documentation has largely surpassed [Gentoo's Wiki](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Main_Page) for its quality and comprehensiveness. No matter what distro you use, the [Arch Wiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/) is often the best place for the nitty-gritty details. As a highly customizable and copiously documented Linux distro, it is very neat. As someone who wants a reasonably stable desktop that can quickly provide a path to what I want to accomplish, I am not the target audience. I do however tend to keep an Arch install in a VM to play around with. # Distros Based on Arch There are many distros based on Arch, but there are a few I consider partcularly notable: - [[ArchLabs]] - [[ArchBang]] - [[Manjaro]] - [[EndeavourOS]] # Tips ## Pacman Signature Errors Arch makes you be the arbiter of a huge pile of GPG keys, it is truly ridiculous. So you need to run this command whenever you start seeing GPG errors: ```sh sudo pacman -S archlinux-keyring ``` Or to blow away your signatures and start over: ```sh rm -rf /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/* pacman-key --init pacman-key --populate archlinux ```