ArchLabs

ArchLabs Linux

ArchLabs 2022.01.18 with Openbox

Developer| Nathaniel Maia & Matthew Dobson[1]
OS family| Linux (Unix-like)
Working state| Discontinued
Source model| Open source
|Final release|Latest release}}| Rolling release 2023.06.07[2] / 8 June 2023; 2 years ago (2023-06-08)
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

ArchLabs Linux is a discontinued lightweight rolling release Linux distribution based on a minimal Arch Linux operating system with the Openbox window manager.[3] ArchLabs is inspired by BunsenLabs.[4][5]

## Contents

* 1 Features
* 2 History
* 3 Release history
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Features

The ArchLabs distribution contains a text-based installer, "AL-Installer" as its installation method,[6] as well as baph, an AUR helper.[7] The installer gives the user the ability to choose from 16 different assorted Desktop Environments and Window Managers as well as a selection of extra software, Linux Kernels, Display Managers and shells.

## History

Initial releases used the Calamares installer. Early versions of ArchLabs started to become bloated with many unnecessary applications and programs. 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.[8][9] 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.[10]

2018.07 saw more improvements to the newly written AL-Installer.[11]

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).[6] Also introduced in this 2018.12 release was the in house AUR (Arch User Repository) Helper, baph (Basic AUR Package Helper).[7]

2019.10.29 was ArchLabs third 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.

ArchLabs first release of 2022[12] brought with it a new custom Window Manager called dk.[13] Also included is a custom panel and menu for the Sway Window Manager called nwg-shell.[14]

The ArchLabs installer now includes 16 assorted Desktop Environments and Window Managers, such as i3, dwm, bspwm, LXQt, jwm, XFCE, Awesome, Fluxbox, KDE Plasma, Deepin, Gnome, and Cinnamon.[15] Most are installed as the developer intended with no customisation. Openbox, awesomewm, dk and Sway are the only customised environments supplied by the ArchLabs installer.

Matthew Dobson announced that 2023.06.07 would be the final release.[16]

## Release history

The current release of ArchLabs Linux is "2023.06.07", which was released on 8 June 2023.[17]

Color | Legend

|

Red | Old version
Green | Latest version
Blue | Future version
Version  | Codename  | Release date  | Kernel

|
|
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idea[18][19] | Start | 1 January 2017  | N/A
Alpha[18][19] | N/A  | 24 February 2017  | N/A
1.0[18][19] | —  | 3 March 2017  | N/A
3.0[1][18][19] | —  | 6 March 2017  | N/A
3.4[20] | —  | 7 April 2017  | N/A
4.0[21] | —  | 29 April 2017  | N/A
4.1[18] | Yoda | 4 June 2017  | N/A
5.0[19] | R2-D2 | 7 July 2017  | 4.11.9[3]
Mínimo[4] | 17 September 2017  | 4.12.13[3]
2017.10[22] | 2017.10  | 24 October 2017  | 4.13.19
2017.10[22] | LTS  | 24 October 2017  | 4.9.56[3]
2017.12[23] | 2017.12  | 23 December 2017  | 4.13.3
2018.02[10] | 2018.02  | 26 February 2018  | 4.15.5
2018.03[24] | 2018.03  | 4 March 2018  | 4.15.6
2018.05[25] | 2018.05  | 11 May 2018  | 4.16.8
2018.07[11] | 2018.07  | 29 July 2018  | 4.17.10
2018.12[6] | 2018.12  | 18 December 2018  | 4.19.9
2019.01[17] | 2019.01  | 20 January 2019  | 4.20.3
2019.10.28[17] | 2019.10.28  | 28 October 2019  | 5.3.7
2019.10.29[17] | 2019.10.29  | 29 October 2019  | 5.3.7
2020.05.04[17] | 2020.05.04  | 4 May 2020  | 5.6.8
2020.11.04[17] | 2020.11.04  | 4 November 2020  | 5.9.3
2021.05.02[17] | 2021.05.02  | 2 May 2021  | 5.11.16
2022.01.18[17] | 2022.01.18  | 19 January 2022  | 5.16.1
2022.02.12[17] | 2022.02.12  | 13 February 2022  | 5.16.8
2023.01.20[17] | 2023.01.20  | 20 January 2023  | 6.1.7
2023.02.05[17] | 2023.02.05  | 5 February 2023  | 6.1.9
2023.06.07[17] | 2023.06.07  | 8 June 2023  | 6.3.6

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brett & Matt (6 March 2017). "Release of ArchLabs +3" (in en). www.ArchLabs.wordpress.com. https://archlabsblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/06/first-blog-post/.
2. ↑ "ArchLabs Linux". 12 June 2023. https://archlabslinux.com/.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 DistroWatch. "ArchLabs Linux" (in en). http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=archlabs. Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "ArchLabs Linux". https://sourceforge.net/projects/archlabs-linux-minimo/.
5. ↑ "ArchLabs Review: A Quick Look At The Rising Arch Based Linux Distribution - It's FOSS" (in en-US). 2017-06-29. https://itsfoss.com/archlabs-review/.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Distribution Release: ArchLabs Linux 2018.12.17 (DistroWatch.com News)". https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=10409.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "baph". https://bitbucket.org/natemaia/baph.
8. ↑ "DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.". https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20171023#archlabs.
9. ↑ "ArchLabs Makes Up for Parabola's Curve Balls | Reviews | LinuxInsider". 3 October 2017. https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/84823.html.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "ArchLabs First Release for 2018 – ArchLabs Linux" (in en-US). https://archlabslinux.com/2018/02/26/archlabs-first-release-for-2018/.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "ArchLabs Linux 2018.07 – ArchLabs Linux" (in en-US). https://archlabslinux.com/2018/07/29/archlabs-linux-2018-07/.
12. ↑ "2022.01.18 Release". 19 January 2022. https://forum.archlabslinux.com/t/archlabs-2022-01-18-available-for-download/6136.
13. ↑ "dk". https://bitbucket.org/natemaia/dk/src/master/.
14. ↑ "nwg-shell". https://github.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-shell-config.
15. ↑ "Errors installing ArchLabs on VM". 14 July 2020. https://forum.archlabslinux.com/t/errors-installing-archlabs-on-vm/4717.
16. ↑ "ArchLabs 2023.06.07 Release and a Farewell". 8 June 2023. https://forum.archlabslinux.com/t/archlabs-2023-06-07-release-and-a-farewell/7403.
17. ↑ 17.00 17.01 17.02 17.03 17.04 17.05 17.06 17.07 17.08 17.09 17.10 17.11 "Change Log" (in en-US). https://archlabs.github.io/.
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 Erik, Matt, Brett and Hari (4 June 2017). "The release of Yoda or ArchLabs 4.1" (in en). www.ArchLabs.wordpress.com. https://archlabsblog.wordpress.com/2017/06/04/the-release-of-yoda-or-archlabs-4-1/. Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist.
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 The Development Team (7 July 2017). "The release of R2-D2 or ArchLabs 5.0" (in en). www.ArchLabs.wordpress.com. https://archlabsblog.wordpress.com/2017/07/07/the-release-of-r2-d2-or-archlabs-5-0/. Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist.
20. ↑ The Development Team (7 April 2017). "The release of ArchLabs 3.4" (in en). www.ArchLabs.wordpress.com. https://archlabsblog.wordpress.com/2017/04/07/easter-is-almost-upon-us/. Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist.
21. ↑ The Development Team (29 April 2017). "The release of ArchLabs 4.0" (in en). www.ArchLabs.wordpress.com. https://archlabsblog.wordpress.com/2017/04/29/archlabs-release-4-0/. Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist.
22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Matt, Nate, Brett, Rajat and Hari (24 October 2017). "ArchLabs 2017.10 Release". «www.ArchLabsLinux.com». https://archlabslinux.com/2017/10/24/archlabs-2017-10-release/#content-wrapper. Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist.
23. ↑ "Rounding Out 2017 With a Final Release – ArchLabs Linux" (in en-US). https://archlabslinux.com/2017/12/23/rounding-out-2017-with-a-final-release/.
24. ↑ "2018.03 Release Now With Hotfixes – ArchLabs Linux" (in en-US). https://archlabslinux.com/2018/03/03/2018-03-release-now-with-hotfixes/.
25. ↑ "The Release of ArchLabs 2018.05 – ArchLabs Linux" (in en-US). https://archlabslinux.com/2018/05/11/the-release-of-archlabs-2018-05/.

## External links

*   * ArchLabs at DistroWatch
* ArchLabs on SourceForge.net
* Community Forum

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 Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist.
* ArchLabs Makes Up for Parabola's Curve Balls | Reviews | LinuxInsider
* ArchLabs 5.0: One of the Best, Gets Even Better | Tux Machines

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