Editing Arch Linux (section)

== Reception ==
[[OSNews]] reviewed Arch Linux in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.osnews.com/story/2264/|title=Introduction to Arch Linux – OSnews|website=www.osnews.com|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512145539/https://www.osnews.com/story/2264/|archive-date=12 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> OSNews also has five later reviews about Arch Linux.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.osnews.com/story/4827/|title=Arch Linux: A Better Distribution – OSnews|website=www.osnews.com|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512145607/https://www.osnews.com/story/4827/|archive-date=12 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.osnews.com/story/5971/|title=Arch Linux: An End To My Distro Shuffle? – OSnews|website=www.osnews.com|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512145558/https://www.osnews.com/story/5971/|archive-date=12 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.osnews.com/story/9540/|title=A Week in the Life of an Arch Linux Newbie – OSnews|website=www.osnews.com|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512145538/https://www.osnews.com/story/9540/|archive-date=12 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.osnews.com/story/10047/|title=Arch Linux: Why It Rocks – OSnews|website=www.osnews.com|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512145545/https://www.osnews.com/story/10047/|archive-date=12 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.osnews.com/story/15075/|title=Watching the Evolution of Arch Linux – OSnews|website=www.osnews.com|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512145541/https://www.osnews.com/story/15075/|archive-date=12 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[LWN.net]] wrote a review about Arch Linux in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/121784/|title=Arch Linux for Power Users [LWN.net]|website=lwn.net|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512145538/https://lwn.net/Articles/121784/|archive-date=12 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> LWN.net also has two later reviews about Arch Linux.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/378030/|title=Rolling with Arch Linux [LWN.net]|website=lwn.net|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207060638/https://lwn.net/Articles/378030/|archive-date=7 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/637341/|title=The grumpy editor's Arch Linux experience [LWN.net]|website=lwn.net|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115104016/https://lwn.net/Articles/637341/|archive-date=15 November 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

Tux Machines reviewed Arch Linux in 2007.<ref>[https://www.tuxmachines.org/node/15527 Fallen Under the Spell of Arch Voodoo | Tux Machines] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620181013/https://www.tuxmachines.org/node/15527 |date=20 June 2018 }} 20 April 2007</ref>

Chris Smart from DistroWatch Weekly wrote a review about Arch Linux in January 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090119#feature|title=Arch Linux in review|website=distrowatch.com|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620180740/https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090119#feature|archive-date=20 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> DistroWatch Weekly reviewed Arch Linux again in September 2009 and in December 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090914#feature|title=A distro odyssey, part 2 - the Arch way|website=distrowatch.com|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620180908/https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090914#feature|archive-date=20 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20151221#arch|title=Arch Linux|website=distrowatch.com|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912151725/https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20151221#arch|archive-date=12 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Linux kernel]] developer and maintainer [[Greg Kroah-Hartman|Greg Kroah-Hartman (GKH)]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=MAINTAINERS|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130113061444/https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=MAINTAINERS|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-13|title=git.kernel.org - linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git/blob - MAINT…|date=2013-01-13|website=archive.is|access-date=2019-10-30}}</ref> has stated that he uses Arch Linux and that it "works really really well". He has also praised the [https://wiki.archlinux.org/ Arch Wiki], the distribution's [[rolling release]] model, and the feedback loop with the community.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDrRvrh16ws&t=1574s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/sDrRvrh16ws |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Let's Talk To Linux Kernel Developer Greg Kroah-Hartman - Open Source Summit, 2019|website=[[YouTube]] |date=2019-09-10|access-date=2019-09-17|quote=[Arch developers'] idea of a constantly rolling, forward-moving system is the way to go. It's neutral, it's community-based, it has everything I need. It works really really well [...] Their Wiki is amazing. The documentation -- it's like one of the best resources out there these days. If you look up any userspace program and how to configure it and use it. Actually, the systemd Arch Wiki pages are one of the most amazing resources out there. [...] One of the main policies of Arch, or philosophies, is you stay as close to the upstream as possible. And as a developer, I want that. They're really good in feedback to the community. Because I want that testing -- I want to make sure that things are fixed. And if it is broken, I learn about it quickly and I fix it and push the stuff out. So that's actually a really good feedback loop.}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In a 2023 DistroWatch poll, about half of the responders maintained that they were running either Arch (17%) or an Arch derivative (30%).<ref>{{Cite web |title=DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD. |url=https://distrowatch.com/polls.php?poll=390 |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=distrowatch.com |archive-date=31 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131211959/https://distrowatch.com/polls.php?poll=390 |url-status=live }}</ref> As of 2023, Arch also enjoys the highest average rating of any Linux distribution on DistroWatch with a rating of 9.34.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD. |url=https://distrowatch.com/index.php?dataspan=score |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=distrowatch.com |archive-date=31 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131211948/https://distrowatch.com/index.php?dataspan=score |url-status=live }}</ref>