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Currently we have official packages optimized for the i686 and x86-64 architectures. We complement our official package sets with a community-operated package repository that grows in size and quality each and every day.
Our strong community is diverse and helpful, and we pride ourselves on the range of skillsets and uses for Arch that stem from it. Please check out our forums and mailing lists to get your feet wet. Also glance through our wiki if you want to learn more about Arch.
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Latest News
Changes to Intel microcode updates
2014-10-22
Microcode on Intel CPUs is no longer loaded automatically, as it needs to be loaded very early in the boot process. This requires adjustments in the bootloader. If you have an Intel CPU, please follow the instructions in the wiki.
Java users: manual intervention required before upgrade
2014-10-12
To circumvent a conflicting files issue, manual intervention is required only if package java-common is installed. This can be checked with the following command:
$ pacman -Q java-common
java-common ...
If so, please run the following prior to upgrading:
# archlinux-java unset
# pacman -Sydd --asdeps java-runtime-common
:: java-runtime-common and java-common are in conflict. Remove java-common? [y/N] y
# archlinux-java fix
You can then go ahead and upgrade:
# pacman -Su
Please note that new package java-runtime-common does not use nor support forcing JAVA_HOME as former package java-common did. See the Java wiki page for more info.
nvidia-340xx and nvidia
2014-10-05
As NVIDIA dropped support for G8x, G9x, and GT2xx GPUs with the release of 343.22, there now is set of nvidia-340xx packages supporting those older GPUs. 340xx will receive support until the end of 2019 according to NVIDIA.
Users of older GPUs should consider switching to nvidia-340xx. The nvidia-343.22 and nvidia-340xx-340.46 packages will be in testing for a few days.
mesa updated to 10.3.0
2014-10-02
mesa is now available with some packaging changes:
-
Related to the megadriver work done, splitted dri drivers doesn't have sense anymore, all dri drivers are now packaged in
mesa-dri. -
vdpau drivers are now in
mesa-vdpaupackage.
Mailinglists maintenance
2014-09-26
Starting 14:30 UTC today I'll move our mailing lists to a new server. Expected downtime is 2 hours.
This post will be updated once the move is done.
Update: Migration complete, sorry for the couple mails with the wrong List-Id, I've corrected that now. If you experience any other problems with the mailing lists please feel free to send me an email (postmaster@archlinux.org) or ping me on IRC.
Older News
- 2014-08-21
- Reorganization of Vim packages
- 2014-07-28
- xorg-server 1.16 is now available
- 2014-07-12
- MariaDB 10.0 enters [extra]
- 2014-07-10
- BBS, Wiki, and AUR maintenance
- 2014-06-04
- Perl updated to 5.20
- 2014-05-04
- Managing Haskell packages with GHC 7.8.2
- 2014-04-29
- screen-4.2.1 cannot reattach older instances either
- 2014-04-20
- screen-4.2.0 cannot reattach older instances
- 2014-02-21
- Linux 3.13 WARNING: PS/2 keyboard support is now modular
- 2014-02-17
- BBS, Wiki, and AUR maintenance
Recent Updates (more)
| gogglesmm 0.14.1-2 | i686/x86_64 |
| ruby 2.1.5-1 | i686/x86_64 |
| crash 7.0.9-1 | i686/x86_64 |
| tomcat-native 1.1.32-1 | i686/x86_64 |
| gnome-documents 3.14.2-1 | i686/x86_64 |
| nautilus 3.14.1-1 | i686/x86_64 |
| brasero 3.12.0-1 | i686/x86_64 |
| tomcat8 8.0.15-1 | any |
| php 5.6.3-1 | i686/x86_64 |
| dwarffortress 0.40.16-1 | x86_64 |
| dwarffortress 0.40.16-1 | i686 |
| imagemagick 6.8.9.10-1 | i686/x86_64 |
| bluez 5.25-2 | i686/x86_64 |
| youtube-dl 2014.11.13.2-1 | any |
| mod_wsgi 4.3.2-1 | i686/x86_64 |