Arch Linux
Arch Linux is a Linux distribution founded by Judd Vinet that emphasizes simplicity. Judd was inspired by another linux distribution called Crux Linux which was inspired by BSD systems. Arch has not yet reached the 1.0 stability milestone but has a growing number of loyal users.
Arch is primarily based on binary packages. These packages are managed with the pacman tool, which handles package installations, upgrades, removal and database queries. Binary packages for Arch Linux are built optimized for "i686" processors, which makes it fast on modern hardware. Packages can also be built from source using ABS (the ArchLinux Build System). This system makes it very easy to build custom packages that integrate into the system.
