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Ark Linux

Ark Linux

Last Update: Saturday 12 May 2012 12:36 GMT


Ark Linux
Ark Linux is a Linux distribution designed especially for desktop use, primarily for people without prior Linux experience. Its main goal is ease of use, and the inclusion of many tools end users will need. Ark Linux is fully Open Source and Free Software, meaning, basically, you can freely redistribute it in both modified and unmodified form.


Ark Linux Summary
Distribution Ark Linux
Home Page http://www.arklinux.org/
Mailing Lists http://groups.google.com/group/arklinux-support
User Forums http://forum.arklinux.org/
Documentation http://wiki.arklinux.org/
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Download Mirrors http://www.arklinux.org/?q=node/17
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Recent Related News
 • 2008-05-15: Distribution Release: Ark Linux 2008.1
 • 2007-08-17: Distribution Release: Ark Linux 2007.1
 • 2007-07-15: Development Release: Ark Linux 2007.1 RC1
 • 2006-08-03: Distribution Release: Ark Linux 2006.1
 • 2006-06-01: Development Release: Ark Linux 2006.1 RC2
 • 2006-04-28: Development Release: Ark Linux Live Alpha

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Feature dockyard
(devel)
dockyard
(stable)
2008.1 2007.1 2006.1 2005.2 2005.1 Feature
Release Date 2012/05/12 2012/05/12 2008/05/15 2007/08/17 2006/08/02 2005/12/10 2005/03/30 Release Date
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
CDs -- -- 1 - 6 1 - 5 1 - 5 1 - 5 1 - 5 CDs
Free Download RPMs RPMs ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Installation
Default Desktop KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE Default Desktop
Package Management RPM(Zypper) RPM(APT) RPM(APT) RPM(APT) RPM(APT) RPM(APT) RPM(APT) Package Management
Office Suite KOffice, OO.o KOffice, OO.o KOffice, OO.o KOffice, OO.o KOffice, OO.o KOffice, OO.o KOffice, OO.o Office Suite
Processor Architecture i586, i686, x86_64 i586, i686 i586, i686 i586, i686 i586, i686 i586, i686 i586, i686 Processor Architecture
Journaled File Systems ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ReiserFS ext3, ReiserFS ext3, ReiserFS Journaled File Systems
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Multilingual
Asian Language Support cn, jp, kr, tw, th cn, jp, kr, tw, th cn, jp, kr, tw, th cn, jp, kr, tw, th cn, jp, kr, tw, th cn, jp, kr, tw, th cn, jp, kr, tw, th Asian Language Support
Package dockyard
(devel)
dockyard
(stable)
2008.1 2007.1 2006.1 2005.2 2005.1 Package
abiword (2.8.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- abiword (2.8.6)
alsa-lib (1.0.25) 1.0.24.1 1.0.16 1.0.16 1.0.14a 1.0.11 1.0.10 1.0.9rc2 alsa-lib (1.0.25)
ati-driver (8.961) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ati-driver (8.961)
banshee (2.4.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- banshee (2.4.0)
bash (4.2) 4.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 bash (4.2)
bind (9.9.0) 9.8.1 9.5.0 9.5.0b1 9.4.1-P1 9.3.2 9.3.1 9.3.1 bind (9.9.0)
chromium (r138009) 0.9.12 0.9.12           chromium (r138009)
cups (1.5.3) 1.5.0 1.2.12 1.2.12 1.2.12 1.1.23 1.1.23 1.1.23 cups (1.5.3)
dhcp (4.2.3-P2) 4.1.1 3.0.6 3.0.6 3.0.6 3.0.4 3.0.4b2 3.0.3beta1 dhcp (4.2.3-P2)
firefox (12.0) 8.0 2.0.0.14 2.0.0.14 2.0.0.6 1.5.0.4 1.5cvs 1.0.2 firefox (12.0)
freetype (2.4.9) 2.4.8 2.3.5 2.3.5 2.3.5 2.2.1 2.1.10 2.1.9 freetype (2.4.9)
gcc (4.7.0) 4.6.3_2012.01 4.3.1 4.3.1 4.2.1 4.1.1 3.4.5cvs 3.4.4cvs gcc (4.7.0)
gimp (2.8.0) 2.6.8 2.4.5 2.4.5 2.2.17 2.2.10 2.2.9 2.2.4 gimp (2.8.0)
glibc (2.15) -- 2.8 2.8 2.6.1 2.4 2.3.6 2.3.4 glibc (2.15)
gnome-shell (3.4.1) -- --           gnome-shell (3.4.1)
gnucash (2.4.10) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (2.4.10)
gnumeric (1.10.17) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnumeric (1.10.17)
grub (1.99) 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.95 0.95 grub (1.99)
gtk+ (3.4.3) -- 2.12.8 2.12.8 2.10.14 2.8.17 2.8.6 2.6.1 gtk+ (3.4.3)
httpd (2.4.2) 2.2.21 2.2.8 2.2.8 2.2.4 2.2.2 2.2.0 2.0.53 httpd (2.4.2)
inkscape (0.48.3.1) 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.45.1 0.43 -- -- inkscape (0.48.3.1)
k3b (2.0.2) 2.0.2 1.0.4 1.0.4 1.0.3 0.12.16 0.12.8 0.11.23 k3b (2.0.2)
kdelibs (4.8.3) 4.7.95 3.5.9 3.5.9 3.5.7 3.5.4 3.5.0 3.4.0 kdelibs (4.8.3)
libgnome (2.32.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.6.1.1 libgnome (2.32.1)
libreoffice (3.5.3) 3.4.4.2 -- 2.4.0 2.2.1 2.0.3 2.0.0 1.1.4 libreoffice (3.5.3)
linux (3.3.6) 3.1.0 2.6.25.4 2.6.25.3 2.6.22.3 2.6.18rc2 2.6.15rc5 2.6.12rc1 linux (3.3.6)
Package dockyard
(devel)
dockyard
(stable)
2008.1 2007.1 2006.1 2005.2 2005.1 Package
lxde-common (0.5.5) -- --           lxde-common (0.5.5)
MesaLib (8.0.3) -- --           MesaLib (8.0.3)
module-init-tools (3.16) 3.12 3.4 3.4 3.3-pre11 3.2.2 3.2.2 3.1 module-init-tools (3.16)
mysql (5.5.24) 5.5.16 5.1.24 5.1.24 5.0.45 5.0.22 5.0.16 4.1.10 mysql (5.5.24)
nautilus (3.4.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- nautilus (3.4.2)
NVIDIA (295.53) 285.05.09 100.14.11 100.14.11 100.14.11 -- -- -- NVIDIA (295.53)
openbox (3.5.0) -- --           openbox (3.5.0)
openjdk (7b147) -- --           openjdk (7b147)
openssh (6.0p1) 5.8p2 5.0p1 5.0p1 4.6p1 4.3p2 4.2p1 4.0p1 openssh (6.0p1)
openssl (1.0.1c) 1.0.0e 0.9.8g 0.9.8g 0.9.8e 0.9.8b 0.9.8a 0.9.7f openssl (1.0.1c)
perl (5.14.2) 5.14.2 5.10.0 5.10.0 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.7 5.8.6 perl (5.14.2)
php (5.4.3) 5.3.9 5.2.6 5.2.6 5.2.3 5.1.4 5.1.1 5.0.3 php (5.4.3)
pidgin (2.10.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- pidgin (2.10.4)
postfix (2.9.2) 2.8.3 2.5.2 2.5.2 2.4.5 2.3.2 2.2.6 2.2.1 postfix (2.9.2)
postgresql (9.1.3) 9.0.2 8.3.1 8.3.1 8.2.4 8.1.4 8.1.0 8.0.1 postgresql (9.1.3)
Python (3.2.3) 2.7.2 2.5.2 2.5.2 2.5.1 2.4.3 2.4.2 2.4 Python (3.2.3)
qt (4.8.1) 3d -- 3.3.8b 3.3.8 3.3.6 3.3.5 3.3.4 qt (4.8.1)
samba (3.6.5) 3.5.8 3.0.28a 3.0.28a 3.0.25b 3.0.22 3.0.20b 3.0.13 samba (3.6.5)
thunderbird (12.0.1) 7.0 2.0.0.14 2.0.0.14 2.0.0.6 1.5 1.0.7 1.0 thunderbird (12.0.1)
udev (182) 173 -- -- -- -- -- -- udev (182)
vim (7.3) 7.3 7.1 7.1 7.1 6.4 6.4 6.3 vim (7.3)
vlc (2.0.1) 1.1.12 0.9.0 0.9.0cvs 0.9.0cvs 0.8.6 -- -- vlc (2.0.1)
xfdesktop (4.10.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.10.0)
xine-lib (1.2.1) 1.1.19 1.1.12 1.1.12 1.1.7 1.1.3cvs 1.1.1 1-rc5 xine-lib (1.2.1)
xorg-server (1.12.1) 1.11.2 1.5 1.5cvs 1.3.0.0 1.1.1 (6.9.0cvs) (6.8.2) xorg-server (1.12.1)
xz (5.0.3) 5.0.2 --           xz (5.0.3)


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