ArchBang Is Lightweight & Always Up To Date | Linux Today

ArchBang Is Lightweight & Always Up To Date

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 8, 2011

“In a world full of lightweight Linux distributions, why look at
ArchBang? For one thing, it’s fast. It’s like CrunchBang, only
built on Arch instead of Ubuntu. OpenBox is a very lightweight
window manager, and Arch is known for its speed.

If you dig minimalism, you’ll love ArchBang. This isn’t just a
stripped-down system, however. With ArchBang you have access to
Arch’s always-up-to-date library of software. Best of all,
stability isn’t compromised for the sake of staying up to date,
another key feature of Arch.

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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