As you might have guessed already, Arch Linux 2016.10.01 is the refreshed or respined ISO image of the lightweight and highly customizable GNU/Linux distribution, designed for newcomers who want to install Arch Linux for the first time or those who plan on reinstalling their OS due to various reasons or deploy it on new machines. Therefore, the Arch Linux 2016.10.01 ISO image will save them a lot of time. Why? Because it contains up-to-date core components, all the packages that have been released on the stable software repositories of the operating system during the month of September 2016, including the Linux 4.7.5 kernel.