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Ark Linux is a free Linux distribution focusing on ease of use and ease of learning, while remaining technically sane, and including current versions of all included software. Due to the similar sounding name, it is sometimes confused with Arch Linux. A Linux distribution is a Unix-like operating system comprising the Linux kernel and other assorted free software/open-source software, and possibly proprietary software. ...
Arch Linux is a Linux distribution founded by Judd Vinet that emphasizes simplicity. ...
Unlike most other distributions, Ark Linux doesn't include numerous different applications for the same task; it picks the best of breed apps.
The Ark Linux core system is one CD that provides everything the typical new desktop user will need, including an office suite, Internet access tools, instant messaging and filesharing clients.
For less commonly needed applications, Ark Linux provides add-on CDs, including Ark Development Suite, Ark Extra Software, Ark Extra Languages, and Ark Server Software - and an online repository of contributed but unsupported software (this includes software that's free to use, but not Open Source, such as NVidia's 3D driver or Macromedia Flash - Ark Linux itself and all official add-ons are 100% Free software and Open Source). Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ...
Macromedia Flash, or simply Flash, refers to both the Macromedia Flash Player and to a multimedia authoring program used to create content for it as well as games or movies created using the program. ...
Free software, as defined by the Free Software Foundation, is software which can be used, copied, studied, modified and redistributed without restriction. ...
Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ...
Ark Linux is a free software project maintained by a group of volunteers, and is always looking for new contributors. Free software, as defined by the Free Software Foundation, is software which can be used, copied, studied, modified and redistributed without restriction. ...
For details on versions of currently included software, see e.g. Distrowatch below. (Note that Distrowatch shows all software included on any of the add-on CDs in addition to the software in the core OS; it doesn't show software included in the contrib repository though).
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The tables specifically do not include subjective viewpoints on the merits of each operating system. ...
External links - Ark Linux
- Ark Linux at Distrowatch
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