Windows 10 gets Arch Linux, one of the trickiest distros around. There are a number of Linux distros available for Windows 10 that you can grab straight from the Microsoft Store – Ubuntu or Debian, to pluck out a couple of examples – but now there’s a new introduction in the form of Arch Linux (with caveats which we’ll talk more about in a moment).

Windows 10 gets Arch Linux, one of the trickiest distros around. In case you’re not familiar with the distro, Arch Linux is commonly regarded as one of the more difficult to deal with members of the Linux crowd, being tricky to set up and not so user-friendly – although it offers major potential in terms of being able to fully customize and tailor the OS to your needs.

Windows 10 gets Arch Linux, one of the trickiest distros around, so Arch Linux has now landed in the Microsoft Store, but unlike Ubuntu – which was put in place (and is fully supported) by developer Canonical – this distro has been made available by a third-party dev (Scott Xu) unrelated to the Arch Linux project. Xu notes that: “This is not an official application of Microsoft or Arch Linux.”

Caution advised – Windows 10 gets Arch Linux, one of the trickiest distros around

As Betanews points out, this may mean there are issues around permissions or trademark infringement, so it’s not clear if this distro will remain available on the store – although it has done since its release a week ago (May 7).

Furthermore, as it isn’t an official image, if you decide to go ahead and use it, you do so completely at your own risk (we’ve seen chatter online about it making package signing optional, for example). In other words, caution might be the better part of valor here, and it could well be worth waiting to see what the reaction of the official Arch Linux developers is to the project.

Windows 10 gets Arch Linux, one of the trickiest distros around, and the other Linux distros run via the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), which later this year will get a full custom-built Linux kernel to underpin it, as Microsoft revealed at its Build developer conference recently.

Related Videos:

Related Posts:

Learn more about JavaScript Variables(Opens in a new browser tab)

Avada Theme Version 5.5.2(Opens in a new browser tab)

What is Unity3D?(Opens in a new browser tab)

What is a Batch file?(Opens in a new browser tab)

North Korean Hackers Use ELECTRICFISH Malware to Steal Data(Opens in a new browser tab)

Microsoft is distancing itself from Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson(Opens in a new browser tab)

AI is the future: Microsoft wants to usher it in responsibly(Opens in a new browser tab)

RBC customer out of pocket after fraud: What you need to know if you e-transfer money(Opens in a new browser tab)

Increase User Engagement & Why It Matters for SEO(Opens in a new browser tab)

How to download and install Alice 3(Opens in a new browser tab)

Cybersecurity burnout: 10 most stressful parts of the job(Opens in a new browser tab)

CSS tracking trick can monitor your mouse without JavaScript(Opens in a new browser tab)

Python 3 Object Oriented Programming(Opens in a new browser tab)