Includes all the updates released in April 2017

May 1, 2017 23:59 GMT  ·  By

Today being the first day of May and all that, Arch Linux users will be glad to hear that a new ISO snapshot of their beloved GNU/Linux distribution is now available for download.

That's right, we're talking about Arch Linux 2017.05.01, which hit the streets earlier today incorporating all the security and software updates that were pushed to the stable repositories of the operating system during the entire month of April 2017. Also, the new ISO image is powered by the latest Linux 4.10.13 kernel.

If you were planning on reinstalling your Arch Linux computer because of various reasons, or you wanted to deploy the lightweight GNU/Linux distro on a new PC without having to download hundreds of MB of updates after installing the OS, Arch Linux 2017.05.01 is here to make things a lot easier for you.

Existing users need only to update their installations

Those of you with healthier Arch Linux installations don not need to download the Arch Linux 2017.05.01 ISO snapshot, as all the updated components included are already available in the stable repos, so you only need to make sure you have all the latest updates installed using the "sudo pacman -Syu" command.

Of course, if you're using AUR (Arch User Repository), you need to run the "yaourt -Syu --aur" command if you're using the Yaourt package manager. On the other hand, newcomers and those who want to install Arch Linux are invited to download the Arch Linux 2017.05.01 Live ISO image right now from the official website.

Please keep in mind that Arch Linux is now only compatible with 64-bit processors, so you won't be able to install the operating system on older computers from 10+ years ago running 32-bit processors. If you still want to install Arch Linux on an older machine, you should search the Internet for older versions of the ISO image.