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Chris Smart from DistroWatch Weekly wrote a review about Arch Linux in January 2009.[{{Cite news|last1=Smart|first1=Chris|date=19 January 2009 |url=https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090119#feature|title=Arch Linux in review|work=Distrowatch.com|issue=286|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620180740/https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090119#feature|archive-date=20 June 2018|access-date=14 August 2025}}] DistroWatch Weekly reviewed Arch Linux again in September 2009 and in December 2015.[{{Cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090914#feature|title=A distro odyssey, part 2 - the Arch way|website=distrowatch.com|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620180908/https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090914#feature|archive-date=20 June 2018|url-status=live}}][{{Cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20151221#arch|title=Arch Linux|website=distrowatch.com|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912151725/https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20151221#arch|archive-date=12 September 2018|url-status=live}}] |
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Chris Smart from DistroWatch Weekly wrote a review about Arch Linux in January 2009.[{{Cite news|last1=Smart|first1=Chris|date=19 January 2009 |url=https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090119#feature|title=Arch Linux in review|work=Distrowatch.com|issue=286|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620180740/https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090119#feature|archive-date=20 June 2018|access-date=14 August 2025}}] DistroWatch Weekly reviewed Arch Linux again in September 2009 and in December 2015.[{{Cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090914#feature|title=A distro odyssey, part 2 - the Arch way|website=distrowatch.com|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620180908/https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090914#feature|archive-date=20 June 2018|url-status=live}}][{{Cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20151221#arch|title=Arch Linux|website=distrowatch.com|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912151725/https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20151221#arch|archive-date=12 September 2018|url-status=live}}] |
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The [[Linux kernel]] developer and maintainer [[Greg Kroah-Hartman|Greg Kroah-Hartman (GKH)]][{{Cite web|url=]https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=MAINTAINERS|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130113061444/https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=MAINTAINERS|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-13|title=git.kernel.org - linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git/blob - MAINT…|date=2013-01-13|website=archive.is|access-date=2019-10-30}} has stated that he uses Arch Linux and that it "works really really well". He has also praised the [https://wiki.archlinux.org/ Arch Wiki], the distribution's [[rolling release]] model, and the feedback loop with the community.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDrRvrh16ws&t=1574s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/sDrRvrh16ws |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Let's Talk To Linux Kernel Developer Greg Kroah-Hartman - Open Source Summit, 2019|website=[[YouTube]] |date=2019-09-10|access-date=2019-09-17|quote=[Arch developers'] idea of a constantly rolling, forward-moving system is the way to go. It's neutral, it's community-based, it has everything I need. It works really really well [...] Their Wiki is amazing. The documentation -- it's like one of the best resources out there these days. If you look up any userspace program and how to configure it and use it. Actually, the systemd Arch Wiki pages are one of the most amazing resources out there. [...] One of the main policies of Arch, or philosophies, is you stay as close to the upstream as possible. And as a developer, I want that. They're really good in feedback to the community. Because I want that testing -- I want to make sure that things are fixed. And if it is broken, I learn about it quickly and I fix it and push the stuff out. So that's actually a really good feedback loop.}}{{cbignore}}] |
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The [[Linux kernel]] developer and maintainer [[Greg Kroah-Hartman|Greg Kroah-Hartman (GKH)]][{{Cite web|url=https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=MAINTAINERS|url-status=dead|title=git.kernel.org - linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git/blob - MAINT…|date=2013-01-13|website=archive.is|access-date=2019-10-30}}]{{New archival link needed|date=April 2026}} has stated that he uses Arch Linux and that it "works really really well". He has also praised the [https://wiki.archlinux.org/ Arch Wiki], the distribution's [[rolling release]] model, and the feedback loop with the community.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDrRvrh16ws&t=1574s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/sDrRvrh16ws |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Let's Talk To Linux Kernel Developer Greg Kroah-Hartman - Open Source Summit, 2019|website=[[YouTube]] |date=2019-09-10|access-date=2019-09-17|quote=[Arch developers'] idea of a constantly rolling, forward-moving system is the way to go. It's neutral, it's community-based, it has everything I need. It works really really well [...] Their Wiki is amazing. The documentation -- it's like one of the best resources out there these days. If you look up any userspace program and how to configure it and use it. Actually, the systemd Arch Wiki pages are one of the most amazing resources out there. [...] One of the main policies of Arch, or philosophies, is you stay as close to the upstream as possible. And as a developer, I want that. They're really good in feedback to the community. Because I want that testing -- I want to make sure that things are fixed. And if it is broken, I learn about it quickly and I fix it and push the stuff out. So that's actually a really good feedback loop.}}{{cbignore}}] |
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In a 2023 DistroWatch poll, about half of the responders maintained that they were running either Arch (17%) or an Arch derivative (30%).[{{Cite web |title=DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD. |url=https://distrowatch.com/polls.php?poll=390 |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=distrowatch.com |archive-date=31 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131211959/https://distrowatch.com/polls.php?poll=390 |url-status=live}}] As of 2025, Arch also enjoys the third highest average rating of any Linux distribution on DistroWatch with a rating of 9.18, with only two higher rated distributions ([[Artix Linux]] and BigLinux) also being Arch derivatives.[{{Cite web |title=DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD. |url=https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=ranking&sort=average100 |access-date=2025-08-01 |website=distrowatch.com}}] |
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In a 2023 DistroWatch poll, about half of the responders maintained that they were running either Arch (17%) or an Arch derivative (30%).[{{Cite web |title=DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD. |url=https://distrowatch.com/polls.php?poll=390 |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=distrowatch.com |archive-date=31 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131211959/https://distrowatch.com/polls.php?poll=390 |url-status=live}}] As of 2025, Arch also enjoys the third highest average rating of any Linux distribution on DistroWatch with a rating of 9.18, with only two higher rated distributions ([[Artix Linux]] and BigLinux) also being Arch derivatives.[{{Cite web |title=DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD. |url=https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=ranking&sort=average100 |access-date=2025-08-01 |website=distrowatch.com}}] |
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