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- NVIDIA 590 driver drops Pascal and lower support / switch to -open (2026/01/23 15:54)Heads-up - the 'nvidia-580xx-dkms' from the AUR currently doesn't work with the LTS 6.12.66-1 (and older) kernel - there is a note on https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nvidia-580xx-utils about this from a few days back. I just found this out the hard way.Rather than roll back, I decided the easiest way forward was to install 6.18.6-arch1-1 alongside the LTS and run a grub-mkconfig to make it available as a fall-back until this gets fixed, and all is now well, but be aware of this if you're running an LTS kernel.
- [arch-announce] Recent services outages (2025/12/25 21:10)Yes, unfortunately we're under attack (once again)... I updated status.archlinux.org and contacted our provider to resolve the issue.
- Arch Linux Schwag (2025/11/21 17:04)I guess mentioned URL (http://www.zazzle.com/archlinux*) in the first post changed a bit in the past 17 years. The new URL might be https://www.zazzle.com/s/archlinux
- Join the Arch Testing Team - Call for participation (2025/08/17 09:17)wiki wrote:You can apply to be an official Arch tester by sending an email to arch-testing-accounts@archlinux.org and requesting a tester account, introducing yourself and specifying at least your desired username.Please read the entire page at https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_Testing_Team before sending that email.
- pkgstats round two: take your vote and help improving Arch (2025/06/13 19:09)Removed sticky designation
- 2025.09 Archboot - Arch Linux ISO hybrid image and UKIs released (2025/04/30 11:43)HiNew 2025.04 images uploaded.Highlights 2025.04:- kernel 6.14.x- wireless regulatory domain configuration- disable WiFi powersave by defaultFurther changes are listed on complete Changelog.Have fun,greetingstpowa
- Changes to Moderation Staff (2024/05/04 17:32)Silence == success :-)Congrats to Lone_Wolf also, another great choice.
- xz Package Backdoor (2024/03/31 14:17)This thread had been meant to call attention to the official announcement. I think it is clear systems should be updated out of caution. This thread has diverged from that point. I am going to go ahead and close the thread at this point.Edit: Removed sticky
- "Trusted Users" are now "Package Maintainers" (2023/10/25 17:10)It took quite some time, but the rename has finally been applied everywhere: https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/li … PP2FAGLQA/Trusted Users are gone, Package Maintainers are on!
- Git migration announcement (2023/09/26 01:53)The staging stuff was removed from Pamac this morning and was moved the core-testing one. Same for the given link. We knew about staging, but now we know the name for further excitement. We set it in dormant state: #
- Git migration completed (2023/05/22 17:07)Congratulations to the arch packager team - the migration went very well on the new system. Amazingly well planned in details. and executed to the highest standard we could have expected. A few minor niggles as things settled down but it is working great now. I continue to be a strong supporter of the way Arch is run and looked after.
- Call for participation: Git packaging POC (2023/02/02 00:55)I *tried* converting it to bbcode, but our bbcode is super outdated it seems.I also tried to include the celebrating emojis in the subject, but I got HTTP response 500 instead
- FOSDEM 2023 Dinner (2023/01/03 18:46)Oops, thanks.
- Arch Leadership (2020/08/04 22:20)Closing this ancient thread.
- archlinux-keyring update required before December 1 2018 (2019/01/07 16:36)On the belated grand reopening many customers remained unsatisfied. The newly shipped wares from Bagelstan turned trusted computing devices into sour companions. Luckily, Alad Industries soon found a solution thanks to the efforts of Trusted Clerk Eli Schwartz. Please all stand in line to recieve your cure:https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 3#p1825173
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