Running official Arch Linux on Arm (not to be confused ArchLinuxARM)
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- #ARM
- #Arch Linux
- #Community Project
- A community project is enabling official Arch Linux to run on ARM devices by compiling upstream PKGBUILDs, contrasting with the separate ArchLinuxARM fork.
- The project benefits from RFC!32, allowing non-x86_64 architectures, and achieves ~99% build success from upstream due to merged ARM-specific modifications, though binaries are community-maintained.
- Discussions focus on officially supporting ARMv8-a or higher, with efforts currently on ARMv8.2-a; ARMv7 and below are not planned due to aarch64 requirements.
- The project aims for minimal modifications to PKGBUILDs, addressing issues like outdated or broken packages in ArchLinuxARM (e.g., chromium builds).