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Title: ArcoLinux Lead Steps Down After Eight Years
Link: https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/04/19/195...
"The time has come for me to step away," ArcoLinux lead Erik Dubois posted
last week. ("After eight years of dedication to the ArcoLinux project and the
broader Linux community..." 'Learn, have fun, and enjoy' was our motto for
the past eight years - and I really had fun doing all this," Dubois says in a
video version of his farewell post. "And if we reflect back on this teaching
and the building and promoting of Linux, it was fun. But the time has come
for me to step away..." Over its eight years ArcoLinux "accomplished several
important milestones," reports Linux magazine, "such as creating over 5,000
educational videos; the creation of ArcoInstall; the Carli education project;
the Arch Linux Calamares Installer (ALCI); the ArcoPlasma, ArcoNet, ArcroPro,
and Ariser variants; and much more." According to Dubois, they weren't just
creating a distribution but a mindset. Dubois says that the code will remain
online so others can learn from, fork, or remix the distro. He also indicated
that ArcoLinux will supply users with a transition package to help them
convert their existing ArcoLinux systems to Arch Linux. That package will
remove ArcoLinux branding, replace pacman.conf with an Arch and Chaotic-AUR
focused config file, and change the arcolinux-mirrorlist to a single source.
It's FOSS News describes ArcoLinux as one of those "user-friendly Arch-based
distros that give you a bleeding-edge experience." The reasoning behind this
move, as shared by Erik, is his advancing age and him realizing that he
doesn't have the same level of mental focus or stamina he used to have
before. He has found himself making small mistakes, the kind that can
negatively affect a major undertaking like this... Come July 1, 2025, the
transition period will end, marking a stop to all development, including the
deactivation of the ArcoLinux social media handles. The Telegram and Discord
communities will stay a bit longer but will close up eventually. "I want to
leave ArcoLinux while it's still strong, and while I can look back with pride
at everything we've accomplished together," Dubois says in their post...
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