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Rocky Linux

Rocky Linux is a community enterprise operating system designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It is available for the x86_64 and AArch64 processor architectures.

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Artix Linux

Artix Linux is a fork (or continuation as an autonomous project) of the Arch-OpenRC and Manjaro-OpenRC projects. Artix Linux offers a lightweight, rolling-release operating system featuring the OpenRC init software.

Technical Specs Comparison
Rocky LinuxArtix Linux
Fedora, Red HatBaseArch
flatpak, rpm (dnf)Package Managerpacman / pkg
systemdInit SystemDinit, OpenRC, runit, s6
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelRolling Release
9.8Latest Version
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
May 28, 2026Release DateApril 2, 2026
ARM64ppc64elRISC-Vs390xx86_64
Architecture
ARM64ppc64elRISC-Vs390xx86_64
GNOMECinnamonLXDELXQtMATEKDE PlasmaXfce
Desktops
GNOMECinnamonLXDELXQtMATEKDE PlasmaXfce