Crystal Linux is a brand new working system, primarily based on Arch Linux that hopes to change into the Fedora of Arch Linux by bringing new “stuff” to the Linux desktop whereas being user-friendly.
Crystal Linux has been launched on the GPLv3.0 and makes use of its personal GUI installer to make getting the distribution put in a snap. This new Linux distribution options an easy-to-use bundle supervisor, Btrfs snapshots, zRAM assist, and a selection between GNOME, KDE Plasma, Cinnamon, Mate, Funds, Onyx, XFCE, Sway, LXQt, i3-gaps, bspwm, AwesomeWM, and herbstlufwm.
The installer the builders have created is nothing in need of sensible. Not solely is it lovely, it makes putting in this Arch-based Linux distribution one thing anybody can do.
Out of the field, Crystal Linux doesn’t embody a big swath of put in purposes, but it surely does embody a well-designed app retailer, the place you may set up the entire essential apps you want with the press of the mouse or trackpad. By default, you’ll solely see the GNOME apps (Climate, Gedit, Terminal, System Monitor, Disks, and Calculator) in addition to Firefox and Vim.
I did discover, throughout the set up, that I needed to run a number of upgrades to the dwell system earlier than I might full the duty. Aside from that, this model new Linux distribution reveals critical promise that it makes Arch Linux an choice for brand spanking new customers.
Obtain a Crystal Linux ISO from the undertaking GitHub web page, simply keep in mind that this new distribution remains to be very new and has but to succeed in a secure launch. Due to this, I wouldn’t suggest utilizing Crystal Linux for manufacturing machines.
