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{{ infobox OS 
| logo                   = [[Image:Arklinux distrowatch.png|50px|The Ark Linux logo]] 
| screenshot             = [[Image:Arklinux installer.png|200px]] 
| caption                = Ark Linux installer 
| developer              = [[Bernhard Rosenkraenzer]] et al. 
| family                 = [[Linux]] 
| source_model           = [[Open source]] 
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* Being a technically sane development environment.<ref name="Announcement of Ark Linux 2007.1" />
* Remaining 100% [[free software]] - [[GNU General Public Licence|GPL]] where possible, otherwise other [[The Free Software Definition|free]] and [[Open Source Definition|open source]] licences<ref name="ArkLinuxSite">{{cite web| last =| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =ArkLinux.org| work =| publisher =
[[Ark Linux]]| date =| url =http://www.arklinux.org/ |format =| doi =| accessdate =2010-04-02 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref>
* Remain true to the [[The Free Software Definition|Free Software Standards]] <ref name="ArkLinuxSite">{{cite web| last =| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =ArkLinux.org| work =| publisher =[[Ark Linux]]| date =| url =http://www.arklinux.org/ |format =| doi =| accessdate =2010-04-02 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref/>

== Content ==
The Ark Linux core system is made up of one CD that tries to provide what the typical new desktop user will need, such as an office suite, Internet access tools, instant messaging and filesharing clients.<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.arklinux.org/content/en/Software+Map
| title=Ark Linux software map
| publisher=Ark Linux
| accessdate=2008-03-20}}</ref>
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There is no need to reinstall when a new release is made—since the Dockyard tree gets updated, a user automatically gets the new release by running an [[Advanced Packaging Tool|apt-get]] dist-upgrade.

The first test release (1.0 alpha 1), basically a proof of concept that showed Linux could be installed in 3 mouse clicks, was made in August 2001.{{
factCitation needed|date=August 2010}}

Subsequent public releases include:
* 19 March 2005 - Ark Linux 2005.1
* 31 March 2005 - Ark Linux 2005.1-SR1
* 10 December 2005 - Ark Linux 2005.2
* 2 August 2006 - Ark Linux 2006.1, Ark Linux Live 2006.1
* 17 August 2007 - Ark Linux 2007.1, Ark Linux Live 2007.1
* 14 May 2008 - Ark Linux 2008.1—Last KDE 3.x based release

However, there is usually a Dockyard ISO available (see Package Management above), which sometimes will be updated further than the last release. For example, the Ark Linux 2007.1 release encountered some hardware support glitches, such as not detecting AHCI SATA controllers. A hot-fix ISO was released, which included this functionality, but the version number was not increased, as other known errors were yet to be fixed. This means that the currently suggested installation ISO (Dockyard) is not the latest official release.

==See also==
[[Comparison of Linux LiveDistros]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.arklinux.org/ Ark Linux official website]
*{{DistroWatch|ark|NAME=Ark Linux}} (Note that DistroWatch shows all software included on any of the add-on CDs in addition to the software in the core OS; it doesn't show software included in the contrib repository though)

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